Isaac Albéniz’s output as a composer was vast, but it was through his own instrument, the piano, that he most decisively put the musical heritage of Spain on the international map. Ranging from pleasantly atmospheric salon pieces to blisteringly virtuosic tone poems, his piano works amount to a kind of biography of his native land, drawing on the styles and spirit of every region with incomparable vividness and skill. This month sees the completion of renowned artist Guillermo González’s ambitio

See Spain in one second. Many of the movements in Isaac Albéniz's piano masterpiece, Iberia, are inspired by the geography, traditions, and history of Andalucía in Spain. So much so that the piece uses a distinct split second of noise to represent hundreds of years of Spanish history. http://ow.ly/2HXQ50FuVu3 | The Great Courses