Halffter: Dom Lindo De Almeria / La Madrugada Del Panadero

Featuring

José Ramón Encinar
María Elena Barrientos
Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid
Rodolfo Halffter

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Rodolfo Halffter evolved a style of clear-cut rhythmic and tonal contrast, influenced by Stravinsky's off-beat accents and Milhaud's polytonal inflections.

Compositional Technique

In 1953, Rodolfo Halffter became the first Mexican composer to adopt elements of serialism, though he always maintained his melodic idiom.

Album & Artwork

The cover painting, 'A Quiet Street, Mexico,' is an illustration by Mortimer Menpes from 'World Pictures'.

Performer Biography

María Elena Barrientos, the pianist on this recording, studied musical analysis with Rodolfo Halffter at the Mexican Conservatorio Nacional de Música.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in July 2001 at the rehearsal hall of the Orchestra and Chorus of the Comunidad de Madrid.

Composer Biography

Rodolfo Halffter, the composer, was born in Madrid in 1900 and was self-taught as a composer, drawing inspiration from Schoenberg's Harmonielehre textbook.

Composer Biography

Following the defeat of the Spanish Republican government in 1939, Rodolfo Halffter chose voluntary exile in Mexico City, where he taught and became an editor.