4 Spanish Dances by Granados arranged by Alan Thomas скачать в хорошем качестве

4 Spanish Dances by Granados arranged by Alan Thomas

Fandango! performs 4 Spanish Dances by Granados arranged by Alan Thomas Enrique Granados (1867-1916 ) (arr. Alan Thomas) Four Spanish Dances Galante Andaluza Oriental Fandango Enrique Granados was born near Barcelona, Spain. An acclaimed pianist, he performed in Spain, France and New York, collaborating with musicians such as Isaac Albéniz and Pablo Casals, violinists Eugène Ysäye and Jacques Thibaud, pianists Mieczyslaw Horszowski and Camille Saint-Saëns. In addition to his numerous piano works he composed chamber music, vocal music, operas, and symphonic poems. Granados wrote: "My motto has always been to renounce an easy success in order to achieve one that is true and lasting." Today, Granados is universally recognised as one of Spain's most important composers. His music is essentially Romantic with some nationalist characteristics. He has been variously described as "the Spanish Chopin," "the last Romantic," and, by his compatriots, "our Schubert." Yet he had a distinctive voice that is instantly recognisable and entirely his own. Granados was primarily influenced by mid-nineteenth century European Romanticism, especially the music of Schumann and Chopin. The introverted luxuriance of his luminous harmonies, his rich palette of pianistic color, loose formal structures and his vivid imagination, always tinged with nostalgia, place him firmly within the Romantic school. Granados claimed that he wrote the majority of the twelve Danzas española (Spanish dances) when he was sixteen, but they were not given their first public performance until 1890, when the composer himself performed them in Barcelona. Originally written for piano, the Danzas display influences from a variety of Spanish genres, although the themes are original. They represent Granados's most obviously nationalist music, and alongside Albéniz’s Suite espagnole, the Danza became the prototype for much subsequent Spanish music. The Galante is a kind of bolero which begins in a brilliant and elegant way. Andaluza, the most famous piece of the entire collection, is a monothematic song and dance that first shows a sadness and languor, later becoming more dramatic and brilliant. "Oriental" did not refer specifically to East Asia, but rather had the more general sense of "exotic." A dynamic energy characterizes the Fandango.