Mompou, Llobet, Manen - Cancons i danses catalanes
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Label: BIS
Cat No: BIS2092
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 1st April 2016
Contents
Works
Canciones populares catalanas (13)Fantasie-Sonata, op.A22
Canciones y Danzas (15)
Artists
Franz Halasz, guitarWorks
Canciones populares catalanas (13)Fantasie-Sonata, op.A22
Canciones y Danzas (15)
Artists
Franz Halasz, guitarAbout
Mompou (1893-1987) is certainly best known for his piano music, and the Cançó i dansa No.10 was actually composed for that instrument. The composer made this guitar transcription himself, however, suggesting that he may well have had that instrument in mind when writing for the piano. Both Cançó i dansa No.13, based on two traditional Catalan songs, and the Suite Compostelana are original guitar works.
Some fifteen years older than Mompou, Llobet (1878-1938) was a guitarist who toured internationally, but he also composed. His arrangements of Catalan folk songs are among his most enduring contributions to the guitar repertoire. These tunes were well known to the Barcelona public in Llobet’s day, and arrangements of songs like La filadora (‘The Spinner Woman’), Cançó del lladre (‘Song of the Thief’) and La Nit de Nadal (‘Christmas Eve’) received an enthusiastic reception.
Closing the programme is the Fantasia-Sonata by Joan Manén (1883-1971), a musical prodigy who went on to enjoy an international career as a virtuoso violinist. Manén was also a versatile composer, who with this piece, dedicated to Andrés Segovia, created a fine contribution to the literature for guitar.
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