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24 GRANADOS_GOYESCAS With the task of integrating the fundamentally Romantic influences, especially that of Chopin, and immersing themselves in this vast and unique ‘musical novel’, unified by recurring, leitmotif-like themes and brimming with diverse and sometimes poignant emotions, do pianists not become painters in their turn, painters of emotions? Let’s get this straight: Goya provides the basic inspiration; Granados the composer steeps himself in it in order towrite themusic; then Granados the pianist interprets his ownwork . . . In these circumstances, the question is therefore: howcanwe find a place of our own to perform this masterpiece and transmit it to listeners, if not in the infinite richness of the palette of colours revealed by the score? And sowe come full circle: it becomes clear that it is painting that presides over the entire work. With the inspiration of the original ‘scenario’, Los Majos enamorados , the pigments spread, mingle and become one with the sentiments. From that point on, through the sound colours, the interpretation of these pieces goes hand in hand with the feeling of improvisation that emanates from this music.