Extraits / Excerpts
Évocations ibériques - Ester Pineda (Vinyl)
Évocations ibériques (Vinyl)
Mateo Antonio Pérez de ALBÉNIZ: Keyboard Sonata in D Major – Antonio SOLER: Keyboard Sonata No. 25 in D Minor – Sebastián ALBERO: Keyboard Sonata No. 2 in C Major – José de LARRAÑAGA: Keyboard Sonata in G Major – Isaac ALBÉNIZ: Iberia, T. 105, Book 1: I. Evocación – España, Op. 165: No. 2, Tango – Enrique GRANADOS: El Pelele – Manuel de FALLA: 4 Piezas Españolas: No. 1, Aragonesa – No. 2, Cubana – Federico MOMPOU: Prélude No. 9 – Prélude No. 7 – Antonio RUIZ-PIPÓ: Ventanas (Dedicated to Ester Pineda).
Ester Pineda, Piano
Évocations ibériques
Taken from Evocación, the first piece of Iberia Suite by Isaac Albéniz, the title of this recording opens a musical journey spanning three centuries of Spanish composition. Like a guiding thread, this program creates a dialogue between rare and precious Baroque works —seldom heard on the piano—and iconic 20th-century pieces by Granados, Albéniz, De Falla and Mompou, culminating in contemporary creation with a previously unreleased work by Ruiz-Pipó dedicated to Ester Pineda.
A specialist in Spanish music, the performer offers a fresh perspective on the richness and diversity of Spain’s keyboard tradition, unveiling a refined and expressive musical language. Their playing, combining sensitivity and brilliance, brings out the rhythmic charm and colourful flamboyance that define this unique tradition. Through it, the entire soul of the Iberian keyboard is reimagined, between memory and modernity.
“Every choice is, by nature, arbitrary, and this one is no exception. It inevitably leaves in the shadows composers and works that would equally deserve to be included in this recording. Yet this choice came about naturally, guided on one hand by my desire to highlight rarely recorded pieces, and on the other by an intimate sensibility, the kind that shapes a program as one might compose a recital.”
Ester Pineda
