No 5 (Andaluza) is on the list for TG grade 8 so I downloaded the lot from IMSLP and also had a listen. I really like it and wondered if anyone has played it and how they found it?

I think I'll have a bash at all of them as I very much like the style of music. Any tips on playing them and does anyone have a particular recording they could recommend?

I play three of them but not that one. I have a Granados album and only the three are in it. Nos 2, 3 and 6.
2 (Oriental)and 3(Playera) are very playable at Gr7-8 standard , but 6 is very difficult !
Sorry don't have a recording, but Alicia de Larrocha is as good as any for Spanish repertoire.

I played Andaluza for my grade 8 a couple of years ago and got quite good marks for it. Funnily enough, it's the only one of my grade 8 pieces that I still play frequently.

Yes I think No3 is known as Andaluza or Playera, and of course I have heard you play it

I am having lots of fun with No 5 but it is quite tricky in parts but very catchy and is currently a bit of a brain worm.

I've downloaded an Angela Hewitt Granados album from iTunes and will listen to tonight in bed. Perhaps I might absorb some of the technique while I'm sleeping!

I love these. They are at the very minimum Grade 7-8 standard, which also means they are 1st Diploma level in terms of performance.

They are very varied, and totally charming.

I love them too, have done 4 or 5 of them. I love the structure that you get in a lot of the pieces of a very rhythmic, dance like section contrasted with wandering, reflective passages. They're so evocative I feel like I've been on a free mini-break!
(Also, there's quite a lot of repetition of sections so they're not totally daunting in the volume of what needs to be learned.)

Definitely agree with this - it's quite reassuring when looking at the 4+ pages of music for No 5 to work out that passages are repeated so there's not so much to learn as you first think.

Lots of room for personal interpretation too.