Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra

The Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra has had foreign conductors and has presented music from other parts of Spain as well as other countries. Yet as its name suggests, the ensemble has been uniquely identified with music of Catalonia. The orchestra has given the premieres of major works by Catalonian composers including Xavier Montsalvatge, Federico Mompou, and Josep Soler. The OBC has recorded for Koch International, BIS, Columna Musica, Alpha, and Naxos, on which it released a set of orchestral music by Enrique Granados in 2017. The orchestra formed its own house label, OBC, in the mid-2010s. ~ James Manheim