Guastavino - Piano Music
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Label: Piano Classics
Cat No: PCL10203
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 13th November 2020
Contents
Artists
Marcos Madrigal (piano)Works
BailecitoCantilenas argentinas (10)
Cantos populares (10)
El Sampedrino
Artists
Marcos Madrigal (piano)About
Born and died in the Argentinian city of Santa Fe, hundreds of kilometres from Buenos Aires, Guastavino (1912-2000) spanned the decades of modernism with all its tumultuous innovation, but his language, like most of his compatriot composers, remained rooted in the 19th century. However, while he refined his talent in both song and the piano miniature to capture a world within the space of a five-minute miniature, his idiom is not burdened by nostalgia or a regret for a lost time. Rather, Guastavino finds ever-ingenious ways to celebrate life in all its richness, and perhaps this positive outlook in his music has helped it to travel far beyond his native land. He explores the sounds of his vast nation – the folksongs, the streets and the forests are all here – without undue reliance on picture-postcard naturalism any more than Spanish masters such as de Falla and Granados.
The repertoire ranges from the early and well-known Bailecito (Little Dance, 1940), to El Sampedrino (The Man from San Pedro, 1992), from his final decade, via two ten-piece cycles: Diez Cantinelas Argentinas (Ten Argentinian Songs), composed in the 1950s, and Diez Cantos Populares (Ten Folk Songs), written in 1974 – all works that reveal Guastavino’s sheer love of melody. Although his writing is never facile in terms of structure or harmony, these technical aspects are always placed in the service of a cantabile upper line that is always distinctive, catchy and clearly influenced by folk song.
Marcos Madrigal continues to make Havana the base of a busy international career, having in 2017 established Habana Clásica, a classical music festival in his native city. He has recorded for the BBC, for RAI and Swiss Radio and won several awards for previous recordings including five stars from Diapason in France.
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