Los
Requiebros is the first piece from
the set Goyescas, subtitled "Los majos enamorados" (The majos,
or gallants, in love). The title Goyescas means "in the manner of
Goya" or "after Goya." Each of the six pieces in the set is a
musical evocation of a painting or etching by Francisco Goya, the 18th-century
Spanish painter. Granados was completely captivated by the painter and his
works, especially by his paintings of the "majas"-those beautiful,
mysterious aristocratic Spanish women with their mantillas and fans. In these
pieces Granados brilliantly blended the stylistic and technical elements
inherited from Chopin, Schumann, and Liszt with Spanish melodies, rhythms, and
colors to achieve a highly individual, poetic musical expression. Jie Chen
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Enrique Granados
Los Requiebros, from Goyescas Play
Recorded on 07/24/2007, uploaded on 01/08/2009
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Los Requiebros from Goyecas Enrique Granados
Los Requiebros is the first piece from the set Goyescas, subtitled "Los majos enamorados" (The majos, or gallants, in love). The title Goyescas means "in the manner of Goya" or "after Goya." Each of the six pieces in the set is a musical evocation of a painting or etching by Francisco Goya, the 18th-century Spanish painter. Granados was completely captivated by the painter and his works, especially by his paintings of the "majas"-those beautiful, mysterious aristocratic Spanish women with their mantillas and fans. In these pieces Granados brilliantly blended the stylistic and technical elements inherited from Chopin, Schumann, and Liszt with Spanish melodies, rhythms, and colors to achieve a highly individual, poetic musical expression. Jie Chen
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El majo tímido (Tonadilla)
Spanish Dances No.1 - Minueto
El Pelele, from Goyescas
Allegro de concierto
Andaluza from Danzas Españolas, Op. 37
Valses poéticos
Andaluza Op.37 No.5
El tra-la-la y el punteado (Tonadillas)
Allegro de concierto
El amor y la muerte, from Goyescas
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Evocacion
Sonata in G Major, Kk 547 (L. 28)
Sonata in b minor, Kk 197 (L. 147)
Sonata in G Major, Kk 201 (L. 129)
Rondo K. 511
Sheep May Safely Graze
Arabesques on the themes from the Blue Danube Waltzes
Chaconne from Partita in d minor, BWM 1004
Sonata No. 2 in g minor, Op. 22
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