Albeniz – Iberia, First Book (piano)

Henle Urtext edition of the First Book of Iberia, Albéniz’s celebrated late-Romantic piano masterpiece. The volume contains three pieces combining Spanish musical traditions with sophisticated piano writing.

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Evocation — Difficult, Level 7
El Puerto — Difficult, Level 7
Fête-Dieu à Séville — Difficult, Level 8

Being manageable in their technique, Evocation, El Puerto, and Fête-Dieu à Séville – the three pieces in volume 1 – are especially popular. Enjoy these pieces in the same manner as Debussy, who wrote of Iberia: “One closes one’s eyes and is bedazzled by the sheer wealth of invention in this music!”