Though blanche selva 18841942 premiered the complete books in france, in fact albeniz wrote the works with his countryman malats 18721912 in mind, and it was this pianist who first brought iberia to. Iberia is a suite for piano composed between 1905 and 1909 by the spanish composer isaac albeniz. Iberia, book 2, an album by isaac albeniz, manfred kratzer on spotify. Jeandeluz in september 1907, book iii in paris in january 1908, and book iv in paris in february 1909. Rondena d major, after the andalusian town of ronda. Book two commences with rondena, a type of song and dance named after ronda in western andalusia. I have dedicated my life to the pursuit of sharing the message of our purest essence through the great masterworks of the classical piano literature. A variant of the fandango, it is characterized by the. Listen to your favorite songs from albeniz iberia by sally christian now.
World premiere recording of albeniz iberia in full hd. This recording is dedicated to the memory of two composers who died within months of each other, olivier messiaen and maurice ohana. Iberia is a set of twelve piano pieces composed by isaac albeniz between 1906 and 1909 in four books of three pieces each. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Albeniz, i iberia, books 14 torrespardo instrumental. Albeniz began work on his monumental iberia collection in 1905, putting the finishing touches on it in 1908, only a year before his death from brights disease, in cambo les bains, on may 18, 1909, just eleven days short of his fortyninth birthday. In the first book, we find evocacion, a little easy introduction to iberia. Book i premiered in paris in may 1906, book ii in the town of st. Iberia arranged for three guitars by christophe dejour guitars.
Triana from book ii is also centered in sevillehere, in the eponymous gypsy neighborhood on. Visually impressive video by spanish pianist gustavo diazjerez, considered one of. The superabundance of the writing also makes the cycle one of the. Tidal is the first global music streaming service with high fidelity sound, hidef video quality, along with expertly curated playlists and original content making it a trusted source for music and culture. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems. Nonurtext editions to be consulted together with a traditional version, devised purely to help solve musical and technical problems at.
It is probably one of the most dificult spanish works, with granados goyescas or fallas fantasia baetica. Meditazioni alla tastiera original sound recording wrongly identified as made by. The four books of iberia, each containing three works, were composed between the years 1905 and 1908. Sally christian, pianist, has appeared as soloist with the berkeley symphony, santa cruz symphony, the fresno philharmonic, the nassau symphony, long island the mozart in monterey chamber orchestra, the hawaii symphony, and most recently, with the elmhurst symphony chicago. The end result of this was his chef doeuvre, iberia.
Sally christian albeniz iberia cd baby music store. They were premiered in paris 190609 by pianist blanche selva. Illustrations for this beautiful doubledisc set have been provided by eduardo arroyo, a noted figure in the neofigurative movement, and the booklet additionally contains articles penned by writer and director javier rioyo and musician and albeniz. Piano solo sheet music book by isaac albeniz 18601909. Iberia is a wonderful mixture of spanish music with impressionist influences. The twelve extended pieces which make up albenizs iberia are not only the composers greatest work, but also the greatest piano work to come out of spain.
I cant imagine how this two disc set could be improved, unless it came with two free plane tickets to seville. A special limited edition of the recording of albenizs iberia suite, performed by the distinguished spanish pianist rosa torrespardo. You tell me that youre leavin, i cant believe its true. It is albenizs bestknown work and considered his masterpiece. D 2000 the classic voice volume 12 milan, italy claudio arrau. Iberia, volume ii by isaac albeniz piano book item.
Customers and visitors can download classical music in high quality flac or mp3 and find out more about classical music. But this piece bears only passing resemblance to it. Albeniz iberia by sally christian on amazon music unlimited. Its a shame daniel barenboim didnt record the second book, which i.
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