Isaac Albéniz was a great exponent of Spanish national music. Inspired by the
origins of traditional music, he composed his Suite Española, which
although originally intended for the piano, appears to have been planned for
the guitar because of its Andalusian feel. Asturias is one of the guitar repertoire's most popular works, and in spite of
being named after a region in Northern
Spain, its form and its harmonic
structure suggest flamenco music, the traditional music of Andalusia in
Southern Spain. Rafael Serrallet
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Isaac Albéniz
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Recorded on 11/23/2005, uploaded on 03/21/2009
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Asturias Isaac Albéniz
Isaac Albéniz was a great exponent of Spanish national music. Inspired by the origins of traditional music, he composed his Suite Española, which although originally intended for the piano, appears to have been planned for the guitar because of its Andalusian feel. Asturias is one of the guitar repertoire's most popular works, and in spite of being named after a region in Northern Spain, its form and its harmonic structure suggest flamenco music, the traditional music of Andalusia in Southern Spain. Rafael Serrallet
More music by Isaac Albéniz
Almeria, from Suite Iberia Book II
El Polo, from Suite Iberia
Evocacion
Evocación, from Iberia, Book I
El puerto, from Iberia, Book I
Asturias (Leyenda)
Granada, from Suite Española No. 1
Triana from Suite Iberia
Asturias (Leyenda)
Granada
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Granada
Capricho Árabe
Fantasy on a Theme from La Traviata
Variations on a Theme by Mozart
Fandanguillo
El Guardainfante
Recuerdos de la Alhambra
From Instrucción de música sobre guitarra española
Invocación y Danza
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