Granados Goyescas, Albeniz Iberia : Pizarro (2SACD)

Granados: Goyescas
Albeniz: Iberia

Artur Pizarro, piano - Bluthner concert grand piano (serial number 151893, born on September 1 2009)

Produced by Philip Hobbs
Recorded at Julius Bluthner Pianofortefabrik GmbH, Leipzig, Germany from 2-6 September 2009
Post-production by Julia Thomas, Finesplice, UK
Piano Technician - Tsuyoshi Yamazaki

Some of the earliest memories I have of listening to piano music are of repertoire by Spanish composers. In the apartment building where my maternal grandparents, my parents and I lived, my grandmother, Berta da Nobrega, kept her two pianos. There she practised, taught and rehearsed with Evaristo Campos Coelho, her piano duo partner. Many different works by Albeniz, Granados, Turina, Malats and others were not only played but taught to the numerous students with whom my grandmother and Campos Coelho shared teaching hours. Most repeated among these works were ‘Requiebros' and ‘Quejas, o la Maja y el Ruisenor' from Goyescas by Granados. I can honestly say that I have known these works all my life. - Artur Pizarro ( Linn Records )