Albéniz

Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual (29 May 1860 – 18 May 1909) was a Spanish pianist and composer best known for his piano works based on folk music idioms. Transcriptions of many of his pieces, such as Asturias (Leyenda), Granada, Sevilla, Cadiz, Córdoba, Cataluña, and the Tango in D, are important pieces for classical guitar, though he never composed for the guitar. The personal papers of Albéniz are preserved, among other institutions...

RODZINSKI NBC 1938, Volume 1 (1938) - PASC731

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ALBÉNIZ Ibéria: El Corpus En Sevilla
BARBER Symphony In One Movement
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
DEBUSSY Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune
DOHNÁNYI Suite for Orchestra
PROKOFIEV Symphony no. 1
RESPIGHI Ancient Airs and Dances
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony no. 5
WAGNER Die Meistersinger - excerpts
WEBER Oberon - Overture

Live broadcast recordings, 1938
Total duration: 2hr 35:57

NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by ARTUR RODZIŃSKI

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JORDÁ conducts Spanish Music (1950/1959) - PASC757

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FALLA El sombrero de tres picos
ALBÉNIZ (Orch. Arbós) Ibéria Suite
TURINA La Procesión del Rocío
GRANADOS (Orch. de Grignon) Danzas españolas
FALLA La Vida Breve - Danza Española No. 1

Studio recordings, 1950 & 1959
Total duration: 71:56

Barbara Howitt (mezzo-soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
conducted by Enrique Jordá

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ARGENTA conducts España (1953/57) - PASC774

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ALBÉNIZ Iberia - orchestral excerpts
TURINA Danzas fantásticas, Op. 22
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
GRANADOS Andaluza - Danza española No. 5 in E minor, Op. 37
MOSZKOWSKI Spanish Dances, Book 1, Op. 12

Studio recordings, Paris 1953 and London 1956-57
Total duration: 1hr 19:11

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Ataúlfo Argenta

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