Résonances: Narcis Bonet – Federico Mompou

Federico MOMPOU: Cançó i Dansa No. 6 – Cançó i Dansa No. 1 – Prélude No. 7 – Altitud – Narcis BONET: Nocturne No. 2 – Federico MOMPOU: Jeunes filles au jardin – Prélude No. 5 – Prélude No. 6 – Prélude No. 10 – Narcis BONET: Sonatine de Fontainebleau: I. Allegro – Sonatine de Fontainebleau: II. Adagio – Sonatine de Fontainebleau: III. Allegro – Nocturne No. 3 – Nocturne No. 1 – Nocturne No. 5 – Danses Llunyanes: De muntanya – Danses Llunyanes: De tardor – Danses Llunyanes: De flabiol – Danses Llunyanes: De moreria – Nocturne No. 4 – Federico MOMPOU: Elegia.

Ester Pineda, Piano – Ariane Granjon, Violin.

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RESONANCES… Narcís BONET and Frederic MOMPOU Mirroring the Catalan Soul

The Catalan identity certainly is the most obvious link between the various musical pieces gathered on this album: through language and culture, of course, but also through its nature, landscape, light, atmosphere, the songs and dances of its people. Both Frederic Mompou (1893-1987) and Narcís Bonet (1933-2019) were born in Barcelona and never ceased to sing their visceral attachment to Catalonia and their deep love for their homeland. Although separated by more than a generation, the two men shared a long and faithful friendship while in Barcelona and Paris, the French capital having undoubtedly played a catalytic role in the evolution of their musical language. As a teenager, when she was still a piano student at the Conservatori Superior of Barcelona, Ester Pineda played for Mompou, who listened to her with great interest. This is yet another trace of the encounters that bestow a united tone upon this album; indeed, Pineda has often been asked to perform this composer in concerts, particularly in Paris to commemorate the centenary of his birth. (She has recorded a CD entirely dedicated to him on the Vde-Gallo label). She also knew Narcís Bonet very well, sharing with him both friendly and artistic affinities.

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