Federico Moreno Torroba: A Musical Life in Three Acts explores not only his life and work, but also the relationship of his music to the cultural milieu in which he moved.
Jazz great Miles Davis said of the work, "After listening to it for a couple of weeks, . . . I couldn't get it out of my mind," and used it as inspiration for his album Sketches of Spain.
As a concert pianist, Albeniz is renowned for having created a national style of Spanish piano music and fostering the growth of the concerto, orchestral music, and opera in Spain.