Episode 3
Donald Macleod explains how Albeniz and Granados's waltzes, mazurkas and chamber music reveal an admiration for Chopin, Liszt and the German romantics.
While composers such as Liszt, who toured Spain to great acclaim in 1844, came home eager to infuse their music with Spanish melodies and rhythms, Albéniz and Granados' piano music reflects their Spanish roots and the romantic music of Mendelssohn, Schubert, Chopin and Fauré; works they grew up with and continued to perform as piano recitalists. Presented by Donald Macleod.
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Isaac Albéniz
Pequenos Valses, Op. 25 - 6. Allegro Molto
Guillermo González (piano)
- Naxos.
- 8572196.
- 12.
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Enrique Granados
Escenas Romanticas - I. Mazurka. Poco Lento Con Abandomo
Uta Weyand (piano)
- Hannsler Classics.
- CD 98414.
- 1.
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Isaac Albéniz
Concierto Fantastico for piano & orchestra, Op.78
Jean-François Heisser (piano) Lausanne Chamber Orchestra Jesus Lopez-Cobos (conductor)
- Apex.
- 8573 89223-2.
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Enrique Granados
Piano Quintet op 49
Ensemble Variable
- CPO.
- CPO 9999 6092.
- 9.
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- Wed 17 Oct 201212:00BBC Radio 3
- Wed 17 Oct 201218:30BBC Radio 3
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