La ciudad eterna (Eduardo Granados)

Emilio Sagi-Barba, Luisa Vela, Ricardo Fuentes, García Muñoz, José Pujalte. Coro & Orchesta c. Eduardo Granados
Blue Moon BMCD 7554 [extracts]

This was the most successful zarzuela by Eduardo Granados, short-lived son of the great Enrique; and though the music of his Venetian melodrama proves no more than modestly engaging it is very strongly sung by the famous husband and wife team who created the leading roles. Blue Moon's transfer of the 1921 recording is fair, and if the rarity value of these 22' of highlights appeals there is no reason to hesitate - although the main couplings, 10 extracts from El pájaro azúl, are more of a disappointment.

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