Composer: Enrique Granados, Xavier Montsalvatge
Performer: Alicia de Larrocha
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: RCA
Catalogue: 74321846102
Release: 2002
Size: 489 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
01. Granados: Allegro de concierto, Op. 46
Granados: 2 Danzas españolas
02. Danza lenta
Granados: Goyescas (Los majos enamorados)
03. Los requiebros
04. Coloquio en la reja
05. El fandango de candil
06. Quejas ó la maya y el ruisenor
07. El amor y la muerte : Balada
08. Epílogo : Serenata del espectro
09. Granados: El pelele (Goyesca)
10. Montsalvatge: Divagación
CD 02
Granados: Danzas españolas, Op. 37
01. I. Galante. Allegro
02. II. Oriental. Andante
03. III. Fandango. Energico
04. IV. Villanesca
05. V. Andaluza
06. VI. Rondalla argonesa. Allegretto, poco a poco accelerando – Molto Andante
07. VII. Valenciana. Allegro alroso
08. VIII. Asturiana. Assai moderato
09. IX. Mazurka. Molto allegro brilliante
10. X. Danza triste. Allegretto – Andante – Tempo I
11. XI. Zambra. Largo a placer – Andante con moto
12. XII. Bolero. Andante
13. Granados: Valses poéticos
Montsalvatge: Sonatine pour Yvette
14. Vivo e spiritoso
15. Moderato molto
16. Allegretto
Alicia de Larrocha, that incomparable interpreter of the Spanish repertoire, is here revisiting many of her favourite musical haunts. And if some of her former edge and fire, her tonal and stylistic luxuriance are now replaced by more ‘contained’ and reflective qualities, her warmth and affection remain undimmed. Her rubato, while less lavishly deployed than before, is potent and alluring, and each and every dance is played with rare naturalness and authority. But if a touch of sobriety occasionally blunts the fullest impact of these fascinating, most aristocratic idealisations of local Spanish life and colour, the actual playing is never less than masterly. The Valses poéticos are offered as an engaging encore.
The recordings have much less range and reverberance than her previous ones on Decca; however, all lovers of this repertoire will want to add this to their collection.