The first volume of Manuel Blancafort's piano music covers the years 1915-1919 when the composer was still a young man in search of a voice. Catalan cançons had the deepest impact on Blancafort's imagination, and the minor-key romanticism of his earliest keyboard works makes the most of this wistful traditional material. Yet the influence of Federico Mompou -- Blancafort's friend and mentor -- is strong in this music, particularly in terms of classical restraint, simple tonality, and formal clarity. Rarely rising above soft ...
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The first volume of Manuel Blancafort's piano music covers the years 1915-1919 when the composer was still a young man in search of a voice. Catalan cançons had the deepest impact on Blancafort's imagination, and the minor-key romanticism of his earliest keyboard works makes the most of this wistful traditional material. Yet the influence of Federico Mompou -- Blancafort's friend and mentor -- is strong in this music, particularly in terms of classical restraint, simple tonality, and formal clarity. Rarely rising above soft dynamics and with spare, unadventurous harmonies, Blancafort's Pieces (7) de joventut are consistent in their subdued color and transparent textures. The Cançons de muntanya show more variety of expression, though they, too, are predominantly sorrowful and pensive, with only the fifth and ninth pieces breaking through the overcast mood. The Notes d'antany show more harmonic richness and sophistication in their pianistic figurations, revealing the strong influence of Debussy and...
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