🇪🇸Enrique Granados ： Poetic Waltzes Introduction

This short introduction opens the Poetic Waltzes, quietly building anticipation for the waltz that follows. Centered on a singing melody and gentle harmonies, it leaves an introspective and intimate impression rather than one of brilliance. The musical flow comes across naturally when the melody’s breathing is carefully preserved and the accompaniment is kept light and restrained. Instead of fixing the tempo mechanically, slight flexibility at the ends of phrases and with harmonic changes provides an important expressive feature. The pedal should be used with restraint so that the resonance does not become blurred, while the lingering sounds are listened to carefully. As a bridge to the following waltz, this piece calls for careful attention to its quiet sense of tension.