Composers : Isaac Albeniz
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| No. | Song Name | No.of pages | Transcription by | Available MIDI |
| 1 | Arabic Serenade | 10 | S. Garcia Fortea | |
| 2 | Asturias Leyenda | 6 | Eythor Thorlaksson | |
| 3 | Asturias Leyenda | 6 | Jean Francois Delcamp | |
| 4 | Asturias Leyenda | 5 | Luis Maravilla | |
| 5 | Asturias Leyenda | 4 | Unknown | |
| 6 | Asturias Leyenda | 6 | ||
| 7 | Cadiz | 4 | Eythor Thorlaksson | |
| 8 | Cadiz | 3 | Rolf Dannehl | |
| 9 | Cataluna Suite Espanola Op47 No2 | 4 | Eythor Thorlaksson | |
| 10 | Cataluna Suite Espanola Op47 No2 | 3 | Rolf Dannehl | |
| 11 | Cordoba Op232 No4 | 4 | John Williams | |
| 12 | Cordoba Op232 No4 | 4 | Rolf Dannehl | |
| 13 | Evocation de la Suite IBERIA (duo guitars) | 10 | Miguel Llobet | |
| 14 | Granada Op47 | 6 | Eythor Thorlaksson | |
| 15 | Granada Op47 | 4 | Konrad Ragossnig | |
| 16 | Granada Op47 | 3 | Rolf Dannehl | |
| 17 | Malaguena | 4 | Mario Parodi | |
| 18 | Malaguena | 3 | ||
| 19 | Mallorca Barcarola Op202 | 6 | Eythor Thorlaksson | |
| 20 | Pavane Capricho | 3 | Francisco Tarrega | |
| 21 | Puerta De Tierra | 6 | Eythor Thorlaksson | |
| 22 | Rumores De La Caleta | 2 | Rolf Dannehl | |
| 23 | Rumores De La Caleta | 3 | ||
| 24 | Serenata Granada | 6 | Francisco Tarrega | |
| 25 | Sevilla Op47 No3 | 6 | Alfonso Borghese | |
| 26 | Sevilla Op47 No3 | 5 | Jose de Azpiazu | |
| 27 | Tango Op165 No2 | 2 | Andres Segovia | |
| 28 | Torre Bermeja | 7 | Eythor Thorlaksson | |
| 29 | Torre Bermeja | 3 | Rolf Dannehl | |
| 30 | Zambra Granadina | 6 | Eythor Thorlaksson |
Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz (IPA: ˈisak alβˈeniθ) (May 29, 1860 – May 18, 1909) was a Spanish pianist and composer, best known for his piano works that are based on Spanish folk music.
Born in Camprodon (Girona, Catalonia), Albéniz was a child prodigy who first performed at the age of four. At age seven he passed the entrance examination for piano at the Paris Conservatoire, but he was refused admission because he took out a ball from his pocket and broke a glass window while playing with it. By age fifteen, he had already given concerts worldwide. After a short stay at the Leipzig Conservatory, in 1876 he went to study in Brussels. In 1880, he went to Budapest to study with Franz Liszt, only to find out that Liszt was in Weimar, Germany.
In 1883 he met the teacher and composer Felipe Pedrell, who inspired him to write Spanish music such as the Suite Española, Op. 47. The fifth movement of that suite, called Asturias (Leyenda) is probably most famous these days in the classical guitar world, even though it was originally composed for piano and only later transcribed to guitar by Francisco Tárrega. Many of his other compositions were also later transcribed to guitar - Albéniz himself preferred Tárrega's guitar transcriptions to his original piano works.
During the 1890s Albéniz lived in London and Paris and wrote mainly theatrical works. In 1900 he started to suffer from kidney disease and returned to the writing of piano music. Between 1905 and 1909 he composed his most famous work, Iberia (1908), a suite of twelve piano "impressions".
His orchestral works include Spanish Rhapsody (1887) and Catalonia (1899).
Albéniz died in 1909 at age 48 in Cambo-les-Bains and is buried in the Cementiri del Sudoest, Barcelona.
Cécilia Sarkozy, the (second) wife of French politician Nicolas Sarkozy, is the great-granddaughter of Isaac Albéniz.
