CONCERTOS FROM SPAIN - ALBENIZ, TURINA, MONTSALVAGE, SURINACH - ALICIA DE LARROCHA

In 1977 Decca released an LP entitled 'Concertos from Spain' which coupled two contemporary piano concertos - those by Montsalvatge (Concerto Breve, written for Alicia de Larrocha) and Surinach's Piano Concerto. The Surinach - 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 Española 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