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Albéniz: Piano Music Vol 3 / Guillermo González
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Albéniz: Piano Music Vol 3 / Guillermo González

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Composer
ALBENIZ, ISAAC
Artist
Guillermo Gonzalez
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Apr 28, 2009
Catalog #
8572196
UPC
747313219674

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ALBÉNIZ Danzas españolas. Pequeños valses. Mazurkas de salon • Guillermo González (pn) • NAXOS 8.572196 (69:42)


Isaac Albéniz wrote some of the defining piano music of the Spanish school. By and large, this is not it. This disc, the third in Naxos’s Albéniz series, is devoted to salon music composed early in the composer’s life. At the time, he was known as a piano virtuoso who also gave lessons to young ladies to whom he dedicated many of his salon pieces, including all six of these mazurkas.


Premonitions of the mature Albéniz may be glimpsed in the Danzas españolas , which shares a pleasant lilt, usually in habanera rhythm, and the composer’s predilection for a melodic line in three against a languid accompanying figure in four. The pieces resemble Granados’s later set of Spanish Dances in their occasional underlying hint of melancholy, but those in Albéniz’s set are neither as formally diverse nor as pianistically challenging as are those of his slightly younger contemporary. Chopin is the predominant influence in the sets of waltzes and mazurkas. Once again the results, while mellifluous and polished, are no comparison to the works of the Polish master in terms of ingenuity and memorability.


González, a noted Albéniz specialist, has the kind of muscular technique necessary to tackle Iberia and the late masterpieces, but lacks delicacy in this refined repertoire. There would be no whispering or throat clearing in his salon! Overall, this is a pleasant collection but unrepresentative of the composer’s most exciting work. If you are curious about the antecedents of Iberia , it is worth a listen.


FANFARE: Phillip Scott

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1 in D Major 03:40
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1 in D Major
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Isaac Albéniz
    Performer
    Guillermo González
  2. 2 No. 2 in B-Flat Major 06:12
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2 in B-Flat Major
    Duration
    06:12
    Composer
    Isaac Albéniz
    Performer
    Guillermo González
  3. 3 No. 3 in E-Flat Major 04:37
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3 in E-Flat Major
    Duration
    04:37
    Composer
    Isaac Albéniz
    Performer
    Guillermo González
  4. 4 No. 4 in G Major 04:39
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4 in G Major
    Duration
    04:39
    Composer
    Isaac Albéniz
    Performer
    Guillermo González
  5. 5 No. 5 in A-Flat Major 03:55
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5 in A-Flat Major
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Isaac Albéniz
    Performer
    Guillermo González
  6. 6 No. 6 in D Major 04:27
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6 in D Major
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Isaac Albéniz
    Performer
    Guillermo González
  7. 7 No. 1. Allegretto 02:49
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 1. Allegretto
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Isaac Albéniz
    Performer
    Guillermo González
  8. 8 No. 2. Melancolico 01:53
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 2. Melancolico
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Isaac Albéniz
    Performer
    Guillermo González
  9. 9 No. 3. Allegro ben ritmato 03:24
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 3. Allegro ben ritmato
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Isaac Albéniz
    Performer
    Guillermo González
  10. 10 No. 4. Allegretto 04:00
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 4. Allegretto
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Isaac Albéniz
    Performer
    Guillermo González
  11. 11 No. 5. Con brio e ritmo 04:29
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 5. Con brio e ritmo
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Isaac Albéniz
    Performer
    Guillermo González
  12. 12 No. 6. Allegro molto 02:30
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 6. Allegro molto
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Isaac Albéniz
    Performer
    Guillermo González
  13. 13 No. 1. Isabel 04:06
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 1. Isabel
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Isaac Albéniz
    Performer
    Guillermo González
  14. 14 No. 2. Casilda 03:07
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 2. Casilda
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Isaac Albéniz
    Performer
    Guillermo González
  15. 15 No. 3. Aurora 03:26
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 3. Aurora
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Isaac Albéniz
    Performer
    Guillermo González
  16. 16 No. 4. Sofia 04:05
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 4. Sofia
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Isaac Albéniz
    Performer
    Guillermo González
  17. 17 No. 5. Christa 04:17
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 5. Christa
    Duration
    04:17
    Composer
    Isaac Albéniz
    Performer
    Guillermo González
  18. 18 No. 6. Maria 03:06
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 6. Maria
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Isaac Albéniz
    Performer
    Guillermo González