Dover’s outstanding new collection brings together 24 works by these Spanish masters, introduced by Antonio Soler’s hypnotic "Fandango," considered one of the most celebrated keyboard works of the 18th century. The technical range of the pieces in this exceptional volume makes this collection of special interest to a broad range of pianists, intermediate to advanced.

The late 19th and early 20th centuries have been called the golden age of Spanish piano musicIa rebirth of fervent nationalism that ushered in a true keyboard renaissance. Brought to national awareness by the four most important composers of their generation--Isaac Albeniz, Enrique Granados, Manuel de Falla and Joaquin Turina--this new wave of music explored everything Spanish: the magnetic rhythms of Spanish dance, the dark lyricism of Spanish song, the Iberian countryside, the landscape, and the sights and sounds of everyday life.

Albeniz sketched picturesque vistas of Spanish scenes and landscapes in works called "Malaguena," "Asturias’" and "Cdrdoba." In Goyescas, Granados transformed Francisco Goya’s artwork into a world of voluptuous sound, confessing that "I }’ell in love with Goya’s palette...with his lady maja..." Falla painted the Spanish landscape in "Aragonesa" and "Andaluza" and brought new life to Spanish dance theater with his ballet El amor brujo--featuring the world-famous "Ritual fire dance"--and with the bril liant farrucas, fandangos and seguidillas of his ballet E1 sombrero de tres picos. And Turina added new luster to Spanish nationalism with music steeped in the cante hondo ("deep song") of his native Andalusia.

Dover’s outstanding new collection brings together 24 works by these Spanish masters, introduced by Antonio Soler’s hypnotic "Fandango," considered one of the most celebrated keyboard works of the 18th century. The technical range of the pieces in this exceptional volume makes this collection of special interest to a broad range of pianists, intermediate to advanced.

ANTONIO SOLER (1729-1783)

  Fandango  

ISAAC ALBENIZ (1860-1909)

  Malaguena (No. 3 from Espaha [Spain], Op. 165 / 1890)  

  Gantos de Espana · Spanish airs (Op. 232 / 1896)

     1. Preludio: Leyenda (Asturias) · Prelude: Legend  

     2. Oriental · Orientale   

     3. Bajo la palmera · Under the palm tree   

     4. Cordoba  

     5. Seguidillas  

ENRIQUE GRANADOS (1867-1916)

  Goyeseas (excerpts) · Reflections on Goya’s paintings and tapestries (1911)

     Quejas 6 la maja y el ruisefior · Laments, or the maja and the nightingale

     El amor y la muerte: Balada · Love and death: Ballade   

MANUEL DE FALLA (1876-1946)

  Pieces espagnoles · Spanish pieces (1902-8)

     1. Aragonesa   

     2. Cubana  

     3. Montafiesa (Paysage) · (Landscape)  

     4. Andaluza 

  El amor brujo (excerpts) · Love, the sorcerer

  (Ballet, 1914-15) (Piano arrangements of the orchestral score)

     Pantomime  

     Ritual fire dance  

  El sombrero de tres picos (excerpts) · The three-cornered hat

  (Ballet, 1919) (Piano arrangements of the orchestral score)

     The miller’s dance (Farruca)  

     Dance of the miller’s wife (Fandango) 

     Dance of the neighbors (Seguidillas) 

JOAQUIN TURINA (1882-1949)

  Danzas andaluzas · Andalusian dances (Op. 8 / 1912)

     1. Petenera 

     2. Tango  

     3. Zapateado  

  Mujeres espafiolas · Spanish women

  (Three portraits for piano, Op. 17 / 1917)

     1. La madrilefia chisica · The classic woman of Madrid 

     2. La andaluza sentimental · The sentimental woman of Andalusia (Monologue)

     3. La morena coqueta · The flirtatious brunette (Scene)