Three Improvisations 1903
First Edition with a CD recorded by the composer
by Isaac Albeniz
Piano Solo - Sheet Music

Book/CD Pack Piano solo (Piano solo) - Henle Level 3-5

SKU: HL.51480953

First Edition with a CD recorded by the composer. Composed by Isaac Albeniz. Edited by Milton R. Laufer. Arranged by Milton Ruben Laufer. Sheet Music. Paperbound. Henle Music Folios. With enclosed CD. Classical. Softcover with CD. 16 pages. G. Henle #HN953. Published by G. Henle (HL.51480953).

ISBN 9790201809533. UPC: 884088518844. 9.25x12.25x0.087 inches. Edited and fingered by Milton Ruben Laufer with a CD recorded by the composer.

The only surviving original recording of Albéniz' piano playing is from 1903. On a visit to Ruperto Regordosa Planas he had sat down at the former's piano and improvised three short pieces. Planas recorded the music on a phonograph cylinder. The pieces were, however, never written down on paper. With the help of modern technical resources, Milton Laufer, an expert on Albéniz, has been able to carefully reconstruct the musical text. Our first printing of the transcription thus enables us to have a unique “peep through the keyhole” into the workshop of the gifted pianist and composer. As a little extra, included is this fascinating recording on a CD with the first issue of this printing.

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