Miguel Baselga, Albeniz

Albéniz
Piano Music Volume 9
Miguel Baselga p
BIS BIS2173

The final disc in Miguel Baselga’s complete Albéniz cycle focuses on the Spanish composer’s salon music of the mid to late 1880s. Albéniz was in his 20s and establishing himself as a fixture of the Madrid music scene – teaching, gigging and composing to get by. With only three tracks breaching five-minutes, this is a CD of bite-sized works that – while charming – feel a tad jumbled taken as a whole. It’s a disc made as much for snacking as consuming in one go.

Baselga opens with Recuerdos de...