Enrique Granados [1867-1916]

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Shizuka Shimoyama, discussed in the previous post, talks about Larrocha, Luis Galve, Rosa Sabater, etc. Please use Google translate.


https://acueducto.jp/musica/los-mejores-pianistas-en-espana/

[Todd]

So, like, I fancy me dandies in love.  Quite a bit.  It's an above average work for solo piano.  I've decided to subject it to, or already have subjected it to, the same degree of rigor as the New Testament and Faure's Requiem. 

I did some web scouring and identified the below seventy-six recorded versions for consideration.  Any notable or super-obscure recordings missing?


Pianist
Abdel Rahman El Bacha
Alba Ventura Cruz
Albert Attenelle
Albert Guinovart
Aldo Ciccolini
Alex Alguacil
Alexander Boyd
Alicia de Larrocha I
Alicia de Larrocha II
Alicia de Larrocha III
Alicia de Larrocha IV
Amparo Iturbi
Ana-Maria Vera
Angel Huidobro
Antonio Rosado
Artur Pizarro
Ayako Fujiki
Beatrice Berthold
Benita Meshulam
Cristina Ortiz
Daniel Del Pino
Denis Burstein
Douglas Riva
Edmund Battersby
Eduardas Haim
Eduardo del Pueyo
Emili Brugalla
Eric Parkin
Eulàlia Solé
Francesco Caramiello
Francisco Aybar
Frieda Valenzi
Garrick Ohlsson
Hisako Hiseki
Hugo Monden
Javier Perianes
Jean-François Dichamp
Jean-François Heisser
Jean-Marc Luisada
Jean-Philippe Collard
Joaquín Achúcarro
Joop Celis
Jorge Luis Prats
Jose Echaniz
José Menor
Jose Pedro Garcia
Kun Woo Paik
Lenissei Ramic
Leopoldo Querol
Luis Fernando Pérez
Lydia Jardon
Magda Schneider
Mario Miranda
Marisa Montiel
Marta Zabaleta
Martin Jones
Matthias Rein
Michel Block
Mie Matsumura
Naomi Fujimoto
Nicholas Zumbro
Nikita Magaloff
Norico Ueno
Patrick O'Byrne
Peter Donohoe
Ralph Votapek
Rena Kyriakou
Rosa Sabater
Sebastian Stanley
Shizuka Shimoyama
Sofya Melikyan
Teresa Escandon
Thomas Rajna
Viviana Lasaracina
Waldo Geuns
Xiayin Wang
Yoonie Han

[ritter]

Catalan pianist Eulàlia Solé's 1972 recording on the Spanish label Edigsa was later reissued by Harmonia Mundi, but never transferred to CD AFAIK. It's the version I got to know the work with, and loved it (but I was very young and had nothing to compare it to at the time).

Ataulfo Argenta

Wouldn't Argenta be the conductor in his recording of the operatic version of Goyescas?

[Todd]

Wouldn't Argenta be the conductor in his recording of the operatic version of Goyescas?

My bad.  Dropped him and added Solé to the list. 

[ritter]

Another obscure one, by (Portuguese?) pianist Antonio Rosado (of whom I've never heard, and whose name is barely legible on the CD cover):



José María Pinzolas on DG won't qualify, I presume, as it's incomplete (just two pieces, plus El pelele).

[Todd]

Another obscure one, by (Portuguese?) pianist Antonio Rosado (of whom I've never heard, and whose name is barely legible on the CD cover):

Rosado is streamable and will be put on the understudy list.  Incomplete takes on Goyescas make me sad, so I will avoid those, with one mammoth, purposeful exception.

[ritter]

And some more...

Javier Negrin (a fine pianist from the Canary Islands) on Odradek:



Rubén Lorenzo on Delicias Discográficas (?):



Marylene Dosse on the cheapo ZYX label (it would seem that these labels deliberately sneak typos onto their covers —Estudios ExprIsivos—  :

[Todd]

Javier Negrin (a fine pianist from the Canary Islands) on Odradek:

Ah, crap, I forgot about this one.  It's the same pairing as Ms Melikyan's recording.  An emergency listening session is in order.

[Bachtoven]

Let's not forget about this wonderful recording of Goyescas.


Edit: I see it on the list. Oh well, a cover is worth a thousand words.

[Mandryka]

Carlo Vidusso


The unattributed Joyce Hatto.

(I've just put Trio Campanella's recording on - it's lovely!)

[Brian]

(I've just put Trio Campanella's recording on - it's lovely!)

I love both the Trio Campanella arrangement albums.