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Montsalvatge: Orchestral Works / Mena, BBC Symphony
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Montsalvatge: Orchestral Works / Mena, BBC Symphony

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Composer
MONTSALVATGE, XAVIER
Artist
Hughes, Mouriz, Mena
Format
CD
Label
Chandos
Released
Sep 25, 2012
Catalog #
CHAN 10735
UPC
095115173527

About

Xavier Montsalvatge (1912 - 2002) was an important composer in Catalan music. His work ranges from operas such as "Una voz en off" and "El gato con botas," to vocal, chamber and orchestral music. Montsalvatge's "Sinfonía de réquiem" is one of the featured works on this disc. Montsalvatge achieved international recognition with the "Cinco canciones negras" for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, also featured in this recording, which shows the influence of Antillean melodic and rhythmic characteristics. His score for the 1987 film Dragon Rapide, about Francisco Franco, was nominated for the Goya Awards.

R E V I E W S:

"The latest release in Juanjo Mena and the BBC Philharmonic's La Música de España series marks the centenary of the birth of Catalan composer Xavier Montsalvatge, the best of whose music combines Catalan and Caribbean folk idioms with taut neoclassical structures and a glamorous, post-impressionistic sense of orchestration. The finest work here is Calidoscopi Simfònic, dating from 2001 – the year before Montsalvatge's death – which dazzlingly reworks music from a ballet left unfinished in 1955... The performances are immensely persuasive."
-- The Guardian (UK)

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 I. Fanfare: Avec allegresse et durete 01:38
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Fanfare: Avec allegresse et durete
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Xavier Montsalvatge
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  2. 2 II. Sarabande: Delicat - Plus animé - Tempo I - Tempo I 05:31
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Sarabande: Delicat - Plus animé - Tempo I - Tempo I
    Duration
    05:31
    Composer
    Xavier Montsalvatge
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  3. 3 III. Intermezzo: Passione - Plus calme - Tempo I 05:30
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Intermezzo: Passione - Plus calme - Tempo I
    Duration
    05:30
    Composer
    Xavier Montsalvatge
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  4. 4 IV. Final: Entrainant - Solennel 03:58
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Final: Entrainant - Solennel
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Xavier Montsalvatge
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  5. 5 No. 1. Cuba dentro de un piano 04:30
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 1. Cuba dentro de un piano
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Xavier Montsalvatge
    Performer
    Clara Mouriz
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  6. 6 No. 2. Punto de Habanera 01:48
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 2. Punto de Habanera
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Xavier Montsalvatge
    Performer
    Clara Mouriz
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  7. 7 No. 3. Chevere 01:58
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 3. Chevere
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Xavier Montsalvatge
    Performer
    Clara Mouriz
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  8. 8 No. 4. Cancion de Cuna para Dormir a un Negrito 02:28
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 4. Cancion de Cuna para Dormir a un Negrito
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Xavier Montsalvatge
    Performer
    Clara Mouriz
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  9. 9 No. 5. Canto Negro 01:17
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 5. Canto Negro
    Duration
    01:17
    Composer
    Xavier Montsalvatge
    Performer
    Clara Mouriz
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  10. 10 I. Introduccio: Moderato 03:03
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Introduccio: Moderato
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Xavier Montsalvatge
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  11. 11 II. Ronda i Pantomima: Allegretto mosso - Meno mosso - Poco più (come prima) 04:52
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Ronda i Pantomima: Allegretto mosso - Meno mosso - Poco più (come prima)
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Xavier Montsalvatge
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  12. 12 III. Canon i Havanera: Allegretto deciso - Meno mosso - Semplice - Tempo d'havanera 04:26
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Canon i Havanera: Allegretto deciso - Meno mosso - Semplice - Tempo d'havanera
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Xavier Montsalvatge
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  13. 13 IV. Final a la Indiana: Andante ritmico - Poco meno - Tempo I 03:30
    Track
    13
    Title
    IV. Final a la Indiana: Andante ritmico - Poco meno - Tempo I
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Xavier Montsalvatge
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  14. 14 Introitus 03:17
    Track
    14
    Title
    Introitus
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Xavier Montsalvatge
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  15. 15 Kyrie 03:43
    Track
    15
    Title
    Kyrie
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Xavier Montsalvatge
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  16. 16 Dies irae 03:46
    Track
    16
    Title
    Dies irae
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Xavier Montsalvatge
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  17. 17 Agnus Dei 03:34
    Track
    17
    Title
    Agnus Dei
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Xavier Montsalvatge
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  18. 18 Lux aeterna 04:30
    Track
    18
    Title
    Lux aeterna
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Xavier Montsalvatge
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  19. 19 Libera me 03:46
    Track
    19
    Title
    Libera me
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Xavier Montsalvatge
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena