Mompou / Wagner / Steffen Schleiermacher: Melodies Et Chansons
Mompou / Wagner / Steffen Schleiermacher: Melodies Et Chansons
Format: CD
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Artist: Mompou / Wagner / Steffen Schleiermacher
Label: MDG
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 760623221922
Genre: Classical Artists
Federico Mompou is unique in the musical world of the 20th century. While fellow composers went through rapid developments, sometimes even dramatic breaks, in their creative work during this period, one searches in vain for them in the Catalan composer's oeuvre. Mompou's lifelong longing for beauty and elegance can now be traced in his song compositions, from which Julia Sophie Wagner and Steffen Schleiermacher have made an impressive, almost beguiling selection. Mompou's mélodies seem to float, only short episodes characterize the singing, often accompanied by bell-like sounds of the piano - perhaps as a reverence to the ancestors who have been casting bells since the 15th century? Frequent sequences and repetitions spread a static atmosphere: music that is at peace with itself. Mompou finds the verses for his mélodies in French, Catalan and Spanish poets. The idiosyncratic master refrains from texts that are currently in fashion, such as those by Apollinaire, for example. Alongside complex poems such as those by Paul Valéry, we suddenly find simple counting rhymes among his compositions - and he then dedicates these to a celebrated prima donna... Julia Sophie Wagner creates these enchanting miniatures with a deep sense of the beauty of colors and sounds. Expressive without ever lapsing into false drama, the two religious songs in this collection are also captivating, to which Steffen Schleiermacher lends a touching aura with sensitive playing - and at times surprising virtuosity.
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