Rodion Shchedrin - In the Style of Albéniz for piano | Текст песни

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• In the Style of Albéniz for piano

1952

Shchedrin composed this Spanish-flavored morsel when he was at the Moscow Conservatory studying composition and piano. It not only has the flavor of Albéniz's piano miniatures, but almost seems to parody it, with theatrical, offbeat accents; contrasts of dynamics and tempos; scalar runs; and mordent ornaments. Its modal sound and outline are similar to the Prelude from Albéniz's España, while the drama of it is similar to the Malagueña from the same suite. The structure of the piece is a simple ABA form, beginning with a bravura introduction, which leads to the slow first theme. The middle section is a similarly paced melody that is more tango-like. The return of the first theme is brought to a striking end in a series of chords, a descending run, and a leap up to a fist-pounded final chord. Shchedrin dedicated the work to his future wife, ballerina Maiya Plisetskaya, for whom he would later also arrange two Albéniz tangos for her to use on-stage. Im stil Albéniz is a popular encore work, appearing in as varied arrangements as for cello, violin, or trumpet and piano; for xylophone; and for orchestra.

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