The album explores the significant Spanish musical presence in Paris from the late 19th to the early 20th century, a period when many Spanish artists found the city conducive to their development.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Félix Ibarrondo, a contemporary composer, states that his music, particularly Il dolore, is characterized by technical rigor, an absence of improvisation, and a 'rough' quality, stemming largely from Schoenberg's influence through his teacher Max Deutsch.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Joaquín Nin, a composer, pianist, and musicologist, combined Spanish sonorities with French impressionist strategies in his musical language, following the path of Granados and Falla.
Composer Biography
Jesús Guridi, a composer, conductor, organist, and professor, studied in Paris at the Schola Cantorum and later integrated influences from figures like César Franck, Claude Debussy, and Richard Wagner with traditional Basque music.
Performer Biography
The Gaman Ensemble, an emerging saxophone quartet, consists of Jesús Reneses (soprano), Carlos Zaragoza (alto), Daniel Sánchez-Manjavacas (tenor), and Luis María González (baritone), all of whom studied in Paris.
Recording & Production
This album features Gaman Ensemble's first-time recordings of their own saxophone quartet adaptations of pieces by Joaquín Nin and Jesús Guridi, originally for piano or string quartet.
Composition History
Eduard Toldrà's string quartet Vistes al mar (poetic evocations), written in 1920, was inspired by contemporary Catalan literature and premiered by his own Quartet Renaixement.
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