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Granados: Piano Music Vol 2 - Goyescas / Douglas Riva

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Details

Composer
GRANADOS
Artist
Douglas, Riva
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Nov 01, 1999
Catalog #
8554403
UPC
636943440322

About

Any new release of Goyescas faces unavoidable comparison to Alicia de Larrocha's standard-setting interpretation (her 1976 Decca version is the finest of her four recordings). Happily, Douglas Riva's persuasive playing stands up well to such formidable competition. Having prepared a critical edition of Granados' piano works, Riva knows this music cold, and dispatches its colorful, multi-leveled textures and idiosyncratic figurations with fluent elegance. True, he doesn't command De Larrocha's wide vocabulary of articulations, nor her fearless dynamism. Yet his stylish, clear-cut playing benefits from engineering that's superior to Decca's tubby sonics. As a bonus, Riva includes the previously unrecorded "Serenata goyesca", a slight, rather inconclusive piece that may have formed part of Goyescas' first draft. Riva provides his own excellent, informative annotations. A highly recommended release. --Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 I. Los requiebros 09:51
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Los requiebros
    Duration
    09:51
    Composer
    Enrique Granados
    Performer
    Douglas Riva
  2. 2 II. Coloquio en la reja, duo de amor 11:45
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Coloquio en la reja, duo de amor
    Duration
    11:45
    Composer
    Enrique Granados
    Performer
    Douglas Riva
  3. 3 III. El fandango de candil 06:13
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. El fandango de candil
    Duration
    06:13
    Composer
    Enrique Granados
    Performer
    Douglas Riva
  4. 4 IV. Quejas, ó La maja y el ruiseñor 06:20
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Quejas, ó La maja y el ruiseñor
    Duration
    06:20
    Composer
    Enrique Granados
    Performer
    Douglas Riva
  5. 5 I. El amor y la muerte (Love and Death) 11:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. El amor y la muerte (Love and Death)
    Duration
    11:40
    Composer
    Enrique Granados
    Performer
    Douglas Riva
  6. 6 II. Epílogo: Serenata del espectro (Epilogue: The Ghost's Serenade) 08:24
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Epílogo: Serenata del espectro (Epilogue: The Ghost's Serenade)
    Duration
    08:24
    Composer
    Enrique Granados
    Performer
    Douglas Riva
  7. 7 El pelele (The Straw Man) 04:59
    Track
    7
    Title
    El pelele (The Straw Man)
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Enrique Granados
    Performer
    Douglas Riva
  8. 8 Serenata goyesca (Serenade in the Style of Goya) 03:35
    Track
    8
    Title
    Serenata goyesca (Serenade in the Style of Goya)
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    Enrique Granados
    Performer
    Douglas Riva