This mini-cycle of three songs for Voice and, in this instance, Guitar, are ranked among the greatest of Granados’s musical achievements. The blend of beautiful melody, formal integrity and control in the accompaniment creates a remarkable work. The songs set the poetry of Fernando Periquet, a contemporary Spanish writer from Granados, and generally concern the theme of romantic love.

The texts are in Spanish, untranslated. Spanish composer and pianist Enrique Granados was active in the d...