Iñaki Encina Oyón discovers unknown facets of Spain's most important composer through his songs The repertoire of the Spanish concert song is much more extensive than one might assume in view of its scarce presence on concert programs. Whereas in Spain, less well-known national composers appear only sporadically, outside of the Iberian Peninsula they are all but non-existent. The repertoire that one hears is limited practically to the Siete canciones populares by de Falla and

Iñaki Encina Oyón sheds light on a mysterious French poet Two of my favourite songs in our recording of French mélodies by Robert Dussaut are composed on poems of a certain Jean Maddus: L’Oracle and Adieux à l’étranger. Adriana González delivers these texts with exquisite taste, and during our preparation for the recording she confessed that she felt very connected to the poems as they are about two women. The first one asks an oracle about the true feelings of her lover, onl