Orquesta Sinfónica de Barcelona y Nacional de Cataluñya
Cor Lieder Càmera
Enrique Granados
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Recording & Production
This album is the second volume in a series of recordings by Naxos, the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, and Pablo González, commemorating the centenary of composer Enrique Granados's death in March 1916.
Critical Reception
Granados's symphonic poem Dante was praised by American critics as a 'revelation' and favorably compared to Elgar's successful Symphony No. 1 after its performances in 1915.
Composition History
Enrique Granados's symphonic poem Dante, one of the masterpieces of early twentieth-century Spanish orchestral music, was originally conceived as a four-movement work, but only two movements were completed.
Performer Biography
The Lieder Càmera chamber choir, founded in 1990, has been an associate choir of the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and L'Auditori concert hall since the 2012-13 season.
Critical Reception
Despite its initial success and being considered one of the most significant Spanish orchestral works of its time, Enrique Granados's Dante inexplicably fell into neglect for a century.
Cultural Impact
The Intermezzo from Granados's opera Goyescas, a work of intense lyricism, quickly acquired a life of its own and has been arranged and adapted many times for various instrumental combinations.
Composition History
Enrique Granados's Intermezzo from Goyescas, his most popular work, was composed in a single night just days before the opera's world premiere in New York to accommodate a longer scene change.
