IDAGIO | Mompou: Preludes - Canciónes y danzas - Impresiones intimas 845221051154

Featuring

Olena Kushpler
Frederic Mompou

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Composer Biography

Ferdinand Motte-Lacroix was not only Mompou's piano teacher but also a close friend and later an interpreter of his compositions.

Performer Biography

Olena Kushpler, the pianist on this recording, is praised by critics as a 'great story-teller' and for her 'crème de la crème of the art of playing the piano'.

Composer Biography

Mompou, born in Barcelona to a Spanish father and French mother, initially had his parents plan a career as a pianist for him.

Compositional Technique

Mompou's music combines late-romantic intensity, impressionistic sound, and a unique rhythm influenced by rubato, often with Spanish-Catalan elements.

Composition History

Mompou's earliest compositions, the Planys (Laments), were written during his first trip to Paris, even though he had no formal composition training.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Mompou rejected academic theories and techniques, stating his ambition was to write music where nothing was superfluous and to focus on the essential.