José Serebrier Conducts Granados Concerto Málaga & José Serebrier

• Enrique Granados (1867 - 1916):
• 112 Danzas españolas, Op. 37, H. 142 (Arr. for String Orchestra): No. 5, Andaluza03:25
• 212 Danzas españolas, Op. 37, H. 142 (Arr. for String Orchestra): No. 2, Orientale04:11
• 3Pequeña romanza, H. 107 (Arr. for String Orchestra)04:36
• 4El himno de los muertos, H. 67 (Arr. for String Orchestra)02:24
• 5Goyescas, H. 65: Intermezzo, H. 71 (Arr. for String Orchestra)04:16
• Francisco Tárrega (1852 - 1909):
• 6Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Arr. for String Orchestra)03:44
• 7Gran vals (Arr. for String Orchestra)02:56
• Eduard Toldrà (1895 - 1962):
• 8Vistes al mar (Evocaciones poéticas): II. Nocturno05:30
• Joaquín Malats (1872 - 1912):
• 9Impresiones de España: No. 2, Serenata española03:35
• Ruperto Chapí (1851 - 1909):
• 10El rey que rabió: Nocturno03:00
• Enric Morera (1865 - 1942):
• 11Desolació02:01
• Jesus Monasterio (1836 - 1903):
• 12Andante religioso for String Orchestra04:56
• 13Andantino expresivo for String Orchestra04:31
• Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909):
• 14España, Op. 165, B. 37: II. Tango (Arr. for String Orchestra)02:35
• 15Mallorca, Op. 202 (Arr. for String Orchestra)05:19
• Lamote de Grignon (1899 - 1962):
• 16Lento expresivo for String Orchestra05:15
• Total Runtime01:02:14

Info for José Serebrier Conducts Granados

This delightful album of Spanish music arranged for strings and celebrating the 150th anniversary of Enrique Granados, was recorded by legendary conductor José Serebrier and Concerto Málaga String Orchestra founded in 1996. Their recording pays tribute to one of Spains most important composers, Enrique Granados and also includes works by Granadoss contemporaries and successors who played active roles in promoting Barcelonas and Madrid's musical life in the middle of the 19th century.

Over a century after his tragic death, Granados’s music continues to entertain and inspire performers and listeners the world over. He spent his entire life in Barcelona and contributed to its musical life as a pianist, composer, teacher, conductor, and concert organiser. He was thus not only a true champion of Spanish music but he was also a leading figure in the Catalan movement known as modernisme which was on display in much of Barcelona’s architecture from around 1900. Granados’s best-known collection of 12 Danzas españolas was premiered in Barcelona in 1889. No. 5, Andaluza, transports us to the south of Spain with its suggestion of an impassioned song supported by an energetic guitar accompaniment. Oriental (No. 2) is an all-purpose adjective that suggests anything associated with Andalusia or the Middle East. The Intermezzo from his opera Goyescas and the hauntingly beautiful Pequeña Romanza are eloquent examples of his broad stylistic range. FranciscoTárrega (Recuerdos de la Alhambra and Grand Vals) made his career in Barcelona as virtuoso guitarist and prolific composer. Eduard Toldrà represented here by his poetic Nocturno was at the forefront of Barcelona’s musical life as well as the founder of the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra. Joaquim Malats (Serenata Española) was one of the great piano virtuosos of his day, much admired by Albéniz. The latter’s celebrated Tango and Mallorca together with other evocative examples of works by Ruperto Chapí, Enrique Morera, de Monasterio and Lamote de Grignon complete a disc which captures the rhythmic vivacity and glorious lyricism of Spanish folk music.

Concerto Málaga String Orchestra
José Serebrier, conductor

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