Synopses & Reviews
Superb selection from golden age of Spanish piano music: "Seguidilla" and "Leyenda" (Asturias) by Albéniz; "Ritual Fire Dance" from de Falla's El Amor Brujo; "El Amor y la Muerte" from Goyescas by Granados; Turina's Danzas Andaluzas, Op. 8 (3 pieces); and more. Reproduced from authoritative editions. Intermediate to advanced level.
Synopsis
The late 19th and early 20th centuries have been called the golden age of Spanish piano music -- a rebirth of fervent nationalism that ushered in a true keyboard renaissance. Brought to national awareness by the four most important composers of their generation -- Isaac Alb niz, Enrique Granados, Manuel de Falla, and Joaquin Turina -- this new wave of music explored everything Spanish: the magnetic rhythms of Spanish dance, the dark lyricism of Spanish song, the Iberian countryside, the landscape, and the sights and sounds of everyday life.
Alb niz sketched picturesque vistas of Spanish scenes and landscapes in works called Malague a, Asturias, and C rdoba. In Goyescas, Granados transformed Francisco Goya's artwork into a world of voluptuous sound, confessing that I fell in love with Goya's palette . . . with his lady maja. Falla painted the Spanish landscape in Aragonesa and Andaluza and brought new life to Spanish dance theater with his ballet El amor brujo -- featuring the world-famous Ritual fire dance -- and with the brilliant farrucas, fandangos, and seguidillas of his ballet El sombrero de tres picos. And Turina added new luster to Spanish nationalism with music steeped in the cante hondo (deep song) of his native Andalusia.
Dover's outstanding new collection brings together 24 works by these Spanish masters, introduced by Antonio Soler's hypnotic: Fandango, considered one of the most celebrated keyboard works of the 18th century. The technical range of the pieces in this exceptional volume makes this collection of special interest to a broad range of pianists, intermediate to advanced.
Synopsis
Superb selection includes Leyenda (Asturias) by Albeniz; Ritual Fire Dance from de Falla's El Amor Brujo; El Amor y la Muerte from Goyescas by Granados; Turina's Danzas Andaluzas, Op. 8, more. Authoritative editions.
Synopsis
Superb selection featuring "Seguidilla" and "Leyenda" (Asturias) by Albéniz; "Ritual Fire Dance" from de Falla's El Amor Brujo; "El Amor y la Muerte" from Goyescas by Granados; more. Reproduced from authoritative editions.
Table of Contents
Antonio Soler (17291783): Fandango
Isaac Albéniz (18601909)
Malagueña (No. 3 from España [Spain], Op. 165/1890)
Cantos de España Spanish airs (Op. 232/1896)
1. Preludio: Leyenda (Asturias) Prelude: Legend
2. Oriental Orientale
3. Bajo la palmera Under the palm tree
4. Córdoba
5. Seguidillas
Enrique Granados (18671916)
Goyescas (excerpts) Reflections on Goya's paintings and tapestries (1911)
Quejas ó la maja y el ruiseor Laments, or the maja and the nightingale
El amor y la muerte: Balada Love and death: Ballade
Manuel de Falla (18761946)
Pièces espagnoles Spanish pieces (19028)
1. Aragonesa
2. Cubana
3. Montañesa (Paysage) (Landscape)
4. Andaluza
El amor brujo (excerpts) Love, the sorcerer (Ballet, 1914-15) (Piano arrangements of the orchestral score)
Pantomime
Ritual fire dance
El sombrero de tres picos (excerpts) The three-cornered hat (Ballet, 1919) (Piano arrangements of the orchestral score)
The miller's dance (Farruca)
Dance of the miller's wife (Fandango)
Dance of the neighbors (Seguidillas)
Joaquín Turina (18821949)
Danzas andaluzas Andalusian dances (Op. 8/1912)
1. Petenera
2. Tango
3. Zapateado
Mujeres españolas Spanish women (Three portraits for piano, Op. 17/1917)
1. La madrileña clásica The classic woman of Madrid
2. La andaluza sentimental The sentimental woman of Andalusia (Monologue)
3. La morena coqueta The flirtatious brunette (Scene)