Pianist Mark Carver made his debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at age 15 and his Carnegie Hall debut at 17 with the Carnegie Mellon University Wind Ensemble.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Federico Mompou, a composer featured on this album, belonged to a generation of Spanish musicians eager to renew Spanish musical language by finding authentic folk music as a source for pure, evocative, and modern music.
Performer Biography
Soprano Jessica Rivera has collaborated with many celebrated contemporary composers, including John Adams, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Osvaldo Golijov, and esteemed conductors like Sir Simon Rattle and Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Composer Biography
Silvestre Revueltas, a composer on this album, dedicated his greatest chamber work, Homenaje a Federico García Lorca, to the Andalusian poet and used his poems in many songs.
Album & Artwork
The album's meticulously curated collection of songs explores the themes of sleep and nostalgia.
Composer Biography
Rodolfo Halffter, a composer on this album, was part of the 'Generation of '27' in Spain, sharing stories with figures like Dalí, Buñuel, and García Lorca at the Residencia de Estudiantes in Madrid.
Historical Context
The word "nostalgia" first appeared in a 17th-century Swiss medical treatise describing an illness caused by being away from home, and was even banned in military contexts due to its effect on Swiss soldiers.
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