G. Henle Verlag

Composer: Isaac Albeniz
Editor: Norbert Gertsch
Format: Softcover
Instrumentation: Piano

"Spanish music with a universal touch": that is what Isaac Albeniz set out to compose, and he brought it off to perfection in his Iberia Suite. All four "books" of this late-romantic masterpiece have been issued in an Urtext edition worthy of the name, with top-quality appearance and engraving.

In this third book, Albeniz once again fuses his knowledge of European classical music with elements of Spanish folk music. In "El Albaicn" he evokes the mysterious atmosphere of the gypsy quarter in Granada, followed by hints of temperamental Flamenco in "El Polo". At the end, Albeniz depicts the exuberant mood of a former Jewish quarter in Madrid ("Lavapies"); in so doing he intersperses the music with some dissonant dashes of colour, an allusion to an organ grinder.

Contents:

• El Albaicin
• El Polo
• Lavapies