Barce viewed composing as an intellectual task focused on combining abstract sonic material, aiming for transparency and internal logical coherence in his music.
Recording & Production
This recording was made in 2010 and 2011 at the Victoria de los Ángeles Conservatory Auditorium in Madrid.
Performer Biography
The Leonor Quartet, formed in Madrid in 2001, received the Ojo Crítico Prize from Spanish National Radio in 2011 for their mastery of Spanish chamber music.
Composer Biography
Ramón Barce, born in Madrid in 1928, was a multifaceted intellectual who was also a critic, musicologist, composer, writer, translator, performer, and professor.
Compositional Technique
Ramón Barce's collection of eleven string quartets is only surpassed in 20th-century Spain by Conrado del Campo's fourteen.
Compositional Technique
Barce developed his own 'system of levels' for composition, where each main note of the chromatic scale generates four different modes by eliminating certain notes.
Performer Biography
The Leonor Quartet's name honors writer Antonio Machado and their shared connection to the province of Soria.
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