This Caprice on Spanish Themes has a garbled title translated into both Italian and French. The work premiered in November 1887 in St. Petersburg, conducted by the composer. The piece, based on Spanish folk songs, is divided into five movements, which are played without a break:
Alborada
Variazioni...
Lyrics for this song have yet to be released
Capriccio espagnol was written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov released Capriccio espagnol on Sat Nov 12 1887.
In his autobiography, the composer registered his dissatisfaction with the work’s reception:
The opinion formed by both critics and the public, that the Capriccio is a magnificently orchestrated piece — is wrong. The Capriccio is a brilliant composition for the orchestra. The change of timbres, the...
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