Iberia (Albéniz)
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Iberia is a suite for piano composed between 1905 and 1909 by the Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz. It comprises four books of three pieces each, a complete performance lasts about an hour and a half.
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[edit] Composition
[edit] Book 1
Dedicated to Ernest Chausson's wife.
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- Evocación, an impressionist reminiscence of Albéniz' native country.
- El puerto, a guitar emulating dance inspired by a little fishing port town.
- El Corpus en Sevilla, describing the Corpus Christi Day procession in Seville, during which the Corpus Christi is carried through the streets accompanied by marching bands.
[edit] Book 2
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- Rondeña, after the Andalusian town of Ronda.
- Almería
- Triana
[edit] Book 3
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- Al Albaicín
- El Polo
- Lavapiés
[edit] Book 4
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- Málaga
- Jerez
- Eritaña
[edit] Performance
Iberia has been performed by many pianists, and recorded complete by Miguel Baselga (across 5 volumes of Complete Albéniz Piano Music), Alicia de Larrocha (highly praised CD on Decca), Marc-André Hamelin and Claudio Arrau, among others.
[edit] Orchestral arrangements
Enrique Fernández Arbós and Carlos Surinach each arranged pieces from Iberia for full orchestra.
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