On 28 September 1939, a group of admirers gathered at the modest house in Granada of Manuel de Falla to wish wish him bon voyage. The pretext of his journey was a concert series in Buenos Aires, but ...

For the last 20 years of his life, Spanish Composer Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) seemed to have deserted music. In Granada, and later in Argentina, he passed his time in apparently unproductive ...

At first glance this looks like another recording of Falla’s earthy ballet Love the Magician. But it’s actually an intriguing exploration of that work’s roots in the music of Spain’s past, all ...

The piece by Spanish composer Manuel de Falla that you're most likely to hear on piano doesn't feature at all on this CD of his piano music. The Ritual Fire Danceis not an original piano work, but an ...

It’s easy to become a little obsessed with obscure, underrated music. You bang on and on about works which you’re convinced are masterpieces which no one ever seems to play. Which means that it’s also ...

Spanish conductor Juanjo Mena has recently succeeded Gianandra Noseda as the BBC Philharmonic’s principal conductor. You trust that the choice of repertoire on this release was driven by Mena himself, ...