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He was a pianist and composer born in Camprodon, Catalonia,
Spain. He was a child prodigy who made his first
performance when he was four, and although he passed the entrance
examination for the Paris Conservatoire when he was seven he was refused
admission because he had broken a window with a ball he had taken out of
his pocket to play with. When
he was eight his mother took him to Madrid
to study at the Royal Conservatory of Music, where he stayed until he was a
teenager. There was a legend
that said that after he had become restless with his studies he stowed away
on a ship to Argentina
and played in cafes and performed concerts until he was able to afford
enough to travel to Cuba
and Puerto Rico. This, of course, was untrue
and has been proven several times over. He continued to perform nonetheless
and had given international concerts by the time he was fifteen. When he was sixteen he studied at
the Leipzig Conservatory and in Brussels
but after he had traveled to Budapest
to study with Franz Liszt he discovered he was in Germany. After meeting the composer Filipe Pedrell he was inspired to write Spanish music
which would bring him great acclaim.
He lived in Paris and London
and continued to compose even after becoming ill with kidney disease. His compositions include the suites
Suite Espanola, Iberia,
theatrical works, opera and many piano pieces. He died when he was 48 years
old in 1909 at Cambo-les-Bains ,
France .
Manuel Barrueco recordings
Suite Espanola, Opus 47, Manuel Barrueco,
guitar - EMI 66574
Julian Bream recordings
Suite Espanola
RCA 88697-04606-2 (CD:
Popular Classics for Spanish Guitar)
Guitar
- Julian Bream
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra recordings
Spanish Rhapsody, Calgary
Philharmonic Orchestra - Graf, Angela Cheng, piano - CBC 5195
Chicago
Symphony Orchestra recordings
Feste-dieu a Seville,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra./Reiner - RCA 09026 62586 - 2
Triana, Chicago
Symphony Orchestra/Reiner - RCA 62586
Cincinnati
Pops recordings
Fete-Dieu a Seville, Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel
- Telarc 80129
Dallas
Wind Symphony recordings
Feast Day in Seville,
Dallas Wind Symphony
/ Frederick Fennell - Reference Recordings RR-52CD
Adam Del Monte recordings
Granada,
Adam Del Monte-Guitar - GSP 1020
Duo Erato recordings
Iberia
- El Puerto, Dou Erato - GSP 1029
English Chamber Orchestra recordings
Asturias,
English Chamber Orchestra, Williams, Conn,
guitar - London 425 201
Janina Fialkowska recordings
Navarra, Janina Fialkowska, piano - CBC
1114
Nicola Hall recordings
Suite Espanola - Granada,
Nicola Hall - Guitar -
London
448 560
Pierre Huybregts recordings
Gavotte, P. Huybregts, piano - CRC 2231
Suite Espanola, Pierre Huybregts - Piano
- Centaur CRC 2231
Ruth Laredo recordings
Songs of Spain, Ruth Laredo, piano - MCA
6265
Suite Espanola, Ruth Laredo, piano - MCA
6265
Alicia de Larrocha recordings
Asturias, Alicia de Larrocha - Piano -
London
417 795
Book IV, Alicia de Larrocha, piano - EMI
64504
Malaguena, Alicia de Larrocha, piano -
EMI 64523
Navarra, de Larrocha (piano) - DG 289476
1490
Pavana Capricho, de Larrocha (piano) -
Decca 289 467 687 - 2
Puerta de Tierra, de Larrocha (piano) -
Decca 289 467 687 - 2
Sevilla, de Larrocha (piano) - Decca 289
467 687 - 2
Sevilla, Alicia de Larrocha (piano) - London
417 795 - 2
Triana, Alicia de Larrocha (piano) - London
417 795 - 2
London
Symphony Orchestra recordings
Iberia,
London Symphony
Orchestra/Daniel, John Williams, guitar Sony 48480
La Vega from La Alhambra, London
Symphony Orchestra - Elmer Bernstein; Christopher Parkening, guitar -
Angel 56859
Moscow
Symphony Orchestra recordings
El Corpus in Seville,
Moscow Symphony
Orchestra/Golovchin -
Naxos
8.553023
El Puerto, Moscow Symphony Orchestra/Golovchin - Naxos 8.553023
Iberia,
Moscow Symphony
Orchestra/ Golovchin -
Naxos
8.553023
New Philharmonia Orchestra recordings
Suite Espanola, New Philharmonia
Orchestra/Burgos - London
417 786 - 2
Newton-Oltman Guitar Duo recordings
Espagne (Souvenirs), Newman-Oltman Guitar
Duo - Musicmasters 67181
Orchestre de Paris recordings
Iberia,
Orchestre de Paris/ Barenboim - Erato 2292-45266
Iberia,
Orchestra of Paris/Barenboim - Erato ECD 88255
Christopher Parkening recordings
Leyenda, Christopher Parkening - Guitar
- EMI 47194
Malaguena, Christopher Parkening - Guitar
- EMI 47194
Angel Romero recordings
Asturias (Leyenda), Angel Romero, guitar -
Telarc CD-80213
Sevillanas, Angel Romero-Guitar -
Seraphim 74015
Tango, Angel Romero-Guitar - Seraphim
74015
David Russell recordings
Asturias (Leyenda), David Russell, guitar
- Telarc CD-80576
Suite Espanola: Sevilla; David Russell,
guitar - Telarc CD-80576 (Reflections of Spain)
Goran Scholler
recordings
Granada,
Goran Sollscher, guitar - D. G. 413 720-2
Trio Campanella recordings
Iberia
Suite; Rondena and Triana, Trio Campanella - NAX 8.557064
John Williams recordings
Asturias, John Williams (guitar) - CBS
MK 44794
Asturias (Leyenda), John Williams, guitar
- CBS MDK 45648
Asturias (Leyenda), John Williams, guitar -
Sony SK 89141
Sevilla, John Williams, guitar - CBS MK
44794
Sevilla, John Williams, guitar - CBS MDK
45648
Jason Vieux recordings
Sevilla, Jason Vieux, guitar - AZICA
71224
Narcisco Yepes recordings
Asturias, Op 47, Narcisco Yepes, guitar
- DG B000400-02
Asturias, Yepes (guitar) - DG 289 476
7152
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Albeniz
http://www.lib.umd.edu/PAL/YALE/albeniz2.html
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