12 Piezas características, Op. 92
Twelve character pieces (1888) ranging from elegant salon dances (Gavotte, Minuetto, Mazurka, Polonesa) to Spanish idioms (Zambra, Pavana, Torre Bermeja). Torre Bermeja — the final piece, a serenata evoking a Moorish tower in Granada — stands as one of the finest individual pieces Albéniz wrote outside Iberia.
Works in this Collection (12)
- 12 Piezas características: I. Gavotte, Op. 92 No. 1 Key F major Difficulty
- 12 Piezas características: II. Minuetto a Sylvia, Op. 92 No. 2 Key A♭ major Difficulty
- 12 Piezas características: III. Barcarola (Ciel sans nuages), Op. 92 No. 3 Key G♭ major Difficulty
- 12 Piezas características: IV. Plegaria, Op. 92 No. 4 Key D♭ major Difficulty
- 12 Piezas características: V. Conchita (Polka), Op. 92 No. 5 Key E♭ major Difficulty
- 12 Piezas características: VI. Pilar (Vals), Op. 92 No. 6 Key A♭ major Difficulty
- 12 Piezas características: VII. Zambra, Op. 92 No. 7 Key C minor Difficulty
- 12 Piezas características: VIII. Pavana, Op. 92 No. 8 Key D minor Difficulty
- 12 Piezas características: IX. Polonesa, Op. 92 No. 9 Key E♭ major Difficulty
- 12 Piezas características: X. Mazurka, Op. 92 No. 10 Key F major Difficulty
- 12 Piezas características: XI. Staccato (Capricho), Op. 92 No. 11 Key D major Difficulty
- 12 Piezas características: XII. Torre Bermeja (Serenata), Op. 92 No. 12 Key E minor Difficulty