r/classicalresources • u/scrumptiouscakes • Nov 19 '12

Themes Themes: Spanish

Spanish

A list of pieces which are evocative of Spain, even if they are not by Spanish composers.

All of these pieces can be found on this spotify playlist.

  • Albeniz - Iberia and Suite Española
  • Bizet - Carmen
  • Boccherini - Fandango Guitar Quintet and La Musica Notturna delle Strade di Madrid
  • Chabrier - Espana
  • Debussy - Iberia
  • De Falla - Nights in the Gardens in Spain
  • De Falla - El Amor Brujo
  • De Falla - El sombrero de tres picos
  • De Falla - Fantasia Baetica
  • De Falla - Cuatro Piezas espanoles
  • De Falla - Siete canciones populares espanoles
  • Faure - Le Pas Espagnol from the Dolly Suite
  • Gershwin - Prelude No.3 for Piano
  • Glinka - Spanish Overture No.1 and Spanish Overture No.2
  • Granados - Spanish Dances and Goyescas
  • Johann Strauss II - Spanish March
  • Lalo - Symphonie Espagnole
  • Liszt - La Romanesca
  • Liszt - Rapsodie espagnole
  • Massenet - Ballet Suite from Le Cid
  • Moszkowski - Caprice espagnol
  • Moszkowski - Spanish Dances
  • Ravel - Alborada del gracioso
  • Ravel - Bolero
  • Ravel - Rapsodie Espagnole
  • Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol
  • Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez
  • Sarasate - Spanish Dances Op.22, Op.23
  • Sarasate - Airs Spagnols Op. 18
  • Sarasate - Caprice Basque Op. 24
  • Sarasate - Adios montanas mias, Op. 37
  • Sarasate - Jota Aragonesa Op. 27
  • Sarasate - Jota de Pamplona, Op.50
  • Sarasate - Navarra op. 33
  • Sarasate - Serenata andaluza, Op.28
  • Sarasate - Malaguena op.21
  • Sarasate - Carmen Fantasy
  • Stravinsky - Española from Orchestral Suite No.1
  • Tarrega - Memories of the Alhambra
  • Tchaikovsky - Danse espagnole from Swan Lake and Chocolate (Spanish Dance) from The Nutcracker
  • Turina - Sinfonia Sevillana
  • Turina - La procesion del rocio
  • Turina - Danzas fantasticas

Further suggestions are welcome

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u/Glsbnewt May 04 '13

Pretty much anything by De Falla could go here, but the most important and well known are the Nights in the Gardens in Spain, El Amor Brujo, and as another suggested El sombrero de tres picos. Fantasia Baetica, Cuatro Piezas espanoles, and siete canciones populares espanoles are also very good although probably not as important.

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u/scrumptiouscakes May 04 '13 edited May 04 '13

Thanks, I'll add those!

Edit: Could you recommend a recording of the siete canciones populares espanoles that I can add to the spotify playlist?

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u/Glsbnewt May 05 '13

Yeah, the Teresa Berganza recording is good. On spotify it's part of the album "Manuel de Falla: El Corregidor Y La Molinera - 7 canciones populares..." and it also lists Juan Antonio Alvares Parejo as the pianist.

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u/scrumptiouscakes May 05 '13

That's great, thanks :)

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u/enbaros May 13 '13

No Sarasate? Has several works evocative of Spain.

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u/scrumptiouscakes May 13 '13

Could you make me a list?

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u/enbaros May 16 '13

Most of his works are based on spanish melodies and are quite evocative. However, there are some that are definitely based on Spanish tradition.

Romanza Andaluza (Spanish Dances op. 22

Airs Spagnols Op. 18

Caprice Basque op. 24

Adios montanas mias, op. 37

Jota Aragonesa op. 27

Jota de Pamplona, Op.50

Navarra op. 33

Serenata andaluza, Op.28

Malaguena op.21

Spanish dances op.23

Then of course, the famous Carmen Fantasy, which is adapted from Bizet's opera

[Zigeunerweisen could also be argued to belong to this group. Obviously All of Sarasate's works have a heavy spanish influence, and as a spaniard I recognize this as so. It is also called "Gypsy airs", gypsies being very prevalent in spanish culture. I'll leave it to you to decide if this should belong here.] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufIlOXXMqs0)

There are others, but those are the most known ones in my opinion. I am not an expert on Sarasate, as I am mostly interested in his violin works, so forgive me if I left something.

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u/scrumptiouscakes May 16 '13

This is great, thanks! I'll add all of these to the list.

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u/Mosquitow May 17 '13

Some more: -Turina - Sinfonia Sevillana -Turina - La procesion del rocio -Turina - Danzas fantasticas

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u/scrumptiouscakes May 17 '13

Thanks! I'll add these.

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u/eqcore15 Mar 14 '13

Manuel de Falla's El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Corned Hat) could also fit into this category.