16 Jun 2013

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)

From Composer of the Week, 9:15 am on 16 June 2013
Enrique Granados

Enrique Granados Photo: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

 

Enrique Granados, or Enric in his native Catalunya, was known as a piano virtuoso in his lifetime.

His piano works are still well-loved now, but that is not all he wrote.

Songs, chamber and orchestral music all appear in Erica Challis's programme on Granados.

The composer, pianist and teacher's legacy also includes the school he founded, which still exists today.

Music Details:

GRANADOS: Los requiebros, from Goyescas - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (RCA RD 60408)
GRANADOS: Reverie - Enrique Granados (pno roll) (Nimbus NI 8813)
GRANADOS: Serenata del espectro, from Goyescas - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (RCA RD 60408)
GRANADOS: Piano Trio, Op 50 - LOM Piano Trio (Naxos 8.572262)
GRANADOS: Orientale, from twelve Spanish Dances - Martin Jones (pno) (Nimbus NI 1734)
GRANADOS: Sardana, from twelve Spanish Dances - Martin Jones (pno) (Nimbus NI 1734)
GRANADOS: Salve Regina - Tansy Castledine (org), Coro Cervantes/ Carlos Fernández Aransay (Guild GMCD 7243)
GRANADOS: Piano Quintet, Op 49 - Manuel Porta Gallego (vln), Joaquin Riquelme Garcia (vla), LOM Piano Trio (Naxos 8.572262)
GRANADOS: Paolo e Francesca, from Dante - Nancy Fabiola Herrera (mezzo), Gran Canaria Phil/ Adrian Leaper (ASV CD DCA 1110)
GRANADOS: Mira que soy nina, from Canciones Amatorias - María Bayo (sop), Juan Antonio Alvarez-Parejo (pno) (Claves CD 50-9205)
GRANADOS: La maja y il ruiseñor, from Goyescas - Nancy Fabiola Herrera (mezzo), Gran Canaria Phil/ Adrian Leaper (ASV CD DCA 1110)