Catalan Concertinos and Fantasias
Most of the works by the two Catalan composers heard here – Joan Manén (1883–1971) and Marc Migó (b. 1993) – use material from their folk tradition, making the music fresh, immediate and direct, rather in the manner of Manuel de Falla. But there is also a loose connection with Vienna: Manén’s Violin ‘Concertino’ – an unusually modest label for a full-scale concerto – is something of a cousin to the Korngold Concerto; and Migó’s poignant Epitafi a Hans Rott was written in memory of a short-lived Austrian composer who was a close friend of Gustav Mahler.
Kalina Macuta, violin (Tracks 6 – 8)
Sergi Pacheco, piano (Tracks 9, 10)
Daniel Blanch, piano (Track 12)
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Volodymyr Sirenko, conductor
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Marc Migó (b. 1993)
- Overture –
- Pastoral (El rossinyol) –
- Processó (La dama d’Aragó) –
- Scherzo (En Pere Gallerí) –
- Coda
- Moderato energico – Un poco più mosso e deciso – Animato
- Andante espressivo – Moderato (come prima)
- Allegro – a tempo – Cadenza – Allegro
- Moderato –
- Perpetuum Mobile. Allegro
- Epitafi a Hans Rott for strings
- Moderato cantabile – Allegretto mosso – Moderato – Allegro – Doppio più lento – Allegro vivace
Fantasia popular (2016, rev. 2017)
Joan Manén (1883–1971)
Violin Concertino, Op. A-49 (date unknown)
Marc Migó
Piano Concertino (2016)
Epitafi a Hans Rott for strings (2015)
Joan Manén
Rapsòdia catalana, Op. A-50 (1954)
FIRST RECORDINGS
MusicWeb International :
‘Volodymyr Sirenko gets the very best out of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine who play with real attention to detail, as well as an evident empathy for the far-warmer Mediterranean climes, fragrances, and sonorities. Each soloist – Kalina Macuta (violin), and pianists Sergi Pacheco (Piano Concertino), and Daniel Blanch (Rapsòdia catalana) – was on top form, and did their utmost to present the music in its very best light.’
—Philip R Buttall, MusiscWeb International