If I Could Choose Only One Work By...ALBENIZ

It Would Have To Be...Iberia
Do I really have to explain this one?

1. Ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose Ballet)
2. Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
3. Schubert: String Quintet in C major
4. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4
5. Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
6. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
7. Debussy: Preludes for Piano (Books 1 & 2)
8: Handel: Saul
9. Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
10. Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G major
11. Vaughan Williams: Job
12. Bach: Goldberg Variations
13. R. Strauss: Four Last Songs
14. Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust
15. Haydn: “Paris” Symphonies (Nos. 82-87)
16. Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
17. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor
18. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
19. Chopin: Preludes
20. Verdi: Rigoletto
21. Roussel: Symphony No. 2
22. Copland: Appalachian Spring (complete original ballet)
23. Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 and 2
24. Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
25. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
26. Rimsky-Korsakov: Opera Suites (Scottish National Orchestra/Järvi) Chandos
27. Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire
28. Smetana: Ma Vlást
29. Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
30. Bizet: Carmen
31. Elgar: In the South
32. Sullivan: The Mikado
33. Dvořák: Symphony No. 8; Cello Concerto (Piatigorsky/Munch/Boston Symphony) RCA
34. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies
35. Monteverdi: Orfeo
36. Scarlatti: Sonatas
37. Schumann: Fantasie in C, Op. 17
38. Berg: Wozzeck
39. Hermann: Psycho (film score)
40. Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on the Theme of Paganini
41. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
42. Holst: Suites for Military Band
43. Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex
44. Respighi: Three Botticelli Pictures
45. Sibelius: Symphony No. 5; Pohjola’s Daughter (Bernstein, New York Philharmonic) Sony
46. Britten: The Turn of the Screw
47. Borodin: String Quartet No. 2
48. Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen
49. Korngold: Violin Concerto
50. Tallis: Spem in Alium
51. Nielsen: Symphony No. 5
52. Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915
53. Hindemith: Symphony in E-flat
54. Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
55. Franck: Violin Sonata
56. Rossini: La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie)
57. Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Egyptian”
58. Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins
59. Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

[davidbo]

No explanation required, but sometimes it's good to hear about something you already know or like, especially when it's so expertly told, and emotionally felt. Lots of feelings here.

[zbigniewwiecaw]

suite española sounds incredible on guitar, just listen to Segovia playing Granada, a lot of people would miss it

[jgesselberty]

His opera, Merlin, is worth a listen.

[IHSACC]

I make a plea again for Walton. If I have to pick—Symphony 1. But I’d be happy as well with the Violin Concerto, Gloria or Belshazzar’s Feast, or maybe the Quest. All are characteristic masterworks.

[rogergersbach]

I am thinking that the only work you could choose for Schulhoff is... no, I won't guess, I'll patiently wait. On a side note, I just listened to Radu Paladi on Capriccio. He wrote very little, but he had wonderful talent, going on this disc of his piano and violin concertos. Reminds me of Riisager, with a Romanian accent.

[giacomopizzetti]

Hello Dave! Wonderful video as always!
I hope you are going to suggest saving a Scriabin piece from Cancrizans in the future. Best whishes!

[rickscherer]

How about choosing one work by Arvo Pärt? I think this will be very difficult, because of the huge range of styles and genres that he employed.

[martinrichard]

only one work by Bernstein the composer??? What should it be?

[hanskellner]

Hello Dave, what are your thoughts on the various orchestrations of Iberia? I've always thought them to be a disappointing shadow of the piano originals. Though I agree Iberia is the clear and only choice for Albeniz, I'd also add that a lot of Albeniz's piano music has been transcribed for guitar, and it remains an essential part of guitarists' concert and recorded repertoire. I'd guess that it's some of these pieces that would be more familiar to a lot of listeners. I really enjoy your channel! 🙂

[Warp]

Probably the most obvious choice so far……

[RobertCinquino]

Dave, what about C.M.V. Weber? Beethoven summoned him to meet and visit. Enough said!

[hello-rqkf]

Does this mean we could get a Best Of Joaquin Rodrigo too? Obviously he stood on the shoulders of Albeniz but I think the Concierto of Aranjuez is equal in cultural relevance as Iberia in Spain.