![]() ![]() Recuerdos de la Alhambra has been used as title or incidental music several times, including the soundtrack for René Clément's Forbidden Games (as played by Narciso Yepes), for The Killing Fields (under the title Étude as performed by Mike Oldfield), and in the films Sideways and Margaret. There are also choral and orchestral arrangements of this piece. ![]() The italian violist Marco Misciagna has published the arrangement of this piece for solo viola. (The building of the Alhambra was undertaken by a team comprising Muslims, Jews, and Christians.) He recorded it also for some of his CDs: Spanish Rosewood - the music of Spain, The Art of Xylos and Aria. When he plays it at his concerts he starts the performance usually with a message for a peaceful coexistence of people with different religions and nationalities. Xavi Ganjam made a special arrangement for sitar on his EP 'Soham' (2019, Ganjam Records, Spain)Īlex Jacobowitz frequently performs a version of Recuerdos de la Alhambra at his Marimba / Xylophone. Luiza Borac has arranged this piece for solo piano on her 2014 CD "Chants Nostalgiques" (Avie AV-2316). Sarah Brightman has performed a re-adapted vocal version on her album Classics.Ĭhris Freeman and John Shaw recorded a non-vocal version for their album Chris Freeman and John Shaw (May 1981, EMI Custom Records Nana Mouskouri has performed a vocal version in her album Classical (1989, Philips – 836 599-2). Ruggiero Ricci arranged this piece for solo violin, and often performed it as an encore. The A-section of the piece is written in A-minor and the B-section is written in the parallel major (A-major). Many who have heard the piece but not seen it performed mistake it for a duet. The thumb plays an arpeggio-pattern accompaniment simultaneously. The piece showcases a challenging guitar tremolo, wherein a single melody note is plucked consecutively by the ring, middle and index fingers in such rapid succession that the result is an illusion of one long sustained note. It became known through an early 20th-century publication edited by Tárrega and dedicated as an homage to the French guitarist Alfred Cottin. It was originally titled Improvisación ¡A Granada! Cantiga Árabe. The piece was written for and dedicated to Tárrega's patron Concepción Gómez de Jacoby in 1899, commemorating their visit to the Alhambra palace and fortress complex in Granada, Spain. It requires the tremolo technique and is often performed by advanced players. Recuerdos de la Alhambra ( Memories of the Alhambra) is a classical guitar piece composed in Málaga by Spanish composer and guitarist Francisco Tárrega. Problems playing this file? See media help. ![]()
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