The Iberia Suite is Isaac Albéniz's best-known work and considered his masterpiece. Stylistically, this suite falls squarely in the school of Impressionism, especially in its musical evocations of Spain. Almería, relating to the Andalusian seaport, features the rhythm of the tarantas, a dance characteristic of the region of Almería. Albéniz fuses his knowledge of European classical music with elements of Spanish folk music, although he hardly ever directly cites the latter, but rather reinvents it in an authentic manner.Régulo Martínez-Antón
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Isaac Albéniz
Almeria, from Suite Iberia Book II Play
Recorded on 05/18/2017, uploaded on 05/18/2017
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The Iberia Suite is Isaac Albéniz's best-known work and considered his masterpiece. Stylistically, this suite falls squarely in the school of Impressionism, especially in its musical evocations of Spain. Almería, relating to the Andalusian seaport, features the rhythm of the tarantas, a dance characteristic of the region of Almería. Albéniz fuses his knowledge of European classical music with elements of Spanish folk music, although he hardly ever directly cites the latter, but rather reinvents it in an authentic manner. Régulo Martínez-Antón
More music by Isaac Albéniz
El Polo, from Suite Iberia
Evocacion
Asturias (Leyenda)
Evocación, from Iberia, Book I
El puerto, from Iberia, Book I
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Granada, from Suite Española No. 1
Triana from Suite Iberia
Asturias (Leyenda)
Granada
Performances by same musician(s)
Arabesque in C Major, Op. 18
Andaluza from Danzas Españolas, Op. 37
Vallée d'Obermann from Book I Années de Pèlerinage: Suisse
Complaints, or the Girl and the Nightingale, from Goyescas, Op. 11
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