Enrique Granados: Valses poéticos (1899)

Enrique Joaquín Granados y Campiña (1867-1916): Valses poéticos (1899).

Alicia de Larrocha, piano.

Preludio (00:00)
1. Melodioso (01:07)
2. Tempo de Valse noble (02:41)
3. Tempo de Valse lente (03:58)
4. Allegro umoristico (05:54)
5. Allegretto (06:36)
6. Quasi ad libitum (07:47)
7. Vivo (09:11)
8. Presto (09:57)

Los Ocho valses poéticos de Enrique Granados, compuestos en Barcelona en 1899, componen una de las suites más conocidas y más románticas del autor. Granados, durante sus primeras (e incluso más tardías) composiciones, denotó un gran interés por el piano romántico del momento, y en algunas de sus obras se perciben características melódicas de Chopin o Schumann.

Catalogados como obra 10 entre las del compositor, se trata de frutos juveniles, puede ser que de 1887. En realidad formaban parte de un todo mucho más amplio —Cartas, Valses de amor— y son el resultado de una selección hecha por Granados para ofrecerlos en dedicatoria «A mi amigo Joaquín Malats». En la primera edición de 1887 constaba otro nombre. Lo borra el autor en el ejemplar que envía al famoso pianista y escribe: «Esta obra va dedicada a ti, Joaquín. El otro nombre no vale».

Músicas al ritmo del 3/4, muy chopinianas al decir de Henri Collet, sin que falten conexiones schubertianas pero tampoco el sello personal, aun tratándose de fruto muy tempranero. Lo que, en cambio, no parece razonable es que se consideren especialmente representativos. El conjunto de los Valses poéticos se integra por un Vivace molto introductor, los siete valses y un Presto final en el que se recuerda expresamente el tema del primero de los citados valses. Pentagramas de claridad y brevedad sumas.

[maxb]

Her playing is brilliant and expressive

[MrMogensd]

So wonderful. Reminds me of that afternoon when I played for the youngest daughter of Granados. Alicia was my teacher.

[Liduniya]

Only Granados can be so simple melodically but so beautiful! Can't thank you enough for bringing music to us!

[lucasgust]

¡Es IMPRESIONANTE la interpretación de Alicia!

[xmkks]

What an interpretation she really let us listen to the whole piece, the flow not just a piece of some notes

[mariamendezmartinez]

Wow que vals tan más bonito, si lo hubiera conocido en mis xv sin duda lo hubiera elegido muchas gracias por tocarlo y darlo a conocer.

[alpacacokelat]

i love how expressive this pieces is, , no fixed bpm, just vibe from the pianist, and each person shall play it differently

[paulchristopher]

Magnificent cycle of waltzes and idiomatic performance from de Larrocha who was an heir to Granados’ pianistic style.

[peterf.sauermann]

He had the talent to combine the tradition of Central European late romanticism with the characteristics of Spanish music. We have op 50, a work that is unfortunately seldom played but one of the really great ones alongside Goyescas and Danzas españolas.

[William-tw]

As a subscriber to both your channels, I feel as though I should thank you twice as often for the gifts you give us. Thank you, again.

[Emma]

how wonderful! one of my favorite pieces and pianists. Thank you.

Sem nenhuma dúvida, a maior pianista do século XX.

[norwalltino]

Elegancy, nice touch, influenced by Schumann and Chopin, that's only a plus, nothing wrong with that at all, why should it? Great composer!

[flamenfloralis]

Thanks a lot for the perfect sync between performance and  music score   !

[lavendelle_swift]

English translation of the description

Enrique Granados' Eight Poetic Waltzes, composed in Barcelona in 1899, make up one of the author's best-known and most romantic suites. Granados, during his first (and even later) compositions, showed a great interest in the romantic piano of the moment, and in some of his works melodic characteristics of Chopin or Schumann are perceived.

Listed as the 10th work of the composer, these are juvenile fruits, possibly from 1887. In reality they were part of a much broader whole — Letters, Waltzes of Love— and are the result of a selection made by Granados to offer them in dedication «To my friend Joaquín Malats». In the first edition of 1887 there was another name. The author erases it in the copy he sends to the famous pianist and writes: «This work is dedicated to you, Joaquín. The other name is not valid.

Music to the 3/4 rhythm, very Chopinian according to Henri Collet's words, without missing Schubertian connections but not the personal stamp either, even in the case of very early fruit. What, however, does not seem reasonable is that they are considered especially representative. The set of poetic Waltzes is made up of an introductory Vivace molto, the seven waltzes and a final Presto in which the theme of the first of the aforementioned waltzes is expressly recalled. Pentagrams of clarity and brevity sums.

[ctvnidgvk]

so so so beautiful melody that can only come from

[urmorph]

Misprint in the sheet music: at 1:46 (16 bar repeated section) 2nd line, 2nd bar, 2nd bass note should be B, not C#, as elsewhere. I've seen several editions, and they all slavishly repeat this obvious slip of the pen. Ms de Larrocha, of course, plays it correctly. How fortunate we are to have her recordings.

[NgKQ]

No. 5 was featured in ABRSM's Selected Exam Pieces for Grade 6 for years 2005-06

[lucase.garcia]

Es un crimen... repito, un crimen... que no haya conocido a Granados antes.
Impresionante y bello. Los sentimientos, son indescriptibles.

[Johanna]

Quina joia. Dona gust sentir aquesta preciositat just el 27 de juliol, dia en què va néixer el nostre estimat Enrique Granados