Colors of Spain Volume 2 by Daniel Estrem Daniel Estrem : Colors of Spain Volume 2.
 Colorful classical guitar.

Manuel de Falla, Enrique Granados and Isaac Albeniz are among the most important proponents of the modern Spanish school of composition founded by Felipe Pedrell. Each of these composers used the folklore of his country in his own unique manner. Most of the attention on this recording centers on de Falla and Granados, while Estrem's first Colors of Spain album consists mainly of works by Albeniz.

De Falla's El Amor Brujo (Love, the Magician) was initially commissioned in 1914-15 as a gitaneria (gypsy piece) by a flamenco gypsy dancer and reflects the composer's skillful use of flamenco elements in shaping this highly original suite. It was later re-scored as a symphonic suite and eventually became a one-act ballet.

Enrique Granados was thoroughly imbued with romantic culture and continued composing in the manner of Chopin and Schumann. He was an exquisite colourist and gave his works a poetic view of a refined 18th century Spanish culture. His Valses Poeticos reveals the expressive nature of his compositions and his thorough mastery of the waltz form.

Songs:

1. Introduccion y escena from El Amor Brujo (Manuel de Falla)
2. En la cueva from El Amor Brujo (Manuel de Falla)
3. Cancion del amor dolido from El Amor Brujo (Manuel de Falla)
4. El aparecido y danza del terror from El Amor Brujo (Manuel de Falla)
5. El circulo magico from El Amor Brujo (Manuel de Falla)
6. A media noche from El Amor Brujo (Manuel de Falla)
7. Danza ritual del fuego from El Amor Brujo (Manuel de Falla)
8. Escena from El Amor Brujo (Manuel de Falla)
9. Cancion del fuego fatuo from El Amor Brujo (Manuel de Falla)
10. Pantomima from El Amor Brujo (Manuel de Falla)
11. Danza del juego de amor from El Amor Brujo (Manuel de Falla)
12. Las campanas de amanecer from El Amor Brujo (Manuel de Falla)
13. Cataluna from Suite Espanola (Isaac Albeniz)
14. Intro from Valses Poeticos (Enrique Granados)
15. Melodico from Valses Poeticos (Enrique Granados)
16. Valse noble from Valses Poeticos (Enrique Granados)
17. Valse lento from Valses Poeticos (Enrique Granados)
18. Allegro humoristico from Valses Poeticos (Enrique Granados)
19. Allegretto elegante from Valses Poeticos (Enrique Granados)
20. Quasi ad libitum sentimental from Valses Poeticos (Enrique Granados)
21. Vivo from Valses Poeticos (Enrique Granados)
22. Presto from Valses Poeticos (Enrique Granados)
23. Melodico from Valses Poeticos (Enrique Granados)
24. Danza del molinero from Sombrero de Tres Picos (Manuel de Falla)
25. Capricho espanol Op39 (Enrique Granados)
26. Sevilla from Suite Espanola (Isaac Albeniz)

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Release date: 1/30/2012
Daniel Estrem lives in Minnesota USA

Tagged as: Classical, Baroque, Spanish, World, Instrumental, Composer: Enrique Granados, Composer: Isaac Albeniz, Composer: Manuel de Falla, Classical Guitar

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