Piano Works Vol.1 : Jordi Maso(P)Guillen / Granollers Co

XAVIER MONTSALVATGE (1912-2002) : Piano Music - 1

3 Impromptus (1933)*
Siciliana (1940)
Divertimentos (1941)
Ritmes (1942)
Elegia a Ravel (1945)
Divagacion (1950)
Sonatine pour Yvette (1961)
Sketch (1966)
Recondita Armonia for piano and string orchestra* (1955)

Jordi Maso (piano)
Granollers Chamber Orchestra / Francesc Guillen, conductor
*WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS

Recorded 2008

Xavier Montsalvatge was one of the most important composers to emerge from Catalonia during the 20th century. A great lover of dance music, Latin American and jazz rhythms, his fascination with the sparkling music of Ravel and Les Six, particularly Milhaud, are evident in his own delicately filigreed piano works. In Recondita Armonia for piano and string orchestra the interplay between the soloist and orchestra reveals the work’s origins as chamber music. By turns vivacious and lyrical, it abounds in broad Romantic melodies and spritely energy. ( NAXOS )