In a game of “guess the composer” here is a work that would have them stumped. Albéniz’s Piano Concerto No.1, the so-called “Concierto fantástico” is a songful piece, so much like Schumann’s concerto ...
Host Scott Yoo, guitarist Manuel Barrueco and pianist Juan Pérez Floristán discuss how Albéniz’s work was influenced by Spain. Then, the musicians play Albéniz’s “Asturias.” Ballet Flameco de ...
Coming to Albéniz’s A minor Piano Concerto with an innocent ear, you would be hard pressed to identify it as being by the same composer as Suite Iberia, Suite española and Cantos de España. There is ...
Guitarist Sharon Isbin took some time off after her 2003 Grammy win and did some traveling. She might have gotten along well with composer Isaac Albeniz, who enjoyed moving around, too. We travel to ...
The colours and rhythms, perfumes and passions of Spain come alive in music by three of its greatest composers: Albéniz, Falla, and Turina. Many followers of fine music would be aware of "Les Six," ...
Using only a solo piano, Isaac Albeniz was able to create a large palette of sounds that invoked his feelings for the place he was describing, Iberia. But other musicians were unable to resist ...
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Manuel Barrueco and Juan Pérez Floristán discuss how Albéniz was influenced by Spain. Host Scott Yoo, guitarist Manuel Barrueco and pianist Juan Pérez Floristán discuss how Albéniz's work was ...
B y pairing the two greatest works in the Spanish piano repertory, completed within a couple of years of each other around 1910, Artur Pizarro certainly sets himself some enormous challenges, both ...