Andrés Isasi Explained

Andrés Isasi Linares (1890 in Bilbao  - 1940) was a Basque composer.^[1] He studied with Engelbert Humperdinck in Germany and was better known there than in Spain.^[2] He was made a citizen of honour of Getxo district of Greater Bilbao.

Recordings

• Spanish Classics — Andrés Isasi Symphony No. 2 Suite No. 2 Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, Juan José Mena Naxos
• Andrés Isasi : String Quartets : Volumes 1,2,3. Isasi Quartet. Naxos
• Isasi: Orchestral Works: Berceuse Tragica for Violin and Orchestra Op.22 No.1. Erotic Poem Op.14. Zharufa Op.12. El Oráculo Op. 18. El Pecado Op.19 John Carney (violin) Basque National Orchestra, Enrique Garcia Asensio. Claves.
• Songs on Basque songs Carlos Mena. HMF

Notes and References

1. Spanish music in the twentieth century — Page 68 Tomás Marco - 1993 "Whereas Sanjuan's distance from Spain prevented his work from becoming fully integrated into Spanish musical history, the case of Andres Isasi (1890-1940) of Bilbao is a question of pure and simple marginalization; his work circulated more "
2. Historia de Euskadi — Volume 6 - Page 83 Martín de Ugalde - 1981 "Así ocurre con Andrés Isasi Linares (1890-1940), que cursa sus estudios con Karl Kampf y Humperdinck. Durante su estancia en Alemania estrenó en 1914, en Berlín, sus poemas Amor dormido, Zharufa, El Oráculo y El Pecado."