Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Spanish composer-pianist Enrique Granados whose evocations of Spain helped create a new musical identity for his country.

Although Enrique Granados is widely regarded as being a Spanish composer, he was first and foremost a Catalan. He had the extraordinary good luck to grow up in Barcelona, just as the vision of architects such as Gaudi was transforming it into a unique and vibrant cityscape. Today Donald Macleod looks at how a dynamic new city, home to Granados for most of his life, exercised a powerful influence on the composer.

A la cubana
Thomas Rajna, piano

Violin Sonata
Piano Trio Salzburg

Libro de horas
Thomas Rajna, piano

Salve Regina
Coro Cervantes
Carlos Fernandez Aransay, Director
Tansy Castledine, organ

Serenata goyesca
Douglas Riva, piano

Valses poeticos
Uta Weyand, piano. Show less