🇪🇸Isaac Albéniz ： Rapsodia Espanola in d-moll Op.70

Albéniz’s Rapsodia Española is a rhapsody that portrays Spanish rhythmic vitality and color through brilliant piano writing. Contrasting musical ideas appear in succession, shaping the whole through alternation between driving passages and singing episodes. Intricate ornaments and rapid passagework should retain their lightness, while fuller chordal textures require care to keep the sonority clear. A broad understanding of tempo changes and dynamic contrasts, together with clear differentiation between each section, brings out the free, rhetorical character within the work’s brilliance.