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Chants d'Espagne, Op. 232, (Spanish: Cantos de España, English: Songs of Spain) is a suite of originally three, later five pieces for the piano by Isaac Albéniz. Prélude (later known as Asturias (Leyenda)), Orientale and Sous le palmier were published in 1892, and Córdoba and Seguidillas were added in the 1898 edition.
Pages in category "Spanish compositions for solo piano" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Granados wrote piano music, chamber music (a piano quintet, a piano trio, music for violin and piano), songs, zarzuelas, and an orchestral tone poem based on Dante's Divine Comedy. Many of his piano compositions have been transcribed for the classical guitar; examples include Dedicatoria, Danza No. 5, and Goyescas.
Asturias performed at the White House by Sharon Isbin.. Though originally written to imitate guitar playing, the piece cannot be transcribed note for note for guitar. The original version makes uses of the piano keyboard's wider range compared to the tessitura of the guitar, and the key of G minor is not suitable for the guitar—for example, in the standard guitar tuning, the pedal note D4 is ...
The work is flavoured with Spanish rhythms, but the score does not call for a guitar. It requires a piano, three flutes (one doubling piccolo), two oboes and English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones and tuba, timpani, cymbals, triangle, celesta, harp, and strings. The piano has an important solo part ...
Canto, cello (1888) Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 49 (1895) Piano Trio, Op. 50 (1895) Melodía, violin and piano (1903) Serenata, 2 violins and piano (1914; incomplete) Madrigal, cello and piano (1915) Escena religiosa, violin, organ, piano and timpani; Intermedios para la Misa de Boda de Dionisio Conde, string quartet, harp, organ
It has been hailed as one of the most technically challenging solo piano compositions in classical pianism. It contains a great quantity of effects and virtuoso feats, including chord tremolos with accompanying thirds, wide jumps, fast repetitive notes, and arpeggios and octaves at a breakneck tempo, keeping a deciso (decisive) attitude throughout.
String Quartet No. 6 (for example) Witold Lutosławski. Symphony No. 1 (1947) Five Songs to Words by Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna for soprano and piano (1957); Arrangement with Orchestra (1958) Musique funèbre (1958) Trois poèmes d'Henri Michaux (1963) Livre pour orchestre (1968) Cello Concerto (1970) Mi-parti (1976) Grave: Metamorphoses for ...