(1987) Canciones Españolas: Granados, Turina, Guridi & Toldrá Othmar Schoeck Thus he never regretted abandoning

Thus he never regretted abandoning an idea or leaving a composition unfinished

But the work itself merits no such nonsense

and with their success they have brought a once forgotten phenomenon back into popularity: the piano duo and its extensive repertoire

he is accompanied by the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana under the direction of renown conductor Lawrence Foster

Lawrence Foster is currently the musical director of the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado (USA)

(1987) Canciones Españolas: Granados, Turina, Guridi & Toldrá Othmar Schoeck Thus he never regretted abandoningWho would expect anything as moving as the small cycle La Maja dolorosa I III by Enrique Granados (1867 1916), which opens Teresa Berganzas choice of songs and which, regarding its emotional intensity, can be compared only to Schumanns Frauenliebe und leben ? These three wonderful laments of love reveal the composers personality, his emotional depth and sensibility to a much greater extent than the three following light pieces rooted in popular