Here you will find information on all the recordings in which David Valdés has played.
Gijón Big-Band. Infiny Studios and Ingo Música. April 1998. David Valdés is the drummer. 

Perdido
Sunny side of the street
Glory of love 
The Pink Panther
Somebody loves me
Blue moon )
Tequila
I got it bad
Get it to go 
Night and day 
Break the ice
Camerata Revillagigedo. Fonoastur. March 1999.  David Valdés is Principal Timpanist.

Contains five versions of "Gijón del Alma":

Mixed choir version
Wind-band version
Baritone and piano version
Orchestra and choir version
Male choir version

"La Reina´l Truébanu" Pipes Band. Fonoastur. June 2000. David Valdés is one of the arrangers.

L´Enxambre
Xota d´Aristebanu
The Glass of Beer
Las Camelias
De Película
A Bruxa de Brañavara
The Clumsy Lover
Entemedios
Sansonette
El Bufón de la Corte

David Valdés. FMC. September 2000. Produced by the Culture Department of Gijón Municipality as part of the "Supporting Musical Creation Scheme".

"Two movements for
    marimba".
   (T. Tanaka)
"Blues for Gilbert".
   (M. Glentworth)
"Trommel Suite".
   (S. Fink)
"Phsappha".
   (I. Xenakis)

Sinfonieorchester Concerto München. Gerstner Records. January 2001. Conductor: Carlos Dominguez-Nieto. David Valdés was Guest Principal Percussion.

"Dos Danzas Sinfonicas".
   (J.L. Turina)
"The Rite of Spring".
   (I. Stravinsky)

OSPA. NAXOS. June 2001. Conductor: Maximiano Valdés. David Valdés is extra percussionist.

"Soleriana: Suite for
    Orchestra".
   (J. Rodrigo)
"Zarabanda Lejana y
    Villancico".
   (J. Rodrigo)
"Five Children Pieces".
   (J. Rodrigo)


OSPA. December 2001. Conductor: Maximiano Valdés. David Valdés is extra percussionist.

"Symphony # 9".
   (L. Beethoven)
OSPA. A&B Master Records. December 2001. Conductor: Maximiano Valdés. David Valdés is extra percussionist.

"The Three Cornered Hat".
    (M. Falla)
"Cantata Asturiana".
    (V. Ruiz)
OSPA. NAXOS. June 2002. Conductor: Maximiano Valdés. David Valdés is extra percussionist.

"Pastoral Concert for flute
    and orchestra".
    (J. Rodrigo)
"Two Andalusian Miniatures".
    (J. Rodrigo)
"Adagio for Wind
    Instruments".
    (J. Rodrigo) 
"Fantasy for a Gentleman".
    (J. Rodrigo) 


OSPA. RTVE Música. January 2002. Conductor: Reynald Giovaninetti. David Valdés is extra percussionist.

"Romeo and Juliet".
    (C. Gounod) 


Gijón Symphony Orchestra.  Subterfuge Records. May 2002. David Valdés is Principal Timpanist.

O.S.T for the film "The Refuge of Evil".
   (J. Guereña)





David Valdés. FMC. 2003. Compilation of some of the groups and soloists that, during the past ten years, have participated in the "Supporting Musical Creation Scheme" by the Culture Department of Gijón Municipality. David Valdés takes part with the following work:

"Trommel Suite".
    (S. Fink)



RAM Symphonia. April 2004. Conductor: Collin Meters. Soloist: Catherine Lacy. David Valdés is Principal Percussion.

"L´Italiana in Algeri". 
   (G. Rossini)
"Clarinet concerto".
   (W. Mozart)
"Masques et Bergamasques".
   (G. Faure)
"Galanta Dances".
   (Z. Kodaly)
RAM Shymphony Orchestra. BBC and “The Pavement”. 2004. Conductor: James Newton Howard. David Valdés is co-Principal Percussion.

Additional track with
   rehearsals and interviews
Sixty years on
Take me to the pilot
This train don’t stop
   there anymore
Carla etude
Tonight
Sorry seems to be the hardest
   word
Philadelphia freedom
Burn down the mission
Don’t let the sun go down
   on me
Your song
Saturday night’s alright for
   fighting


RAM Symphony Orchestra. 2005. A Royal Academy Opera production. Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras. David Valdés is co-Principal Percussion.

"The Cunning Little Vixen".
   (L. Janacek)

Gijón Symphony Orchestra. January 2005. Conductor: Óliver Díaz Suárez. David Valdés is Principal Percussion.

"Feurfest".
   (J. Strauss)
"Tik Tak".
   (J. Strauss II)
"Symphony # 94".
   (J. Haydn)
"Clarinet Concerto".
   (W. Mozart)
"Trumpet Concerto".
   (J. Hummel)
"Petite Suite".
   (C. Debussy)
"Funeral March for a Puppet".
   (C. Gounod)
"Requiem".
   (G. Faure)
"La Boheme".
   (G. Puccini)
"Peasants Polka".
   (J. Strauss II)
"Radetzky March".
   (J. Strauss)



Gijón Symphony Orchestra. January 2006. Conductor: Óliver Díaz. David Valdés is Principal Percussion.

"Die Fledermaus".
    (J. Strauss II)
"The Nutcracker".
   (P. Tchaikovsky)
"La Traviata".
   (G. Verdi)
"Piano Concerto #3".
   (S. Rachmaninoff)
"El Barberillo de Lavapiés".
   (F. Barbieri)
"Persian March".
   (J. Strauss II)
"The Land of Smiles".
   (F. Lehar)
"Tritsch Tratsch Polka".
   (J. Strauss II)
"Radetzky March".
   (J. Strauss I)


OSPA.  RTVE Música. October 2006. Conductor: Maximiano Valdés. David Valdés is extra percussionist.

"Alexander Nevsky".
    (S. Prokofiev)




Forma Antiqva. ARSIS. February 2008. Conductor: Aarón Zapico. David Valdés plays percussion (baroque timpani, castanets, tar, riq, crotales, claps and darbuka).

"Xácara".
   (B. Alcázar)
"¿Qué es esto, vengativa
    ardiente saña?".
   (J. de Nebra)
"Batalla Famosa"
   (Anonimous)
"Un monsieur y un
    estudiante".
   (Anonimous)
"Venid, venid Deydades".
   (P. de León)
"A cantar un villancico".
   (R. Ceruti)
"Pues mi Dios ha nacido".
   (M. Durango)
"Ah del gozo".
   (J. Orejón)



Gijón Symphony Orchestra. January 2007. Conductor: Óliver Díaz. David Valdés is principal percussion/timpanist.

"La Boda de Luis Alonso".
    (G. Giménez)
"Aida".
    (G. Verdi)
"Rigoletto".
    (G. Verdi)
"Requiem".
    (W. Mozart)
"La Traviata".
    (G. Verdi)
"Carmen".
    (G. Bizet)
"Flower Festival".
    (J. Strauss)
"Radetzky March".
    (J. Strauss I)


OSPA. RTVE Música. 2008. Conductor: Maximiano Valdés. David Valdés is extra percussionist.

"Scherzo Fantástico".
   (J. Monasterio)
"Concierto Cántabro".
   (Z. Cruz)
"Huapango".
   (J. P. Moncayo)
"An American in Paris".
   (G. Gershwin)
"Bolero".
   (M. Ravel)



Future releases:


CD recorded with OSPA. Will contain works by Jesús Rueda.

CD recorded with Orquestra do Norte (Portugal). Will contain a selection of "fados".
Gijón Symphony Orchestra. January 2008. Conductor: Óliver Díaz. David Valdés is principal timpanist. DVD containing the show "That´s Zarzuela!", with excerpts from:

"El Barberillo de Lavapiés".
    (F. Barbieri)
"La Leyenda del beso".
    (Soutullo y Vert)
"La Gran Vía".
    (F. Chueca)
"La Tabernera del Puerto".
    (P. Sorozábal)
"La Pícara Molinera".
    (P. Luna)
"Gigantes y Cabezudos".
    (M. Caballero)
"La Dolores".
    (T. Bretón)

"Sphera Antiqva" and "Memoria de los Sentidos". Columna Música S.L. 2008. Conductor: Carlos Martínez Gil. David plays baroque timpani.

"Sacri Solemnis/Pange Lingua
    Mass".
   (J. Casellas)
"Tiento lleno sobre el Pange
    Lingua".
   (J.B. Cabanilles)
"¡Alarma, alarma, sentidos!".
   (J. Casellas)




Sarah MacIntosh (USA). Listener Records LLC. November 2009. "Christmas. With one breath He came".  David Valdés is the arranger and player for all percussion parts.

Joy to the world.
O come all ye faithful.
Away in a manger.
O come, O come Emmanuel.
There is a star.
O holy night.
Silent night.
Angels we have heard on
   high.
Jessica Krenz and Santiago Sarmiento (Argentina). EPSA Music. November 2009. "País Soledad".  David Valdés is the arranger and player of the timpani parts.

"País soledad"".
"Zambita pa´ Don Rosendo".
"Pájaro de mal agüero".
"Constelación H".
"Capaz que me convenga".
"Cuento de Yaguareté".
"Del otro lao".
"Distancia".
"Las puertas de mi alma
     secreta".
" Soy pan, soy paz, soy más".