Marina staneva –

Piano works

?Following her acclaimed début recital, Marina Staneva returns with a programme of works by the Spanish-Catalan composer Federico Mompou. The programme opens with Paisajes (Landscapes), written in 1942, 1947, and 1960. The first two pieces are dedicated to the Catalan pianist Carmen Bravo, whom Mompou met after his return from Paris to Barcelona in 1942, and subsequently married. Mompou's Variations on a Theme of Chopin were started in 1938, but completed in 1957 upon a commission from the Royal Ballet in London for a successor to The House of Birds (a 1955 ballet which used piano pieces by Mompou orchestrated by John Lanchbery). The Chopin ballet was never produced, but the piano variations remain. The twelve Cançons i danses (Songs and Dances) were composed between 1921 and 1962, and the form for each is broadly similar: a slow 'cançó' (song) followed by a more animated 'dansa' (dance), but the pattern sometimes varies, and these pieces are anything but formulaic. Mompou intended to provide 'a contrast between lyricism and rhythm, to avoid one collection of songs and another of dances'.

Country of Pressing	US
Artist	Marina Staneva
Released	2023
Music Genre	Classical
Label	CHANDOS
Condition	New
UPC	095115227626
SKU	al-095115227626

1.1 Paisajes~I. La fuente y la campana. À Carmen Bravo. Lento - Meno lento - (Lento) - (Meno lento) - (Lento)
1.2 Paisajes~II. El Lago. À Carmen Bravo. Larghetto placido - Quasi cadenza - Lento - [ ] - Lento - Tempo I - Lentement
1.3 Paisajes~III. Carros de Galicia. À Antonio Iglesias. Lento - Poco più mosso - A tempo I
1.4 Variations sur un thème de Chopin pour piano~Thème. Andantino -
1.5 Variations sur un thème de Chopin pour piano~Variation I. Tranquillo e molto amabile -
1.6 Variations sur un thème de Chopin pour piano~Variation II. Gracioso -
1.7 Variations sur un thème de Chopin pour piano~Variation III, para la mano izquierda / pour la main gauche. Lento -
1.8 Variations sur un thème de Chopin pour piano~Variation IV. Espressivo - Poco più mosso -
1.9 Variations sur un thème de Chopin pour piano~Variation V. Tempo di Mazurka -
1.10 Variations sur un thème de Chopin pour piano~Variation VI. Recitativo - Lento -
1.11 Variations sur un thème de Chopin pour piano~Variation VII. Allegro leggiero -
1.12 Variations sur un thème de Chopin pour piano~Variation VIII. Andante dolce e espressivo -
1.13 Variations sur un thème de Chopin pour piano~Variation IX. Valse -
1.14 Variations sur un thème de Chopin pour piano~Variation X. Évocation. Cantabile molto espressivo - Tranquillo -
1.15 Variations sur un thème de Chopin pour piano~Variation XI. Lento dolce e legato - Poco più mosso sforzando -
1.16 Variations sur un thème de Chopin pour piano~Variation XII. Galope y Epílogo. [ ] - A tempo ma più dolce - Meno mosso ma più espressivo e molto cantabile - Tempo I - Lento
1.17 Cançons i danses for Solo Piano~I. Quasi moderato - Allegro non troppo - Deciso - Poco meno
1.18 Cançons i danses for Solo Piano~II. Lento - Molto amabile - Espressivo
1.19 Cançons i danses for Solo Piano~III. À Frank Marshall. Modéré - Sardana, temps de marche
1.20 Cançons i danses for Solo Piano~IV. À madame la Princesse Bassiano. Moderato - [Un poco più mosso] - Passeig. Promenade - Tempo I - [Più mosso] - Tempo I - (En souvenir)
1.21 Cançons i danses for Solo Piano~V. Lento liturgico - Danza (senza rigore) - Ritmado - Semplice, cerimonioso - Tempo I, poco più mosso
1.22 Cançons i danses for Solo Piano~VI. À Arthur Rubinstein. Cantabile espressivo - Danza. Ritmado - [ ] - Danza da capo
1.23 Cançons i danses for Solo Piano~VII. Lento - Danza (Quarter note = 160) - Meno mosso
1.24 Cançons i danses for Solo Piano~VIII. Moderato cantabile con sentimento - Danza (Quarter note = 160)
1.25 Cançons i danses for Solo Piano~IX. À Gonzalo Soriano. Cantabile espressivo - Allegro
1.26 Cançons i danses for Solo Piano~X. Sobre dos Cantigas del Rey Alfonso X (Siglo XII). À S.A.R. la Infanta Da. Maria Cristina de Borbón Battenberg. Larghetto molto cantabile - Danza. Amabile
1.27 Cançons i danses for Solo Piano~XI. À Rafael Puyana. Lent et majestueux - Allegro moderato - Tempo I - Lento - Grazioso
1.28 Cançons i danses for Solo Piano~XII. À la mémoire de Léon Fargue. Molto cantabile - Danza. Quarter note = 132