Iberia Volume 2: book 3 & 4

%3Cstrong%3EYoram+Ish-Hurwitz%3A%3C%2Fstrong%3E+piano%3Cbr+%2F%3E%3Cbr+%2F%3E%3Cstrong%3EIberia%3A+Twelve+musical+impressions+of+Spain%3Cbr+%2F%3E%3C%2Fstrong%3EOver+a+hundred+years+ago%2C+the+seriously+ill+Spanish+composer+Isaac+Alb%26eacute%3Bniz+%281860-1909%29+worked+frantically+on+the+most+beautiful+of+his+works%2C+the+piano+cycle+Iberia.+Because+of+the+flamenco+elements+and+the+titles+of+the+pieces%2C+Andalusia+is+often+called+the+source+of+inspiration+for+the+cycle.+The+emerging+Impressionism+of+Paris%2C+too%2C+seems+to+have+left+its+mark+on+the+style%2C+not+to+mention+the+Lisztian+virtuosity.+But+the+real+quality+of+Iberia+lies+in+the+originality+with+which+Alb%26eacute%3Bniz+was+able+to+blend+these+elements+and+the+remarkable+power+of+imagination+he+demonstrated+in+the+process.+These+are+what+set+it+among+the+most+beautiful+pieces+of+music+Spain+has+ever+produced.+It+gives+a+romantic+impression+of+the+country%2C+which+the+composer+nostalgically+longed+for+but+which+had+not+given+him+the+recognition+he+deserved.+Alb%26eacute%3Bniz+died+in+1909%2C+shortly+after+completing+his+masterpiece.+%3Cbr+%2F%3E%3Cbr+%2F%3EThis+recording+of+pianist+Yoram+Ish-Hurwitz+is+the+third+and+fourth+book+of+Iberia+and+makes+this+short+two+volume-cycle+complete.%3Cbr+%2F%3E