
Concertos From Spain: Albéniz, Turina, Montsalvatge, Suriñach
In 1977, Decca released an LP entitled ‘Concertos from Spain’ which coupled two contemporary piano concertos – one by Montsalvatge (‘Concerto Breve’, written for Alicia de Larrocha) and the other, Surinach’s Piano Concerto. The Surinach recording – he was a kind of Spanish Khachaturian – has never before been released on CD. Taking advantage of the extended playing time of a CD, this release includes two other concertante works for piano and orchestra – Turina’s ‘Rapsodia sinfonica’ (made famous by Eileen Joyce) and the ‘Rapsodia espanola’ by a composer synonymous with de Larrocha, Albeniz. ISAAC ALBÉNIZ Rapsodia española (arr. Cristóbal Halffter) JOAQUÍN TURINA Rapsodia sinfónica, Op. 66 XAVIER MONTSALVATGE Concerto Breve for Piano & Orchestra CARLOS SURINACH Concerto for Piano & Orchestra Alicia de Larrocha, piano London Philharmonic Orchestra [1-2] Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [3-4] Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos