Mompou: Complete Songs, Vol. 2 Marta Mathéu & Jordi Masó

• Frederic Mompou (1893-1987)
• 1 Canconeta incerta 02:49
• 2 Sant Marti 03:16
• 3 El nino mudo 01:59
• 4 Aureana do sil 02:27
• 5 Canco de la fira 02:35
• 6 Primeros pasos 02:35
• 7 Comptines (Counting Rhymes) - No. 1. Dalt d'un cotxe 00:44
• 8 Comptines (Counting Rhymes) - No. 2. Margot la pie 01:49
• 9 Comptines (Counting Rhymes) - No. 3. J'ai vu dans la lune 00:48
• 10 Comptines (Counting Rhymes) - No. 4. Aserrin, aserran 01:37
• 11 Comptines (Counting Rhymes) - No. 5. Petite fille de Paris 02:02
• 12 Comptines (Counting Rhymes) - No. 6. Pito pito colorito 01:05
• 13 Comptines (Counting Rhymes) - No. 7. Frederic, tic, tic 00:53
• 14 Comptines (Counting Rhymes) - No. 8. Rossignol joli 01:09
• 15 Le nuage 03:48
• 16 Cant de la Victoria 01:17
• 17 Et sento que vens 02:06
• 18 Ets l'infinit 01:37
• 19 El testament d'Amelia 03:57
• 20 Ave Maria 03:50
• 21 Becquerianas (1970) - No. 1. Hoy la tierra y los cielos me sonrien 01:55
• 22 Becquerianas (1970) - No. 2. Los invisibles atomos del aire 01:48
• 23 Becquerianas (1970) - No. 3. Yo soy ardiente, yo soy morena 01:24
• 24 Becquerianas (1970) - No. 4. Yo se cual el objeto 03:37
• 25 Becquerianas (1970) - No. 5. Volveran las oscuras golondrinas 04:33
• 26 Becquerianas (1970) - No. 6. Olas gigantes 02:16
• 27 El viaje definitivo 01:53
• Total Runtime 59:49

Info for Mompou: Complete Songs, Vol. 2

This second and final volume of Frederic Mompou’s complete songs features the cycle Becquerianas, one of his most ambitious and also one of his most diverse, with its unprecedented fusion of Andalusian folk-music, virtuosic piano writing and vocal opulence. Comptines, by comparison, are joyful and simple traditional children’s counting rhymes. Also included are five recently discovered songs: Et sento que véns, Ets l’infinit, El testament d’Amèlia, Ave María and El viaje definitivo. ‘… an enticing first offering in a welcome series, and the performers are warmly to be applauded’ (Fanfare on Volume 1 / 8573099).

Mompou is best remembered for his series of beautiful solo piano works composed from the 1920s until the 1980s. He died in 1987. These have been recorded by a number of pianists, most recently by Volodos – a disc that brought Mompou renewed attention that may spill over into his songs, which are much rarer to find on disc. This is the second and last volume of the complete cycles and single songs (the first volume was on 8573099). Coincidentally a disc that replicates a number of the songs in volume 2 has just been released by Opus Arte featuring Roger Padullés and Iain Burnside. The difference is that our disc is sung by a soprano. It also has the advantage of Jordi Masó, a critically-acclaimed specialist in Spanish piano music whose 6 volumes of the solo piano music have won great critical reviews.

Marta Mathéu, soprano
Jordi Masó, piano

Recorded at the Auditori ‘Can Roig i Torres’, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain, 7–8 December 2013
Produced and engineered by Marc Dalmases

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