MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - SPAIN: Toledo and Cordoba
Toledo
City scenes / The Alcazar / Santa Cruz Museum and Patio
The River Tagus (Tajo)
Guadamur Castle and Montalban Ruins
House and Museum of El Greco
City Scenes and Cathedral
Cordoba
Mosque and Cathedral
Alcazar Gardens and Viana Palace / La Mancha
Date of Production: 2010-05-28
Playing Time: 00:52:00
Catalogue Number: 2.110255 UPC: 747313525553
UPC: 747313525553
The Places
Our visit to Spain centres on the old capital of Castile, Toledo, historically famous for its steel and swords and as the home of the great painter known as El Greco. There are views of Cordoba, with its relics of Moorish occupation, and a brief glimpse of the windmills on the plains of La Mancha, buildings Don Quixote once mistook for giants.
The Music
The music of Spain held an exotic attraction for composers from other countries. The French composer Lalo was of remote Spanish origin himself, and his Symphonie espagnole, written for the great Spanish violinist Pablo Sarasate, evokes the spirit of the country. Sarasate himself is represented here by a gypsy piece, Zigeunerweisen, and the versatile and prolific French composer Saint-Saens, who also dedicated a number of works to Sarasate, by his Spanish Havanaise.
