For Your GRAMMY® Consideration

Piano Concerto No. 1Persephone

A concerto for piano and orchestra by Vicente Álamo, recorded at Abbey Road Studios with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and submitted for consideration in four GRAMMY® categories.

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In the press

“the result is sonic gold.”

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“there is real professionalism to composer, executants, and engineer/producer”

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Recognition

  • World Entertainment Awards

    Nominee

    Best Orchestral Composition

  • World Entertainment Awards

    Nominee

    Best Orchestral Performance

  • European International Music Awards

    Nominee

    Best Composition

For your consideration

GRAMMY Awards®

Persephone, Piano Concerto No. 1 is submitted for consideration by Recording Academy voting members in four categories. The submission reflects the work of the composer, soloist, conductor, orchestra, producers and engineering team.

Contemporary Classical Composition
Classical Instrumental Solo
Engineered Album, Classical
Producer of the Year, Classical

About the work

A concerto for piano and orchestra in four movements.

Composed by Vicente Álamo and recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Alberto G. López, with Isabel Dobarro as piano soloist, Javier Monteverde as producer, mixing and mastering engineer, and John Barrett as recording engineer.

The four movements follow a narrative from descent and uncertainty to reflection and return.

Four movements

The structure
of the work.

Each movement represents a stage in the concerto’s narrative, moving from descent and uncertainty towards reflection and return.

I

DescensusThe Descent

The opening movement introduces the descent into darkness and the beginning of the narrative.

II

Inter MundosBetween Worlds

A movement centred on the tension between reason, memory, hope and uncertainty.

III

Ad AstraInterlude

A reflective interlude that introduces a more hopeful perspective.

IV

ReditusThe Return

The concluding movement marks the return to light and completes the work’s narrative arc.

Persephone, Piano Concerto No. 1 cover artwork

The recording

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Artists and production team

The team behind
the recording.

Meet the composer, conductor, soloist, producer and recording engineer who contributed to Persephone. Select a name to read their biography.

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Recorded at Abbey Road Studio 2.

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra recorded Persephone under the direction of Alberto G. López, performing Vicente Álamo’s score at Abbey Road Studios in London.

The recording process

The making of Persephone.

This film documents the development of the work and the recording sessions behind the album.

It follows the project from Vicente Álamo’s initial ideas at the piano to the orchestral recording at Abbey Road Studios.

Credits

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