Landscapes: Scarlatti, Schubert, Albéniz & Mompou

Featuring

Andrew Tyson
Domenico Scarlatti
Frederic Mompou
Carl Tausig
Franz Schubert
Isaac Albéniz

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Federico Mompou, a composer featured on this album, described his style as 'primitivista,' characterized by the absence of bar-lines, key signatures, or formally defined structures.

Composer Biography

Federico Mompou, a composer on this album, had a lifelong fascination with the rhythms and timbres of bells, which constantly appear in his music, stemming from his family owning a bell foundry.

Interpretation

Pianist Andrew Tyson believes that when Domenico Scarlatti's sonatas are played on a modern piano, performers should freely use all the instrument's resources, including pedals and coloristic possibilities.

Album & Artwork

The album is dedicated to Ruth, described as a lover of Spain and landscapes.

Composition History

Domenico Scarlatti composed 555 miniature sonatas for the Portuguese and Spanish courts, always finding a new approach for each.

Cultural Impact

Carl Tausig's arrangement of Domenico Scarlatti's K. 20, paired with K. 9 as 'Pastoral and Capriccio,' became a favorite concert piece for early 20th-century pianists.

Composition History

Franz Schubert's Sonata in A Major, D.664, was written during a holiday visit to the countryside of Upper Austria when he was in his early twenties.

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