Alberto Ginastera, an Argentinian composer, divided his works into three stylistic phases: objective nationalism, subjective nationalism, and neo-expressionism.
Composer Biography
Alberto Ginastera, the composer, saw Domenico Zipoli, an Italian Baroque composer, as a link between Argentina and Europe, and a starting point for American composition history.
Performer Biography
Fernando Viani, the pianist on this recording, has recorded thirteen compact discs of the complete piano works of Argentinian composers Luis Gianneo, Juan José Castro, and Carlos Guastavino.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ginastera aimed to synthesize a personal aesthetic with a universal message, combining primitive and modern, traditional and avant-garde, and American and European elements.
Composition History
Ginastera's Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 54, was his last work, completed shortly before his death in Geneva in 1983.
Composer Biography
Ginastera's Malambo, Op. 7, symbolically begins with a chord made of the open strings of a guitar (E-A-D-G-B-E), which became a signature chord in many of his later works.
Compositional Technique
In his Toccata, Villancico y Fuga, Op. 18, Ginastera pays homage to J.S. Bach by basing the final Fuga on a theme built around the letters B-A-C-H.
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