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8.572076 BRETON, T.: Escenas andaluzas / En la Alhambra / Opera Preludes (Madrid Community Orchestra, Roa)
Highly esteemed in his lifetime, though sadly neglected since, Tomás Bretón built an enviable reputation on the ten theatrical works he composed between 1875 and 1896, the evocative Preludes to three of which and the Sardana from Garin are included on this disc. In his popular Escenas andaluzas (Andalusian Scenes) he evokes all the sunshine and colour of southern Spain, while En la Alhambra celebrates the fabulous red-stoned Moorish palace near Granada. Bretón’s Piano Trio in E major and Four Spanish Pieces are available on Naxos 8.570713. “I have been attracted by the Naxos Spanish Classics series, which has given us much music unknown in this country. Tomas Breton, who died in 1923 at the age of 73, built an enviable reputation in the theatre at the end of the 19th century. Like so many, he was then forgotten. This CD has preludes from his operas and zarzuelas and Scenes from Andalusia—a 26-minute nostalgia piece…” Review by Peter Spaull, Liverpool Daily Post, January 2009 |
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