Granados: Suite Sobre Cantos Gallegos, Torrijos & Marcha de los Vencidos

Featuring

Pablo González
Orquesta Sinfónica de Barcelona y Nacional de Cataluñya
Cor Madrigal
Enrique Granados

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Composer Biography

Enrique Granados, like Chopin, Liszt, and Rachmaninov, was primarily a composer-pianist, focusing much of his creative output on the piano.

Composition History

Both the Marcha de los vencidos and the Suite sobre cantos gallegos premiered in 1899 under the baton of Joan Lamote de Grignon as part of a series promoted by Barcelona's Philharmonic Society.

Performer Biography

The Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, also known as the National Orchestra of Catalonia, was founded in 1944 by Eduard Toldrà and is committed to promoting classical and contemporary music, especially by Catalan composers.

Composer Biography

Enrique Granados died prematurely at sea on March 24, 1916, when the ship he was on was torpedoed by a German U-boat during World War I.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Granados's orchestral writing was influenced by Wagner and French composers like Debussy, D'Indy, Dukas, Fauré, and Camille Saint-Saëns, with whom he became close friends.

Performer Biography

Conductor Pablo González has held positions with the London Symphony Orchestra and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and was Music Director of the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya from 2010 to 2015.