Word: iberia
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Celts probably never possessed so grand a vision as seen in The Celtic World by Barry Cunliffe (Mc Graw-Hill; 224 pages; $39.95). But grand they were. Their language and culture spread across the ancient world from Anatolia to Iberia, from the Danube to the edges of the British Isles. They were artisans of genius, yet they fought like madmen, striking a respectful fear in ancient chroniclers by sacking Rome in 390 B.C. In this sweeping, lucid and amply illustrated history, Barry Cunliffe becomes their bard, celebrating the fact that the Celts endure...
Another blockbuster, from the maker of Hawaii, Centennial and Iberia...
...Conservatory's other attractions are less expensive--they're free--and are also pleasant concerts of appealing and interesting works. The NEC Conservatory Repertory Orchestra performs Berlioz's Overture to "Beatrice and Benedict," Debussy's "Iberia," and Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony" on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Jordan Hall, Boston. Don't miss that. Composer-flutist John Heiss is presenting a recital of contemporary American works on Monday--same time, same place. "A Musical Offering by J. S. Bach," at King's Chapel, Sunday at 5 p.m., features performances on original instruments at baroque pitch with early tunings. Again...
...Albeniz: Iberia (complete); Navarra. (Michel Block pianist, Connoisseur Society; 2 LPs.) Enrique Fernandez Arbos' glittering orchestrations helped make El Puerto, Triana and the ten other pieces in Iberia popular throughout the world. But, as Alicia de Larrocha has proved over the years in three recordings of the suite, the piano originals are as atmospherically Spanish as one could wish and, in the end, preferable. Here is a recording by the French American Michel Block that not only challenges De Larrocha's supremacy, but topples it. Block's playing has an earthy swagger and poetic sweep that...
...RESULT of the current recession, many migrants have been expelled from western Europe, taking their unemployment back home with them to the decaying peasant villages of Turkey, Yugoslavia, and North Africa, to the abandoned farmlands of Iberia and southern Italy. But ten million foreign workers still remain in western Europe. If the experience of previous recessions is any guide, the rest will soon return, because they have become essential to economic growth. The demand for migratory workers does not stem from a simple labor shortage in the western European economy. In most countries which have experienced large scale immigration, unemployment...