I have a very soft spot for Mompou. I lived for a while in Barcelona and discovered him when a friend played me one of his pieces. He is more Catalan than Spanish, he doesn't really sound like any of the better known Spanish composers (even the ones who were also Catalan). As well as the gorgeous piano music, there are some wonderful songs (two volumes on Naxos) and a single choral work, Improperios (worth tracking down).
I am so glad you covered Mompou. I discovered them on an Alicia de la Roche disc many years ago and have loved hearing it often ever since. I even bought many of the scores and have played many of them on the piano myself. They are rewarding and fun to play and to listen to.
Hi David, thank you for pointing to this marvellous composer. And that you chose my favorite piece dependably, is another gift: La fuente y la campana. I love this little unpretentious piano pieces. There are some others you surely know and maybe talk about (Koechlin and, yes, even Sibelius)
Great one. Bought this set about 10 years ago. Loved to play it as background music in my music store in Berlin I ran back then. Still enjoying it very much.
Thank you for talking about Mompou. He is one of the composers that gives me the most peace. Having played la fuente y la campana, I can attest that playing his music is just as rewarding as listening to it. By the way, do you have an opinion of Javier Perianes's interpretation of Musica Callada?
If a fellow Keep On Listener enjoys the Catalan, hermetically sealed, poised, diamond finished aesthetic of Mompou, please note his limited output was not just piano and songs, but also includes a classical guitar suite (Suite Compostelana) as well as Canco I Dansa No 13, which you might also enjoy.
Just noticed the Naxos Piano Music Vol 1 disc with Jordi Maso has Canco i Danza I-XII and XIV, but no XIII. I thought he was just being superstitious. Was XIII a guitar piece?
What wonderful, moving stuff! I’d never heard of Señor Mompou before. I very rarely listen to music for solo piano, but I look forward to perusing this repertoire.
As always, a pleasure to listen to your thoughts and observations on this work and Liszt…I’ve always seemed to have had an extreme reaction to the works of Liszt…I’m either swooning from the sheer beauty of it, or utterly unmoved…of all his solo piano works, it’s the Benediction de Dieu dans La solitude which moves me most…not one of his most virtuosic works (though infinitely more tricky than it sounds), but incredibly beautiful…I’ve always thought with this work we hear subtle beginnings of Debussy.
Curiously, I still remember the 2007 afternoon in which I purchased this set, after finding out one of Musica Callada's pieces was used in the intro of a radio show I used to listen to. Exquisite filigree style.
Thanks for this. Someone introduced me to the Scenes d'Enfants many years ago, and I got rather hooked; I bought all four Musica Callada volumes, and I read them at the piano not infrequently. Thanks so much for playing that Variations on the Chopin; now I have to get that too! Did you know Luise Vosgerchian? Somehow I think you might have. I have memories of taking her class, as she played through that Chopin A major prelude while speaking a kind of poem of thoughts about it. Later on the class (or maybe it was a different class) wrote a collective set of variations on it, none of them very good...
The whole album is available for 8.99 on amazon for digital download. I purchased the set a couple of year ago based of course upon a classics today recommendation. It is truly gorgeous music.
As I enjoyed these plain-spoken, unaffected performances, the closest example of a pianist playing his own works I could think of is the solo recordings of Thelonious Monk.
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I have a very soft spot for Mompou. I lived for a while in Barcelona and discovered him when a friend played me one of his pieces. He is more Catalan than Spanish, he doesn't really sound like any of the better known Spanish composers (even the ones who were also Catalan). As well as the gorgeous piano music, there are some wonderful songs (two volumes on Naxos) and a single choral work, Improperios (worth tracking down).
I’d love to hear you cover the ideal Schubert piano sonatas. Thank you for introducing me to so much great music!
I am so glad you covered Mompou. I discovered them on an Alicia de la Roche disc many years ago and have loved hearing it often ever since. I even bought many of the scores and have played many of them on the piano myself. They are rewarding and fun to play and to listen to.
Hi David, thank you for pointing to this marvellous composer. And that you chose my favorite piece dependably, is another gift: La fuente y la campana.
I love this little unpretentious piano pieces. There are some others you surely know and maybe talk about (Koechlin and, yes, even Sibelius)
Great one. Bought this set about 10 years ago. Loved to play it as background music in my music store in Berlin I ran back then. Still enjoying it very much.
Pipo loves Mompou because he was -- wait for it -- Cat-alan! Dat's a' pretty good, eh boss?
Yes!
Dang it. Yes. That was... really good.
Thank you for talking about Mompou. He is one of the composers that gives me the most peace. Having played la fuente y la campana, I can attest that playing his music is just as rewarding as listening to it. By the way, do you have an opinion of Javier Perianes's interpretation of Musica Callada?
It's very callada.
If a fellow Keep On Listener enjoys the Catalan, hermetically sealed, poised, diamond finished aesthetic of Mompou, please note his limited output was not just piano and songs, but also includes a classical guitar suite (Suite Compostelana) as well as Canco I Dansa No 13, which you might also enjoy.
Just noticed the Naxos Piano Music Vol 1 disc with Jordi Maso has Canco i Danza I-XII and XIV, but no XIII. I thought he was just being superstitious. Was XIII a guitar piece?
@@billslocum9819 I believe the only piece he wrote specifically for guitar was the Suite Compostelana.
What wonderful, moving stuff! I’d never heard of Señor Mompou before. I very rarely listen to music for solo piano, but I look forward to perusing this repertoire.
Mompouishly gets a like, just for a start. Then there's the music... Thanks once again.
As always, a pleasure to listen to your thoughts and observations on this work and Liszt…I’ve always seemed to have had an extreme reaction to the works of Liszt…I’m either swooning from the sheer beauty of it, or utterly unmoved…of all his solo piano works, it’s the Benediction de Dieu dans La solitude which moves me most…not one of his most virtuosic works (though infinitely more tricky than it sounds), but incredibly beautiful…I’ve always thought with this work we hear subtle beginnings of Debussy.
Curiously, I still remember the 2007 afternoon in which I purchased this set, after finding out one of Musica Callada's pieces was used in the intro of a radio show I used to listen to. Exquisite filigree style.
Gorgeous - thank you!
Thanks for this. Someone introduced me to the Scenes d'Enfants many years ago, and I got rather hooked; I bought all four Musica Callada volumes, and I read them at the piano not infrequently. Thanks so much for playing that Variations on the Chopin; now I have to get that too!
Did you know Luise Vosgerchian? Somehow I think you might have. I have memories of taking her class, as she played through that Chopin A major prelude while speaking a kind of poem of thoughts about it. Later on the class (or maybe it was a different class) wrote a collective set of variations on it, none of them very good...
No I don't know her.
Just a small detail. Alicia de Larrocha recorded all of the Canciones y Danzas on an RCA CD.
I know that. But only a one or two were dedicated to her.
How can you not swoon when listening to this music? Irresistible for pianists, because of its malleability.
I just checked amazon and they don't list a brilliant box just a 5cd set on 'ensayo.' Is the Brilliant box a new release?
No, the Brilliant has been out for I think 10 years already
They do list it. I ordered a copy for a friend about a week ago and it just arrived.
www.amazon.com/Complete-Piano-Works-F-MOMPOU/dp/B0001GAVNY/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=mompou&qid=1609957704&s=music&sr=1-1
Thanks for the link.@@DavesClassicalGuide
The whole album is available for 8.99 on amazon for digital download. I purchased the set a couple of year ago based of course upon a classics today recommendation. It is truly gorgeous music.
As I enjoyed these plain-spoken, unaffected performances, the closest example of a pianist playing his own works I could think of is the solo recordings of Thelonious Monk.