Orquesta Sinfónica de Barcelona y Nacional de Cataluñya
Joan Manén
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Composer's Artistic Vision
Unlike many of his Spanish contemporaries, Joan Manén did not intend his music to have a narrow nationalist focus, despite using 'Ibérica' in some titles.
Performer Biography
Ana María Valderrama, the violinist on this album, made her debut as a soloist with Zubin Mehta at a concert celebrating the 70th birthday of the Queen of Spain.
Recording & Production
The Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, featured on this recording, has a discography of over 100 recordings and a long-term relationship with Naxos.
Composer Biography
Joan Manén, a Catalan composer, was a child prodigy who started learning music theory, solfège, and piano at age three, and was touring Spain as a pianistic prodigy by age seven.
Compositional Technique
Manén's Violin Concerto No. 3 is described as 'sin tono,' meaning it is not in a specific key, rather than being atonal in the style of the Second Viennese School.
Performer Biography
Darrell Ang, the conductor, won all three top awards at the 50th Besançon International Young Conductors' Competition.
Composer Biography
Manén, a virtuoso violinist, made the first recording of Beethoven's Violin Concerto, gave over 4,000 concerts, and traveled the world five times.
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