COMPLETE PIANO MUSIC, VOL. 3

The third entry in Naxos’ complete survey of Manuel Blancafort’s piano music only reinforces my enthusiasm for this composer’s inventive keyboard writing, gorgeous harmonic sense,

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THE GRAND TOUR

The title of this best-of release is meant to refer to the featured compositions and composers. The Venice-based Vivaldi traveled extensively, perhaps as far away

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Granados: Goyescas/Riva

Any new release of Goyescas faces unavoidable comparison to Alicia de Larrocha’s standard-setting interpretation (her 1976 Decca version is the finest of her four recordings).

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