Watch Naxos Scenic Musical Journeys: Spain - Madrid, La Mancha, Toldeo
- 55 min
We explore the streets, palaces and parks of Madrid, the capital of Castile and of Spain, before turning south to La Mancha, the country of the immortal Don Quixote, and to Toledo, the home of Cervantes and of the great painter known as El Greco. Music of Spain held an exotic attraction for composers from other lands. Glinka and Rimsky-Korsakov, Lalo, Massenet and Ravel, Bizet, Verdi and Paganini.