Enrique Granados, a prominent Spanish musician, was renowned across Europe as a pianist, known as the 'Spanish Grieg' as a composer, and left a significant mark on the Spanish piano school as a teacher.
Composition History
The famous Intermezzo from Enrique Granados's opera Goyescas was written in a single night, shortly before its New York premiere, after the original Paris premiere was prevented by World War I.
Composer Biography
Enrique Granados and his wife were killed in 1916 when a German submarine torpedoed the ship they were on, returning from New York after the premiere of his opera Goyescas.
Cultural Impact
The immense popularity of Enrique Granados's Goyescas has unfortunately led to the undeserved neglect of his other works, a situation recordings like this album aim to rectify.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Though often associated with Spanish nationalism, Enrique Granados's highly expressive style is perhaps better described as 'Neoromantic,' with his music steeped more in Romanticism than in Hispanic folk traditions.
Composition History
Enrique Granados initially confessed to Pau Casals, the great Catalan cellist and conductor, that the Intermezzo he composed for Goyescas was "rather commonplace" and an "Aragonese jota."
Recording & Production
This album features recordings made at two different locations in Spain: tracks 1-4 were recorded in Jafre-Girona in May 2007, and tracks 5-8 in Barcelona in February 2008.
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