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He is suitably bubbly in the Champagne waltz even when unable to erase so much relentless charm. But he does too little with music that is often heavily derivative (the ghosts of Chopin and Mendelssohn... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2014 More…

Release Date: 2nd Jun 2014
Catalogue No: BIS1973
Label: BIS
Series: Miguel Baselga plays Albéniz Complete Piano Music
Length: 66 minutes

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Albéniz: Suite española No. 2, Op. 97, B. 32 (Excerpts)

Work length11:01

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Miguel Baselga

I. Zaragoza

Track length5:03

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II. Sevilla

Track length5:58

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Albéniz: 6 Danzas españolas, Op. 37, B. 23

Work length25:44

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Miguel Baselga

No. 1 in D Major

Track length5:10

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No. 2 in B-Flat Major

Track length5:13

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No. 3 in E-Flat Major

Track length2:23

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No. 4 in G Major

Track length3:22

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No. 5 in A-Flat Major

Track length6:27

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No. 6 in D Major

Track length3:09

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Albéniz: Estudio impromptu in B Minor, Op. 56, B. 9

Work length4:58

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Miguel Baselga

Albéniz: Les saisons, Op. 201, B. 33

Work length14:08

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Miguel Baselga

No. 1, Le printemps

Track length3:47

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No. 2, L'été

Track length3:46

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No. 3, L'automne

Track length3:03

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No. 4, L'hiver

Track length3:32

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Albéniz: Mazurka de salón in E-Flat Major, Op. 81

Work length2:00

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Miguel Baselga

Albéniz: Mazurka in G-Flat Major, Op. 80 "Recuerdos"

Work length2:28

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Miguel Baselga

Albéniz: 3 Improvisations (Transcr. M.R. Laufer for Piano)

Work length2:28

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Miguel Baselga

No. 2, Tempo di minuetto

Track length2:28

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Albéniz: Champagne-valse, B. 24 (Carte blanche)

Work length1:52

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Miguel Baselga

Albéniz: Berceuse, T. 114bis

Work length2:16

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Miguel Baselga

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If at least some part of Isaac Albéniz’ music may justifiably be described as ‘salon music’, this is not something that the composer would have objected to. Quite the opposite: he was himself very much a man of the salon, especially in his youth in the 1880s, which is when most of the pieces on Miguel Baselga's new disc were composed. It was in the salons of Madrid that he recruited new pupils among the young ladies of the bourgeoisie, performed his latest compositions and, presumably, had a good time in general. And although his greatest work – the four books that make up Iberia – was composed much later, in Paris, Albéniz never disassociated himself from the earlier works: ‘There are among them a few things that are not completely worthless’, he once remarked, ‘... there is less musical science, less of the grand idea, but more colour, sunlight, flavour of olives.’ It was in the 1880s that a strong influence of Spanish style becomes evident in his music, as a result of the influence of the teacher and composer Felipe Pedrell. Folk music, especially that of Andalusia, and the characteristic idiom of Spanish guitar music make themselves felt in compositions such as Zaragoza and Sevilla, the two pieces published in 1890 as Seconde Suite espagnole. Other works on this disc are of a more ‘international’ character, for instance Les Saisons, Albéniz’ own ‘Four Seasons’: four miniatures in an almost impressionistic style. Also included is the transcription, published in 2009, of one of the three improvisations that Albéniz recorded on a phonograph roll in 1903, permitting us a unique peek into the composer’s creative mind.

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October 2014

He is suitably bubbly in the Champagne waltz even when unable to erase so much relentless charm. But he does too little with music that is often heavily derivative (the ghosts of Chopin and Mendelssohn and a prophecy of Lecuona's Cuban revels).

13th October 2014

This present cycle benefits from a single pianist...[Baselga's] tempos are generally quicker than those of his competitors. This gives Baselga the edge, as it imparts to his playing an added excitement and Spanishness.

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