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Hardly flamboyant at all! |
Isaac Albeniz, 1860 -1909, was a
virtuoso Spanish pianist and composer. I love his music which never fails to
put me in a good mood so I hope, if you spare a few minutes to listen, that you
will get that same pleasure! I have put links to some of his works at the end
of this post. Although he never composed explicitly for the guitar much of his
work has been successfully transposed for that instrument and some of his
compositions are better known these days as guitar works. I am thinking
principally of pieces such as Asturias.
He is
most famous for the Suite Española and his other suite Iberia, both of which are based on specific
styles of regional Spanish folk music. The Suite Española consists of eight
pieces of which my favourites are Granada and Cadiz. Both
of these have been transposed into fabulous guitar versions. Here are
links to piano and guitar versions of both:
Granada: Granada: Luis Grané, piano
During the Segovia piece you will see a photographic selection of locations in Granada, Spain starting with the Alhambra Palace, a truly magical place in a beautiful city. I don't suppose I'll ever get there again but I've got the music forever.
12 comments:
Bazza, I thought I would love this music more on guitar, but they were all equally beautiful.
Music can change your mood and put you in a better place.
Granada: Andrés Segovia on guitar is so beautiful. I love that instrument, especially when it's played like softly lapping water!
SO,AC: Hi Arleen. I agree so much with that sentiment and I'm glad you like it!
Hi Wendy: I think that, as lovely as the piano music is, it is even more charming on the guitar; especially in the hands of a master like Segovia or John Williams. Segovia once said of John Williams "God has laid his finger on his brow".
Hot from the desk of the appalling, yet fabulous, Sir Tom Eagerly:
Hey Bazza, that old cove looks just like one of my distant relatives - my great-grandmother. She paid the piano too! Cheers, old chap.
Why don't you have another vat of wine Sir Tom?
Thank you for sharing the music. I enjoyed listening to all of it!
Hi Sherry. It is lovely in all it's forms. I suppose that if the music is good it can work in various formats.
Interesting. I prefer the guitar for the first piece, the piano for the second. However I find the chap playing the piano in the second piece irritating. Yes, I know, I'm sure he speaks well of me eh? heh :)
I know what you mean about the second pianist. You want to punch him in the face don't you? Funnily enough he spat on the floor when I mentioned your name to him :-)
Hi human, bazza,
I knew you would love his music. Some guitar music. Did you enjoy his concerts, old human chap?
Penny, the pawsitive host of the Alphabark Challenge, 2014!
Penny, I think it's just great that you are giving Gary a well-deserved rest by writing all of his comments for him. I can't get my cat Ginger to help me with my Blog at all!
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