Rafael Fruhbeck De Burgos Rhapsodies Cd

Both the Albe?niz works on this recording began life as piano pieces the Suite espan?ola for solo piano (here orchestrated by Rafael Fru?hbeck de Burgos) and the Rapsodia espan?ola for two pianos, orchestrated by Cristobal Halffter. They are given immensely colourful performances here, in glorious Decca Sound , with Burgos s 1967 recording of the Suite espan?ola still considered one of Decca s demonstration records. Both the Rhapsodies are scored for piano and orchestra, and who better to demonstrate them than Alicia de Larrocha. This reissue forms part of a survey of her much-praised Decca recordings, some of them appearing on CD for the first time.