Albeniz

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[Lootens] Her technical mastery, impressive range of instrumental colors, and unmistakable affinity for the seductive ebb and flow of the music are exemplary. The recording documents Lootens’s... — Fanfare, Mar/Apr 2024 More…

Release Date: 20th Oct 2023
Catalogue No: AVI8553538
Label: Avi Music
Length: 61 minutes

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Albéniz: Iberia, book 3

Work length7:20

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Laura Lootens (guitar)
Recorded: 2021-12
Recording Venue: Bayerische Musikakademie Marktoberdorf

No. 7, El Albaicín (Arr. Laura Lootens for Solo Guitar)

Track length7:20

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Albéniz: Iberia, book 1

Work length5:48

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Laura Lootens (guitar)
Recorded: 2021-12
Recording Venue: Bayerische Musikakademie Marktoberdorf

No. 1, Evocación (Arr. Laura Lootens for Solo Guitar)

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Excerpt, Albéniz: Suite española No. 1, Op. 47

Work length16:03

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Laura Lootens (guitar)
Recorded: 2021-12
Recording Venue: Bayerische Musikakademie Marktoberdorf

No. 6, Aragón (Fantasía)

Track length5:12

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No. 7, Castilla (Seguidillas)

Track length3:50

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No. 5, Asturias (Leyenda)

Track length7:01

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Albéniz: Espagne

Work length3:30

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Laura Lootens (guitar)
Recorded: 2021-12
Recording Venue: Bayerische Musikakademie Marktoberdorf

No. 3, Malagueña. Allegretto (Arr. Laura Lootens for Solo Guitar)

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Albéniz: Suite española No. 1, Op. 47

Work length24:40

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Laura Lootens (guitar)
Recorded: 2021-12
Recording Venue: Bayerische Musikakademie Marktoberdorf

No. 1, Granada (Serenata)

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No. 4, Cádiz (Saeta)

Track length4:48

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No. 3, Sevilla (Sevillanas)

Track length5:23

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No. 8, Cuba (Capricho)

Track length6:03

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No. 2, Cataluña (Curranda)

Track length2:33

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Albéniz: Espagne

Work length4:01

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Laura Lootens (guitar)
Recorded: 2021-12
Recording Venue: Bayerische Musikakademie Marktoberdorf

No. 5, Capricho Catalan. Allegretto (Arr. Laura Lootens for Solo Guitar)

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This is the debut CD of the 24 year old German guitar player LAURA LOOTENS from Munich. The disc presents arrangements for solo guitar by the artist.

Spanish composer Isaac Albeniz was mainly a pianist and wrote primarily for the piano. More than any other musician, he succeeded in incorporating the Spanish guitar idiom and folklore into his style. Thus, for instance, his works contain allusions to rasgueado, a guitar technique that strums all six strings percussively in rapid succession, as we often hear in flamenco.

Thus it is no wonder that many of Albeniz's piano works have also been performed on the guitar: particularly Asturias (from the Suite Espanola), a piece that has become a staple in practically every guitarist's repertoire. But things are different when we come to Albeniz's Iberia, a suite of piano pieces so complex that few solo guitarists have ever attempted to transcribe and perform them (although a few guitar ensembles have managed to accomplish the feat).

Once I fell in love with guitar playing, I could not avoid becoming familiar with the music of Spain, which drew me immediately under its spell, thanks to its fiery character, grace, and astoundingly gorgeous melodies coupled with vibrant rhythms.

I was particularly fascinated by Isaac Albeniz's music, which is why I desired to devote my first CD to him, with my own arrangements of his music. In these transcriptions, I have endeavored to stay as close to the original as possible in order to retain the original pieces' complexity.

My selection stems from Albeniz's most well-known cycles: Iberia (El Albaicin, Evocation), Suite Espanola (Aragon, Asturias, Cadiz, Castilla, Cataluna, Cuba, Granada, Sevilla), and Espana (Capricho Catalan, Malaguena).

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Mar/Apr 2024

[Lootens] Her technical mastery, impressive range of instrumental colors, and unmistakable affinity for the seductive ebb and flow of the music are exemplary. The recording documents Lootens’s artistry in a beautiful and lifelike acoustic.

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