Falla, Turina & Montsalvatge

With Alicia de Larrocha’s centenary upcoming, we focus on her fantastic Hispavox and EMI Spain recordings devoted to Spanish music, of which she has been a fiery advocate throughout her career. We release a recording ‒ featuring the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra ‒ of Catalan composer Montsalvatge’s Concierto breve (whose she was the dedicatee when it premiered in 1953), very much inspired by Stravinsky and modern French music. This album comes with a collection of modern pieces by Andalusian composers Turina and Falla, with transcriptions of his famous dances from La vida breve, El amor brujo and El sombrero de tres picos.