🇪🇸Enrique Granados ： Allegretto

Granados’s “Allegretto” is a piano piece that invites the listener to appreciate the balance between lightness and gentleness suggested by its title. Its musical appeal lies in maintaining a natural flow while allowing the melody to sing, and in shaping changes of dynamics and tone color with care. A key point of interest is the finely controlled breathing at the ends of phrases and in the handoff of musical lines, while keeping the larger shape of the piece in view. In performance, it is important not to hurry and to preserve a soft buoyancy within the beat. Bringing the melody clearly to the fore and keeping the accompaniment light and transparent creates an approachable yet refined character.