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Miguel Yuste: Capricho Pintoresco Op.41

Miguel Yuste's (1870?1947) Spanish clarinet piece demonstrates a skilled clarinetist's ability to assemble scales, arpeggios, and arching legato melodies into competition test pieces for the instrument that actually sound like music.

Geronimo Gimenez: Zapateado No.2 From La Tempranica For Voice And Piano

One of Gimenez' most popular 'Zarzuelas' is 'La Tempranica'(1900), which is considered his best work.

Siempre Zarzuela (Zarzuela Forever) - Soprano

This new volume presents the best of Spanish Zarzuelas in brand new, thoroughly researched editions, with accompanying text in Spanish and English.These beautiful books also include a specially-recorded CD featuring piano accompaniments to each piece.

Siempre Zarzuela (Zarzuela Forever) - Mezzo Soprano

This new volume presents the best of Spanish Zarzuelas in brand new, thoroughly researched editions, with accompanying text in Spanish and English.These beautiful books also include a specially-recorded CD featuring piano accompaniments to each piece.

Siempre Zarzuela (Zarzuela Forever) - Tenor

This new volume presents the best of Spanish Zarzuelas in brand new, thoroughly researched editions, with accompanying text in Spanish and English. These beautiful books also include a specially-recorded CD featuring piano accompaniments to each piece.

Siempre Zarzuela (Zarzuela Forever) - Baritone

This new volume presents the best of Spanish Zarzuelas in brand new, thoroughly researched editions, with accompanying text in Spanish and English. These beautiful books also include a specially-recorded CD featuring piano accompaniments to each piece.

Isaac Albeniz: Pavana Capricho Piano for 4 Hands

A pianist and composer, the Spanish musician Albéniz was a leading figure in the creation of a national style of composition in Spain. Although he wrote operas, including a King Arthur to English words, songs and orchestral music, he is best known for his piano music, some of which has been arranged by others for orchestra.

Mozart: Minueto De La Serenata K. 525 (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik)

The iconic minuet from Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik is among the best known and most frequently performed works of classical musical. Originally composed for two Violins, Viola, Cello and Bass, the work is most frequently performed in Orchestral arrangement, though many other adaptations and arrangements have been created, including this simplified version for an unusual combination of instruments.

Federico Moreno Torroba: Musica Para Guitarra

This album presents some of the best examples of the Madrid born composers prolific output that spanned his long career. While his most celebrated work is 'Madronos', all pieces in this album are testimony to the fact that his inspiration is rooted in popular music, to which he adds a vocal style of melodic invention which reminds of his love of vocal music.

Zarzuela! Mezzo Soprano

This unique collection presents celebrated songs from the Zarzuela, Spain's uniquely popular tradition of music theatre which draws on elements of opera, popular song, dance and spoken drama. This selection contains material from the best Spanish composers, and the songs chosen for their suitability for singers, first and foremost, rather than the actor-singers who are such a distinctive feature of zarzuela in performance.

Zarzuela! Soprano

This unique collection presents celebrated songs from the Zarzuela, Spain's uniquely popular tradition of music theatre which draws on elements of opera, popular song, dance and spoken drama. This selection contains material from the best Spanish composers, and the songs chosen for their suitability for singers, first and foremost, rather than the actor-singers who are such a distinctive feature of zarzuela in performance.

Obradors Canciones Clasicas Espanolas Vol.4 Vce/pf

Fernando Obradors (1897-1945) was a self-taught composer and conductor. Born and raised in Catalonia, he spent most of his working life in the Canary Islands, but returned to Barcelona shortly before his death. Today, he is remembered best for his four volumes of classic Spanish folk songs, which he collected and arranged for solo Voice with Piano accompaniment. Canciones Clasicas Espanolas Vol. 4 is the last of these, written c.1941.

Jesus Guridi: Viejo Zortzico For Harp

Jesus Guridi (1886-1961) was a Spanish composer and organist, who championed the continued use and preservation of Basque folk music. He is best remembered for his superb orchestral works such as Basque Melodies , which were often transcribed for the Piano. Guridi wrote 7 pieces for the Harp, of which Viejo Zortzico is certainly the most popular today. Composed in 1949 and premiered in 1950, it wasn’t published until 1960. Simply entitled Old Zortzico , it is inspired by the traditional Basque dance of the same name, a popular reel in 5/8 time.

Moreno Torroba: Madronos for Guitar

‘Madroños’ is the Spanish word for ‘arbutus’, a small tree native to Spain that fruits and flowers simultaneously.Twentieth century Spanish composer, conductor and critic Federico Moreno Torroba produced many zarzuelas and other works, but it was his early friendship with master Guitarist Andrés Segovia that inspired him to produce what is considered his best work, a host of pieces or solo Guitar. This one, Madroños, was published in 1954, and was performed and recorded by Segovia. It displays Torroba’s commitment to Spanish idioms, as he believed that only by embracing Iberian music inspiration would Spanish music receive the international recognition it deserved.

Albeniz: Castilla Seguidillas No.7 from Suite Espanola Op.47 for Piano

The Spanish composer and pianist Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909) was one of the leading members of the Nationalist school that dominated Spanish music at the turn of the last century. One of his best known works is the Suite Espanola (Op.47); a collection of works for solo Piano inspired by different regions and musical cultures of Spain, first published in 1887. Castilla was included after his death by a publisher, and taken from an earlier work. It is a piece for solo Piano in the Seguidilla style, which traces its origins to a Castilian folk dance.

El Gran Maestro Solano: Volume 1

A special two-volume set of songs by the great Juan Solano Pedrero, arranged for Piano, Voice and Guitar. Working as a member of the hugely successful Ochaita, Valerio and Solano trio, the Maestro Solano developed his skills as a composer, and the group became responsible for some of the most celebrated songs of Spain. His works have been performed by many star voices including Concha Piquer, Manolo Escobar and Rafael Farina. His popular and best-loved songs include A Tu Vera, El Porompompero and Almoneda.This title is the first of two volumes, beautifully presented, that will help you to enjoy these wonderful songs again and again.

Sanz: Danzas Cervantinas (R Sainz De La Maza) for Guitar

The Spanish composer, guitarist, teacher and priest Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710) was one of the leading proponents of the Baroque Guitar. He is best known for his three pedagogical works for the instrument that are still used today by scholars and academics. The collection of four  Danzas Cervantinas was written in 1674 in homage to the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), who is famed across the world as the writer of Don Quixote . They have been edited and arranged for the modern instrument by Regino Sainz de la Maza (1896-1981), a virtuosic guitarist and composer, who toured all across the world.

El Gran Maestro Solano: Volume 2

A special two-volume set of songs by the great Juan Solano Pedrero, arranged for Piano, Voice and Guitar. Working as a member of the hugely successful Ochaita, Valerio and Solano trio, the Maestro Solano developed his skills as a composer, and the group became responsible for some of the most celebrated songs of Spain. His works have been performed by many star voices including Concha Piquer, Manolo Escobar and Rafael Farina. His popular and best-loved songs include A Tu Vera, El Porompompero and Almoneda.This title is the second of two volumes, beautifully presented, that will help you to enjoy these wonderful songs again and again.

Toldra Coleccion De Canciones Volume 1 Voice/pf

Eduardo Toldra (1895-1962) was a Catalan virtuoso violinist, conductor, and composer, whose students included Ros-Marbà and Montsalvatge. His compositional work consists largely of songs, folk dances, operas, and orchestral pieces; rather traditional in style, it was initially dismissed as old-fashioned compared to many of his contemporaries. Today however, a revival in interest in Catalan folk music and its influences mean he is growing in popularity. Coleccion De Canciones: Volume 1 gathers together some of his best-loved songs for Voice and Piano, showcasing his simple, warm, lyrical style. From the early Abril (1920) to Aquarel-la Del Montseny (1960), this collection spans most of his career, and forms a valuable addition to any vocalist’s repertoire.

Schubert: Ave Maria Facil for Organ

Franz Schubert’s song Ave Maria is among his very most famous works and one of the best-loved works of he classical repertoire. In this version published by the Spanish Musical Union in 1945, the song has been adapted for solo Piano and the key transposed from B flat to C.Schubert’s Ave Maria was originally composed in 1825 as one of seven songs created from the epic poem The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott, written to set the German translation of the work. The song was fairly quickly adapted for the words of the Catholic prayer Ave Maria and the Schubert melody is now frequently performed in the religious context.

Granados: La Maja Dolorosa Tres Tonadillas for Voice and Guitar

This mini-cycle of three songs for Voice and, in this instance, Guitar, are ranked among the greatest of Granados’s musical achievements. The blend of beautiful melody, formal integrity and control in the accompaniment creates a remarkable work. The songs set the poetry of Fernando Periquet, a contemporary Spanish writer, and generally concern the theme of romantic love. The texts are in Spanish, untranslated.Spanish composer and pianist Enrique Granados was active in the decades around the turn of the last century. Granados’s life and work were cut tragically short when the passenger ship on which he was sailing was bombed by a German U-boat in the English Channel. He is best known for his suite for Piano Goyescas, which has been arranged for other instruments, written in 1911, around the time that these songs were written.

Albeniz Pavana Capricho Op.12 Piano

Pavana – Capricho is one of the last pieces from Isaac Albeniz ’s early period, before he turned to Spanish influences – a style that would characterise the rest of his compositions. In this earlier period Albeniz , who was a child prodigy on the Piano, composed ‘salon style’ music and experimented with traditional styles in the manner of Rameau, Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt. His shift towards Spanish music occurred after meeting the teacher and composer Felipe Pedrell, a leading figure in the development of nationalist Spanish music. Pavana-Capricho is graceful and light-hearted at the same time. The playfulness that arises from the alternating moods is best achieved when the proper technique and articulation is applied. Arranged for the solo Piano, and with a performance time of ca. 3:30, this piece of Romantic solo music is a perfect addition to any concert programme.

Isaac Albeniz: Pavana - Capricho Op.12 (Violin/Piano)

Pavana – Capricho is one of the last pieces from Isaac Albeniz ’s early period, before he turned to Spanish influences – a style that would characterise the rest of his compositions. In this earlier period Albeniz , who was a child prodigy on the Piano, composed ‘salon style’ music and experimented with traditional styles in the manner of Rameau, Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt. His shift towards Spanish music occurred after meeting the teacher and composer Felipe Pedrell, a leading figure in the development of nationalist Spanish music. Pavana-Capricho is graceful and light-hearted at the same time. The playfulness that arises from the alternating moods is best achieved when the proper technique and articulation is applied. Arranged for Violin and Piano, and with a performance time of ca. 3:30, this piece of Romantic chamber-music is a perfect addition to any concert programme.

Turina: Danzas Fantasticas

The Danzas Fantasticas – Fantastical Dances – of Joaquin Turina are the composer’s best known work, originally scored for Piano but Orchestrated by the composer and performed first in 1920 in their Orchestrated version. The work is full of exalted, romantic melodies, Iberian flourishes and exciting instrumental writing. The work quotes passages from the novel La Orgía (The Orgy) by José Más at the beginning of each of the three movements. The movements are Exaltación, a jota dance in 3/8, Ensueño (Dream) a zortziko in 5/8 and Orgía, a farruca, all regional dances of Spain.Joaquin Turina is often contrasted with Albéniz and Granados, those two proponents of a Spanish national style. Turina strove to write music of a European standard in the conventional major forms and it is possible to hear the influence of Turina’s years studying in Paris, as well as his native Spain combined with the composer’s own unique Voice.