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Moleiro: Piano Works / Clara Rodriguez
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Details
- Composer
- MOLEIRO, MOISES
- Artist
- Clara Rodriguez
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Nimbus
- Released
- Mar 01, 2009
- Catalog #
- NI6104
- UPC
- 710357610424
About
Attractive and unfamiliar keyboard works, well played.
This appears to be a reissue of a recital previously available on ASV (ASV CD DCA 890), and recorded, I believe, in 1994. It is good to have it back in circulation, as it offers a well-played representation of an interesting minor composer.
Moleiro was born in Zaraza in Venezuela and in the mid 1920s he studied piano in Caracas with a well-known teacher, Don Salvador Llamozas. He went on to make a career as a pianist, composer and teacher. This present CD includes the bulk of the work he wrote for the piano.
Most of the music here is not strikingly Latin American in manner, although there are a few distinctive touches here and there which speak of its geographical origins. For the most part Moleiro's piano music has about it a kind of aristocratic grace, and works within mostly European models understood from a South American perspective. At times one senses a kind of nostalgia for European forms and what they might represent. One is not surprised to encounter 'El senor de la peluca' - the gentleman with the wig - or to find oneself listening to a charming Waltz.
Moleiro's Sonatinas are written in the tradition of Scarlatti (though being far from mere pastiche); his Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor have more than a little of Bach about them; the Serenade in the Spanish Style speaks for itself; the Estudio de concierto has clear affinities with Chopin and the delightful La fuente registers its composer's knowledge of Ravel and Debussy. But everywhere there is enough evidence of a personal sensibility at work to maintain the listener's interest. At times Moleiro's programmatic miniatures - such as La muchacha de la herrería (the girl from the blacksmiths), El herrero (The blacksmith) and Los pájaros (The birds) - are attractive additions to a familiar keyboard tradition.
The last two pieces on the CD are the most distinctive. It is unfortunate that the relatively scanty documentation that comes with this CD gives no dates for any of the compositions, so that one has no way of knowing whether or not the sequence of music heard in any way represents the composer's stylistic development. Certainly Estampas del llano (Pictures of the plains) and Joropo are far more thoroughly infused with a sense of the composer's native land, and without that nostalgic air mentioned above. Though the musical language of Estampas del llano is essentially European in nature, its evocation of the Venezuelan plains, in their contrasting fecundity and aridity, makes it music that no European composer would have written. The joropo music of Venezuela grew out of the fusion of ancient Spanish traditions, including the fandango and the malagueña (themselves incorporating Arabic influences) with the musics of African slaves and of native South American Indians. It is a heady mix and from it has grown some exciting music. A good deal of that excitement is captured in Moleiro's Joropo for piano, played with considerable panache by Clara Rodriguez.
Throughout this recital the sureness of Rodriguez' technique is evident, and her flexibility ensures that she can sound at home in all of the various musical idioms on which Moleiro's piano music touches. This makes for a consistently entertaining programme - a CD that makes a case, without overstatement, for the music of a figure too little known beyond his native land.
-- Glyn Pursglove, MusicWeb International
This appears to be a reissue of a recital previously available on ASV (ASV CD DCA 890), and recorded, I believe, in 1994. It is good to have it back in circulation, as it offers a well-played representation of an interesting minor composer.
Moleiro was born in Zaraza in Venezuela and in the mid 1920s he studied piano in Caracas with a well-known teacher, Don Salvador Llamozas. He went on to make a career as a pianist, composer and teacher. This present CD includes the bulk of the work he wrote for the piano.
Most of the music here is not strikingly Latin American in manner, although there are a few distinctive touches here and there which speak of its geographical origins. For the most part Moleiro's piano music has about it a kind of aristocratic grace, and works within mostly European models understood from a South American perspective. At times one senses a kind of nostalgia for European forms and what they might represent. One is not surprised to encounter 'El senor de la peluca' - the gentleman with the wig - or to find oneself listening to a charming Waltz.
Moleiro's Sonatinas are written in the tradition of Scarlatti (though being far from mere pastiche); his Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor have more than a little of Bach about them; the Serenade in the Spanish Style speaks for itself; the Estudio de concierto has clear affinities with Chopin and the delightful La fuente registers its composer's knowledge of Ravel and Debussy. But everywhere there is enough evidence of a personal sensibility at work to maintain the listener's interest. At times Moleiro's programmatic miniatures - such as La muchacha de la herrería (the girl from the blacksmiths), El herrero (The blacksmith) and Los pájaros (The birds) - are attractive additions to a familiar keyboard tradition.
The last two pieces on the CD are the most distinctive. It is unfortunate that the relatively scanty documentation that comes with this CD gives no dates for any of the compositions, so that one has no way of knowing whether or not the sequence of music heard in any way represents the composer's stylistic development. Certainly Estampas del llano (Pictures of the plains) and Joropo are far more thoroughly infused with a sense of the composer's native land, and without that nostalgic air mentioned above. Though the musical language of Estampas del llano is essentially European in nature, its evocation of the Venezuelan plains, in their contrasting fecundity and aridity, makes it music that no European composer would have written. The joropo music of Venezuela grew out of the fusion of ancient Spanish traditions, including the fandango and the malagueña (themselves incorporating Arabic influences) with the musics of African slaves and of native South American Indians. It is a heady mix and from it has grown some exciting music. A good deal of that excitement is captured in Moleiro's Joropo for piano, played with considerable panache by Clara Rodriguez.
Throughout this recital the sureness of Rodriguez' technique is evident, and her flexibility ensures that she can sound at home in all of the various musical idioms on which Moleiro's piano music touches. This makes for a consistently entertaining programme - a CD that makes a case, without overstatement, for the music of a figure too little known beyond his native land.
-- Glyn Pursglove, MusicWeb International
Tracklist 26 tracks
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1 Piano Sonatina No. 1 in A Minor 02:54
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Piano Sonatina No. 1 in A Minor
- Duration
- 02:54
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
-
2 Piano Sonatina No. 2 in C Major 03:15
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Piano Sonatina No. 2 in C Major
- Duration
- 03:15
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
-
3 Piano Sonatina No. 4 in G Minor 04:47
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Piano Sonatina No. 4 in G Minor
- Duration
- 04:47
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
-
4 Piano Sonatina No. 3 in D Major 03:17
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Piano Sonatina No. 3 in D Major
- Duration
- 03:17
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
-
5 Piano Sonatina No. 5 in C Major 03:01
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Piano Sonatina No. 5 in C Major
- Duration
- 03:01
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
-
6 Toccata in C-Sharp Minor 02:32
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Toccata in C-Sharp Minor
- Duration
- 02:32
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
-
7 Toccata in B Minor 02:40
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Toccata in B Minor
- Duration
- 02:40
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
-
8 Toccata in C Major 02:42
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Toccata in C Major
- Duration
- 02:42
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
-
9 I. Aire de Danza (Dance Air) 02:15
- Track
- 9
- Title
- I. Aire de Danza (Dance Air)
- Duration
- 02:15
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
-
10 II. Tiempo de valse (Waltz Time) 01:15
- Track
- 10
- Title
- II. Tiempo de valse (Waltz Time)
- Duration
- 01:15
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
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11 III. Cancion de cuna (Lullaby) 02:35
- Track
- 11
- Title
- III. Cancion de cuna (Lullaby)
- Duration
- 02:35
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
-
12 IV. El Sr. de la peluca (The gentleman with the wig) 01:01
- Track
- 12
- Title
- IV. El Sr. de la peluca (The gentleman with the wig)
- Duration
- 01:01
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
-
13 V. El clavencin (The harpsichord) 01:17
- Track
- 13
- Title
- V. El clavencin (The harpsichord)
- Duration
- 01:17
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
-
14 VI. Preludio (Prelude) 01:29
- Track
- 14
- Title
- VI. Preludio (Prelude)
- Duration
- 01:29
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
-
15 VI. Fuga (Fugue) 01:42
- Track
- 15
- Title
- VI. Fuga (Fugue)
- Duration
- 01:42
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
-
16 I. El amolador (The Knife Grinder) 02:18
- Track
- 16
- Title
- I. El amolador (The Knife Grinder)
- Duration
- 02:18
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
-
17 II. La cuna (The cradle) 02:09
- Track
- 17
- Title
- II. La cuna (The cradle)
- Duration
- 02:09
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
-
18 III. Los pajaros (The birds) 01:30
- Track
- 18
- Title
- III. Los pajaros (The birds)
- Duration
- 01:30
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
-
19 No. 1. La muchacha de la herreria (The girl from the blacksmith's) 01:46
- Track
- 19
- Title
- No. 1. La muchacha de la herreria (The girl from the blacksmith's)
- Duration
- 01:46
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
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20 No. 2. El herreo (The blacksmith) 01:25
- Track
- 20
- Title
- No. 2. El herreo (The blacksmith)
- Duration
- 01:25
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
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21 Playera 04:50
- Track
- 21
- Title
- Playera
- Duration
- 04:50
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
-
22 La fuente 03:34
- Track
- 22
- Title
- La fuente
- Duration
- 03:34
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
-
23 Serenata al estilo espanol 03:25
- Track
- 23
- Title
- Serenata al estilo espanol
- Duration
- 03:25
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
-
24 Estudio di concierto 02:59
- Track
- 24
- Title
- Estudio di concierto
- Duration
- 02:59
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
-
25 Estampas del Llano 09:05
- Track
- 25
- Title
- Estampas del Llano
- Duration
- 09:05
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez
-
26 Joropo 03:12
- Track
- 26
- Title
- Joropo
- Duration
- 03:12
- Composer
- Moisés Moleiro
- Performer
- Clara Rodriguez