Original Year Of Release & (Current) Label	Cover	Tracks
1981 Sony ? T!P		01 02 03 01. Suite española for piano, Op.47, B7: No.1: Granada 02. Suite española for piano, Op. 47, B7: No.5: Asturias 03. Suite española for piano, Op.47, B7: No.3: Sevilla 04. Suite española for piano, Op. 47, B7: Mallorca 05. Cantos de España (5) for piano, Op. 232, B44: No.4: Córdoba 06. Piezas características (12) for piano, Op. 92, B29: No.12: Torre Bermeja 07. Suite española for piano, Op. 47, B7: No.4: Cádiz 08. Piezas características (12) for piano, Op. 92, B29: No.7:Zambra granadina 09. España, Album Leaves (6) for piano, Op. 165, B37: No.2: Tango

Albeniz never wrote anything for the guitar, but his piano music frequently evokes the sound of the guitar and it transcribes very well. John Williams, a greatest guitarist, has a very good command of the Spanish musical idiom. His playing is technically superb, but even more importantly he has the flexibility and understanding of the music's rhythms to make it come alive. The early digital recording still sounds realistic, but this old LP-length program should have been transferred long ago into a lower-priced series. You might want to wait, but if you can't the playing is certainly satisfying. Leslie Gerber (Amazon.com)

There is no better collection of Albeniz on guitar, and no better John Williams recording. Once you have heard his version of 'Granada,' no other recording in the usual key of E will suffice. He actually tuned his 5th string up from A to B -- suicide on your A string! -- to get a more resonate sound in his transcription. Williams's extrovert style works wonders with 'Cordoba' and 'Sevilla' as well. Given this classic mix of an extrovert guitarist and an extrovert composer, the closing rendition of the "Tango is D" is all the more magnificent. Never was Albeniz more reflective; never was Williams more reflective. Arguably the best guitar recording ever dedicated to a single composer, though a series of recent and brilliant recordings by David Russell (of Torroba, Barrios, etc.) make it hard to make such a blanket statement. Anyway: buy this recording!!!!!!!!! Mike Shanahan (Amazon.com, customer review)

This is the album that got me hooked on Spanish guitar - first listening, then playing. From the heart-pounding Asturias to the bright Granada and sunny Cadiz, I love this album - and go back to it frequently. Pat Carle (Amazon.com, customer review)