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Debussy, Falla & Ravel: Miroirs d’Espagne

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Composer
Claude Debussy, Manuel de Falla, Maurice Ravel
Artist
Guitarp Duo
Format
CD
Label
Solo Musica
Released
Oct 11, 2024
Catalog #
SM462
UPC
4260123644628

About

The biographies and the music of Debussy, Ravel, and de Falla contain multiple hidden reflections, many elements that mirror each other. These reflections are so clear-cut that it becomes difficult in many cases to make out the original image. Music inspired by Iberia and the piano as an instrument were certainly common ground, on which the three composers engaged in a lively artistic exchange. The Romantic piano repertoire has appropriated music of the most diverse origins. Considering the particular instrument that originally inspired it, we could almost call the result regeneration rather than mere transcription, as if the music were reborn in it's pure form. The works included on this CD showcase guitar, harp and piano in just such a complementary relationship. Indeed, Maurice Ravel personally noted in his score of Miroirs for the pianist Vlado Perlemuter, that he should imitate the guitar or the harp in certain passages. In his article La guitara, Manuel de Falla in his turn writes of how marvellously Debussy depicts the artistic qualities of the instrument, without ever having used the guitar at all in his works. Having grown up with the Romantic tradition, many pianists of the time had difficulties doing justice to the new musical imagery of Symbolism. Chronicles from the time reveal a certain impatience in composers, who required from interpreters a new technique and a different use of the sustaining pedal. Unlike the piano, both guitar and harp emit softer, less defined contours, in keeping with the melancholic and equivocal timbres of Debussy and Ravel. Ever since his student days, Maurizio Grandinetti's main interest has been broadening the musical horizons of his instrument. He is currently soloist, chamber musician and improviser. His career so far has taken him to the most important festivals and concert halls in numerous European countries, Brazil, the USA and China. For 14 years Consuelo Giulianelli was professor for harp at the Stella Matutina Private Music Academy in Feldkirch, Austria. Alongside studies with Mirella Vita and Ursula Holliger, that she completed with distinction, she attended courses by Marielle Nordmann and Pierre Jamet, who premiered the Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp by Claude Debussy.

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Aragonesa 03:09
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Aragonesa
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Manuel de Falla
    Ensemble
    Guitarp Duo
  2. 2 No. 2. Cubana 04:03
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Cubana
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Manuel de Falla
    Ensemble
    Guitarp Duo
  3. 3 No. 3. Montanesa 04:28
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Montanesa
    Duration
    04:28
    Composer
    Manuel de Falla
    Ensemble
    Guitarp Duo
  4. 4 No. 4. Andaluza 04:31
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Andaluza
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Manuel de Falla
    Ensemble
    Guitarp Duo
  5. 5 Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy: No. 9. Homenaje (arr. C. Giulianelli and M. Grandinetti for guitar and harp) 03:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy: No. 9. Homenaje (arr. C. Giulianelli and M. Grandinetti for guitar and harp)
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Manuel de Falla
    Ensemble
    Guitarp Duo
  6. 6 No. 2. La soirée dans Grenade (Evening in Granada) 05:36
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 2. La soirée dans Grenade (Evening in Granada)
    Duration
    05:36
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Guitarp Duo
  7. 7 No. 1. Pagodes 05:43
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 1. Pagodes
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Guitarp Duo
  8. 8 No. 3. Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain) 04:52
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 3. Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain)
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Ensemble
    Guitarp Duo
  9. 9 No. 2. Oiseaux tristes 04:18
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 2. Oiseaux tristes
    Duration
    04:18
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Guitarp Duo
  10. 10 No. 5. La Vallée des Cloches 05:16
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 5. La Vallée des Cloches
    Duration
    05:16
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Guitarp Duo
  11. 11 No. 4. Alborada del gracioso 07:16
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 4. Alborada del gracioso
    Duration
    07:16
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Ensemble
    Guitarp Duo