February

Composers of the month

Isaac Albeniz, Manuel de Falla,
and Enrique Granados

El Polo  from Suite Iberia by Albeniz

Pianist Alicia De Larrocha playing Triana
from Iberia by Albeniz

Triana from Iberia by Albeniz on guitar

Suite Española by Albéniz

Albeniz “Rumores de la caleta” from Recuerdos de viaje

Goyescas by Granados

Guitarist Stefano Grondona playing Danza Española no. 5 Andaluza by Enrique Granados

Pianist Luis Fernando Pérez playing Danza Española no. 5 Andaluza by Enrique Granados

A piano roll of Granados playing his Valses poéticos

 Alex Alguacil playing Fantasía Bética
by Manuel De Falla

(correction from magazine: there were omitted words on
p. 14 – it should have read, “this composition was written for pianist Arthur Rubinstein.”)

Daniel Barenboim playing Noches en los jardines de Espanaby manuel de falla

Itzhak Perlman (violin) and Ken Noda (piano) playing Manuel de Falla’s Danse Espagnole at the White House

More Spanish Music

 

Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquin Rodrigo

Fandango Dancing

Flamenco Dancing

Ravel’s famous Bolero

Jota Dancing

Christoph Gluck used a Fandango in
his ballet Don Juan.

10-year-old Sterre van Boxtel sings the aria Habanera from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet.