> I am a big fan of Isaac Albeniz' music, as many guitarists are.  I
> have been listening to Jason Vieaux Sevilla recording quite a bit
> lately and it has never occurred to me that any of Albeniz' music is
> even remotely easy to play.  Are there any pieces that are close to
> the intermediate level?
>
> The JV recording is great and it has been nice to get beyond Leyenda
> and Sevilla to some other terrific pieces (Torre Bermeja and Cuba for
> instance, which I heard Jason play live, as well).  When I feel I have
> the ability to play some of these pieces, I will of course get Stanley
> Yates' Albeniz edition.

> I am a big fan of Isaac Albeniz' music, as many guitarists are.  I
> have been listening to Jason Vieaux Sevilla recording quite a bit
> lately and it has never occurred to me that any of Albeniz' music is
> even remotely easy to play.  Are there any pieces that are close to
> the intermediate level?
>
> The JV recording is great and it has been nice to get beyond Leyenda
> and Sevilla to some other terrific pieces (Torre Bermeja and Cuba for
> instance, which I heard Jason play live, as well).  When I feel I have
> the ability to play some of these pieces, I will of course get Stanley
> Yates' Albeniz edition.

> I am a big fan of Isaac Albeniz' music, as many guitarists are. I have
> been listening to Jason Vieaux Sevilla recording quite a bit lately and
> it has never occurred to me that any of Albeniz' music is even remotely
> easy to play. Are there any pieces that are close to the intermediate
> level?
>
> The JV recording is great and it has been nice to get beyond Leyenda and
> Sevilla to some other terrific pieces (Torre Bermeja and Cuba for
> instance, which I heard Jason play live, as well). When I feel I have
> the ability to play some of these pieces, I will of course get Stanley
> Yates' Albeniz edition.

> I am a big fan of Isaac Albeniz' music, as many guitarists are. I
> have been listening to Jason Vieaux Sevilla recording quite a bit
> lately and it has never occurred to me that any of Albeniz' music is
> even remotely easy to play. Are there any pieces that are close to
> the intermediate level?
>
> The JV recording is great and it has been nice to get beyond Leyenda
> and Sevilla to some other terrific pieces (Torre Bermeja and Cuba for
> instance, which I heard Jason play live, as well). When I feel I have
> the ability to play some of these pieces, I will of course get Stanley
> Yates' Albeniz edition.

> "John Nguyen" hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:8dc3dfae-8672-470a-a90e-ba4e1d8bce84@z66g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> On Jul 23, 8:32 am, John_in_CT juno.com> wrote:
>
> snip..... My ultimate goal is to play one piece of Albeniz' music well
> before I die, hence the reason I started
> with these two pieces now :-)
>
> Me too! For me, the piece is "Asturias" and my goal is to play it
> like, gasp, John Williams:
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=oEfFbuT3I6A
>
> As soon as I achieve this, I am going to pour gasoline all over myself
> and 'light my fire.'
>
> Regards,
> John E. Golden

> "John E. Golden" NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:96a23$488783e2$25669@news.teranews.com...

>> "John Nguyen" hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:8dc3dfae-8672-470a-a90e-ba4e1d8bce84@z66g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>> On Jul 23, 8:32 am, John_in_CT juno.com> wrote:
>>
>> snip..... My ultimate goal is to play one piece of Albeniz' music well
>> before I die, hence the reason I started
>> with these two pieces now :-)
>>
>> Me too! For me, the piece is "Asturias" and my goal is to play it like,
>> gasp, John Williams:
>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=oEfFbuT3I6A
>>
>> As soon as I achieve this, I am going to pour gasoline all over myself
>> and 'light my fire.'
>>
>> Regards, ...

> I'm tackling the Tango and Zambra Granadina now. They are deceptively
> simple when listening to someone playing it well, but they are
> extremely difficult to play it smoothly, at least to my ability. The
> notes are in, but it may take easily another year or two to bring them
> up to any presentable shape and form. My ultimate goal is to play one
> piece of Albeniz' music well before I die, hence the reason I started
> with these two pieces now :-)
> Cheers,
>
> John_in_NJ

> John Nguyen wrote:

>> I'm tackling the Tango and Zambra Granadina now. They are deceptively
>> simple when listening to someone playing it well, but they are
>> extremely difficult to play it smoothly, at least to my ability. The
>> notes are in, but it may take easily another year or two to bring them
>> up to any presentable shape and form. My ultimate goal is to play one
>> piece of Albeniz' music well before I die, hence the reason I started
>> with these two pieces now :-)
>> Cheers,

>

>> John_in_NJ

>
> That the Tango(in D)was harder than it sounds was my conclusion too.
> Kinda nice though - that short piece takes a couple of nifty turns and
> offers the opportunity to really sweeten up the melody. Too sweet, in my
> case - might be better off with no-cal. :-)
>
> You probably have more time left in this world to practice Albeniz than
> I do. Good thing playing it badly is OK with me. :-) ...