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 Granados: Piano Music Vol 7 / Douglas Riva
Release Date: 07/20/2004 
Label:  Naxos   Catalog #: 8557141   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Enrique Granados
Performer:  Douglas Riva

Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 13 Mins. 

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For the seventh volume in his complete Granados survey on Naxos, pianist Douglas Riva uncovers no less than five previously unrecorded works. The 10 Valses Sentimentales are intimate, nostalgically tinged character pieces whose modest demands might attract pianists looking for an alternative to Schumann's Kinderszenen. Though primarily valuable for pedagogical purposes, a group of seven short studies serve as delightful thumbnail sketches for the following--and previously recorded--Six Expressive Studies in the Form of Simple Pieces. The Minuetto exudes rococo charm, with a main theme that evokes the opening strain of Paderewski's Minuet in G. Perhaps the most substantial discovery here is La Gondola (its manuscript came to light in 2001). The work's outer sections are characterized by lilting sonorities, offset by a turbulent central episode. Granados' mellower side always brings out the best in Douglas Riva, whose quiet authority and poetic instincts are well captured by Naxos' slightly distant yet full-bodied pickup. As usual, Riva's succinct annotations are scholarly and informative.

--Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com
 Works on This Recording Back to Top 
1.  Valses sentimentales (10) for Piano by Enrique Granados
Performer:  Douglas Riva (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: circa 1890; Spain 
2.  Estudios (7) for Piano by Enrique Granados
Performer:  Douglas Riva (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: Spain 
3.  Estudios (6) expresivos for Piano by Enrique Granados
Performer:  Douglas Riva (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: Spain 
4.  Bocetos by Enrique Granados
Performer:  Douglas Riva (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: circa 1912-1913; Spain 
5.  Exquise...! "Vals tzigane" by Enrique Granados
Performer:  Douglas Riva (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: circa 1900; Spain 
6.  L'himne dels morts by Enrique Granados
Performer:  Douglas Riva (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1897; Spain 
7.  Cartas de amor for Piano, Op. 44 by Enrique Granados
Performer:  Douglas Riva (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: Spain 
8.  Bourée for Piano "A la antigua" by Enrique Granados
Performer:  Douglas Riva (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: after 1898; Spain 
9.  Minuetto for Piano by Enrique Granados
Performer:  Douglas Riva (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: after 1898; Spain 
10.  La góndola "Escena poética" by Enrique Granados
Performer:  Douglas Riva (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: after 1898; Spain 
 Sound Samples Back to Top 
Valses sentimentales
Vivo: Mis Iloros y anoranzas eran cantos tristes, DLR VII:4.1
Valses sentimentales
Andante, DLR VII:4.2
Valses sentimentales
Vivo: Nos habiamos apasionado mutuamente, DLR VII:4.3
Valses sentimentales
Dolente: No habia ya mas que tristeza donde faltara ella!, DLR VII:4.4
Valses sentimentales
Allegro appassionato, DLR VII:4.5
Valses sentimentales
Andantino amoroso, DLR VII:4.6
Valses sentimentales
Allegro pastoral en forma de vals, DLR VII:4.7
Valses sentimentales
Sentimentale, DLR VII:4.8
Valses sentimentales
Dolente, DLR VII:4.9
Valses sentimentales
Allegro final, DLR VII:4.10
7 Estudios
A major, DLR IV:4.1
7 Estudios
F sharp minor, DLR IV:4.2
7 Estudios
E major, DLR IV:4.3
7 Estudios
D flat major, DLR IV:4.4
7 Estudios
Allegro, G major, DLR IV:4.5
7 Estudios
C sharp major, DLR IV:4.6
7 Estudios
B flat major, DLR IV:4.7
6 Estudios expresivos en forma de piezas faciles
Tema y variaciones, DLR IV:5.1
6 Estudios expresivos en forma de piezas faciles
Allegro moderato, DLR IV:5.2
6 Estudios expresivos en forma de piezas faciles
El caminante, DLR IV:5.3
6 Estudios expresivos en forma de piezas faciles
Pastoral, DRL IV:5.4
6 Estudios expresivos en forma de piezas faciles
La ultima pavana, DLR IV:5.5
6 Estudios expresivos en forma de piezas faciles
Maria - Romanza sin palabras, DRL IV:5.6
Bocetos
Despertar del cazador, DLR IV:10.1
Bocetos
El hada y el nino, DLR IV:10.2
Bocetos
Vals muy lento, DLR IV:10.3
Bocetos
La campana de la tarde, DLR IV:10.4
Exquise ... ! Vals tzigane
Exquise...! Vals tzigane, DLR VII:7
L'himne dels morts
DLR V:5
Cartas de amor: Valses intimos
Cadencioso, DLR VII:6.1
Cartas de amor: Valses intimos
Suspirante, DLR VII:6.2
Cartas de amor: Valses intimos
Dolente, DLR VII:6.3
Cartas de amor: Valses intimos
Appassionato, DLR VII:6.4
A la Antigua, DLR III:19
A la Antigua: Bourre, DLR III:19
Minuetto, DLR III:17
Escena poetica
La Gondola: , DLR III: 25
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