IDAGIO | Mompou: Piano Music - Canciones y Danzas, Preludes etc. 00602448796608

Featuring

Stephen Hough
Frederic Mompou

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Composer Biography

Mompou had a deep connection with the piano, stating, 'Without my piano I can do nothing. I absolutely need contact with its ivory keys.'

Composer's Artistic Vision

Mompou's music was influenced by composers like Chopin, Debussy, Ravel, and Scriabin, as well as plainsong, folk music, and the harmonies of jazz.

Composer's Artistic Vision

When asked how to play his music, Mompou replied, 'It's all so free,' emphasizing its freedom from rhythmic and structural constraints, and its childlike liberty.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Mompou's music is characterized by its simplicity, lack of drama, and a quality he called 'primitivista,' referring to the absence of bar lines and key signatures.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Mompou's principal stylistic ancestor was Erik Satie, an eccentric iconoclast, though Mompou used naivety to rediscover the magic of childhood, unlike Satie's cynical approach.

Composer Biography

Federico Mompou, the composer, was born in Barcelona in 1893 to a French mother and Catalan father, and began his musical studies there.

Performer Biography

Stephen Hough, the pianist on this recording, is considered one of the most important pianists of his generation and was awarded a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in 2001.