David Russell, recognized for his "evident mastery" of the Spanish guitar repertoire, releases a new album featuring distinctive works by master Isaac Albйniz. With movements from the critically-acclaimed Doce Piezas Caracteristicas and the picturesque Cantos de Espaсa to enchanting, Gypsy-inspired dances like the Zambra Granadina, the album celebrates the best of Albйniz' oeuvre, including works originally composed for other instruments.
"The magic in Albeniz' Spanish melodies is unsurpassed. Many of his pieces sound so good on the guitar that it is amazing that they were not written for our instrument," says Russell. "I am sure that he had the sound of the guitar in the back of his mind, while he was writing them."
The Suite Espaсola No. 1 of 1886 is among the earliest of Albйniz's characteristic compositions. He wrote that Granada, composed during a visit to that southern city, is "a Serenata, romantic to the point of paroxysm and sad to the point of despair, among the aroma of flowers, the shade of the cypresses, and the snow of the Sierra.... I want the Arabic Granada, that which is all art, which is all that seems to me beauty and emotion." Albйniz composed the seven musical postcards of his Recuerdos de Viaje ("Souvenirs of a Journey") in Madrid in 1886-1887 in the styles of traditional Spanish dances. Rumores de la Caleta ("Murmurs of La Caleta"), which refers to the popular beach in the historic center of the ancient city of Cбdiz, is modeled on the malagueсa, a gently swaying dance that originated in Mбlaga.

Track List:

01 Torre bermeja.flac 18.75 MB
02 Granada.flac 20.91 MB
03 Zambra granadina.flac 20.20 MB
04 Cбdiz.flac 18.46 MB
05 Preludio.flac 7.32 MB
06 Rumores de la Caleta.flac 15.21 MB
07 Cуrdoba.flac 25.38 MB
08 Cataluсa.flac 18.41 MB
09 Capricho catalбn.flac 16.66 MB
10 Cuba.flac 21.63 MB
11 Tango.flac 11.21 MB
12 Pavana.flac 19.92 MB
13 Zorzico.flac 12.08 MB
14 Minueto a Sylvia.flac 18.24 MB
15 Zambra capricho.flac 16.70 MB

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