Montsalvatge: Orchestral Works / Mena, BBC Symphony

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Chandos
Release Date
September 25, 2012
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MONTSALVATGE, XAVIER
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Bbc Philharmonic Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Hughes, Mouriz, Mena
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 25, 2012
    • UPC
      095115173527
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 10735
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Vocal
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Fanfare: Avec allegresse et durete

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    2. II. Sarabande: Delicat - Plus animé - Tempo I - Tempo I

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    3. III. Intermezzo: Passione - Plus calme - Tempo I

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    4. IV. Final: Entrainant - Solennel

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    5. No. 1. Cuba dentro de un piano

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Clara Mouriz

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    6. No. 2. Punto de Habanera

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Clara Mouriz

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    7. No. 3. Chevere

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Clara Mouriz

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    8. No. 4. Cancion de Cuna para Dormir a un Negrito

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Clara Mouriz

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    9. No. 5. Canto Negro

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Clara Mouriz

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    10. I. Introduccio: Moderato

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    11. II. Ronda i Pantomima: Allegretto mosso - Meno mosso - Poco più (come prima)

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    12. III. Canon i Havanera: Allegretto deciso - Meno mosso - Semplice - Tempo d'havanera

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    13. IV. Final a la Indiana: Andante ritmico - Poco meno - Tempo I

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    14. Introitus

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    15. Kyrie

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    16. Dies irae

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    17. Agnus Dei

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    18. Lux aeterna

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    19. Libera me

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Ruby Hughes

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena


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)