Mercedes Gancedo & Sholto Kynoch

Thanks to Manuel Capdevila i Font’s book La carrera de Victoria de los Ángeles (The Career of Victoria de los Ángeles), we know that Schubert was the most performed composer in recital (2,750 times), followed by Brahms and a sentimental tie between Manuel de Falla (2,138) and Enric Granados (2,115). Of the latter, La maja de Goya was the piece she performed most, followed by the Tonadillas en estilo antiguo which she loved to include in her recitals, with creations such as El majo tímido or El tralalá y el punteado remaining especially in the memory. Alicia de Larrocha, also born in 1923, had a direct relationship with Granados, as she was a student of Frank Marshall, who in turn was a student of Granados himself. To mark the opening of the exhibition ‘Victoria de los Ángeles’ Wardrobe’, which can be seen at Palau Güell from November to January 2024, Mercedes Gancedo performs this complete Granados program that she will have performed in Oxford the previous month. Marc Busquets is responsible for the show's dramaturgy and costume design.