Since you are interested in Piano Music, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Granados: Danzas Espanolas (orchestrated by Rafael Ferrer) Barcelona Symphony and Cataloni National Orchestra. Salvadoe Brotons [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 16/Sep/2002 ] Enrique Granados was born in Lérida on 27th July 1867. During his childhood he spent some years in the Canary Islands, a period that he always fondly remembered as a lost paradise. His leaning towards music became apparent at an early age, but he... |
JESUS GURIDI
Guridi: Sinfonia Pirenaica / etc Bilbao Choral Society / Gorka Sierra, choirmaster / Bilbao Symphony Orchestra / Theo Alcantara, conductor / Juan Jose Mena, conductor [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 29/May/2005 ] "Guridi's Sinfonía pirenaica was written in 1945 and premiered by this orchestra. It's a loquaciously colourful work teeming with textual incident and density and a three-movement symphony of great character and imagination" |
JOAQUIN TURINA
Turina: Sinfonia sevillana / Danzas fantasticas / Ritmos / La procesion del Rocio Castile and Leon Symphony Orchestra / Max Bragado Darman, conductor [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 20/May/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "The recording is clear, warm-sounding and with a believably spacious acoustic." Gramophone, April 2003, Editor's Choice |
Comunidad de Madrid Orchestra / Comunidad de Madrid Chorus / Miguel Roa, conductor
Preludes and Choruses from Zarzuelas [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 16/Mar/2003 ] The zarzuela, the historic Spanish musical comedy, endures, known throughout the world for its distinctive characteristics. For some years now it has been winning new recognition both in Spain and abroad. |
ARAMBARRI
8 Basque Songs / In Memoriam / Spanish Fantasy Itxaro Mentxaka (soprano) / Bilbao Symphony Orchestra / Juan Jose Mena [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 21/Jan/2001 ] Jesús Arámbarri is a significant figure in the history of twentieth-century Basque music. A romantic, scholarly and sensitive musician of extraordinary insight and finesse, he drew not only on the tradition established by Felipe Pedrell, Manuel de... |
MONTSALVATGE
Piano Music, Vol. 1 - 3 Impromptus / 3 Divertimentos / Sonatina para Yvette / Recondita Armonia Jordi Masi (piano) [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "Jordi Masó continues a pilgrimage to bring international recognition to the piano music of his native Spain, now moving to the works of Xavier Montsalvatge...the engineering is first class." (David's Review Corner) |
BENET CASABLANCAS
Piano Music Jordi Maso, Miquel Villalba (piano) [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Over recent years, Benet Casablancas, born in Sabadell, near Barcelona, has established a position as one of the most prolific and interesting composers of the present time. |
HALFFTER
Dom Lindo de Almeria / La madrugada del panadero Madrid Community Orchestra / Jose Ramon Encinar (conductor) [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 28/Dec/2004 ] The oldest member of a Spanish family of musicians of Prussian origin, Rodolfo Halffter was born in Madrid in 1900. Self-taught as a composer, he was much inspired by the Harmonielehre textbook of Schoenberg. |
Ministriles de Marias. Josep Cabra, baritone. Capilla Penaflorida
Salazar - Complete Vespers of Our Lady [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 14/Dec/2004 ] "A great deal of care has been put into this album. Well performed and recorded. García de Salazar's work, while no longer familiar, is very good" - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |