BBC Philharmonic - Gerhard: Don Quixote (Complete Ballet); Suite from Alegrias; Pedrelliana (CD) - CD

Details: The Catalan Roberto Gerhard studied piano with Granados, and was the only Spanish composer to study with Arnold Schoenberg. It was, however, over twenty years before he committed himself to writing twelve-tone music. In the interim, his output brought a new focus and precision (owing more to Stravinsky and Bartok) to the Spanish style. All the works on this album were composed in that...