Stephen Hough - Mompou: Piano Music - Canciones y Danzas, Preludes etc. [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.Without a spirit of childhood in the listener, the music of the Catalan Federico Mompou can seem almost infantile. The style the composer himself calls 'primitivista' involves no bar lines, key signatures or other such paraphernalia of 'organized' composition, and at first sight owes much to Satie. However the latter's cynicism here finds expression in genuine innocence and wonder.rThe titles of the four complete sets recorded here give some impression of what is to be expected: Cants Magics, Charmes u2026 but these titles can also be unhelpful, implying order when none is meant; the Cancions y Danzas are not part of a set as such, and the six examples here span some three decades.rAll of these miniatures (the longest is under six minutes) capture a world that is at once very real (Mompou describes his 'favourite place' as being the 'solitude of all large towns') and yet somehow set at a distance from the mundane through piano writing of plain and unpretentious vision.

Canzion y Danza 7 (1944)

Prelude 1 (1928)

Cants Magics (1917): Energic

Cants Magics (1917): Obscur

Cants Magics (1917): Profond : Lent

Cants Magics (1917): Misterios

Cants Magics (1917): Calma

Cancion Y Danza 5 (1942)

Prelude 5 (1930)

Charmes (1920 - 1): ...Pour Endormir La Souffrance

Charmes (1920 - 1): ...Pour Penetrer Les Ames

Charmes (1920 - 1): ...Pour Inspirer L' Armour

Charmes (1920 - 1): ...Pour Les Guerisons

Charmes (1920 - 1): ...Pour Evoquer L' Image Du Passe

Charmes (1920 - 1): ...Pour Appeler La Joie

Canzion Y Danza 8 (1946)

Prelude 7 (1931): Prelude 7 ('Palmier D' Etoiles') (1931)

Trois Variations (1921): Theme

Trois Variations (1921): Les soldats

Trois Variations (1921): Courtoisie

Trois Variations (1921): Nocturne

Canzion y Danza 3 (1926)

Prelude 9 (1943)

Dialogues I And II: Plaintif

Dialogues I And II: Modere

Canzion Y Danza 1 (1921)

Prelude 10 (1944)

Paisajes (1942-1960): La fuente y la campana

Paisajes (1942-1960): El Lago

Paisajes (1942-1960): Carros de Galicia

Canzion y Danza 9 (1948)

Prelude 6 (1930): Prelude 6 (pour la main gauche) (1930)

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