Mompou: Fêtes Lointaines

Schleiermacher brings to it a clean, honest pianism well suited to it tonal and formal simplicity. He brings out the Debussy-like soundworld of Fêtes lointaines, and conjures up the street scenes... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2016, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 5th Aug 2016
Catalogue No: MDG6131935
Label: MDG
Series: Scene

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Steffen Schleiermacher (piano)

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Steffen Schleiermacher (piano)

Mompou: Cants Mágics

Steffen Schleiermacher (piano)

Mompou: Suburbis

Steffen Schleiermacher (piano)

Mompou: Fetes Lointaines

Steffen Schleiermacher (piano)

Mompou: Pessebres

Steffen Schleiermacher (piano)

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After Música Callada Steffen Schleiermacher is now presenting Fêtes lointaines, his second release featuring one-of-a-kind piano compositions by Federico Mompou. Along with the title cycle, this CD includes other miniatures from the period between 1914 and 1921.

The titles of the short cycles very much refer to the real world. “Suburbis” depicts street scenes in Barcelona, a guitarist endeavors to get a waltz going, gypsies form the topic of conversation, suddenly an old gray mare appears, and then a beggar concludes the series with hurdy-gurdy distress signals. The festivities in Fêtes lointaines, hints, mere impressions, are heard in the distance – which is why the instructions at the end read: “To be played like an echo.”

Mompou resembles Erik Satie, whom he had the opportunity to meet in Paris and learned to respect. The “Manfred Bürki” Steinway D grand piano presents its very transparent colour in contact with Steffen Schleiermacher’s fine-touch fingertips.

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Christmas 2016

Schleiermacher brings to it a clean, honest pianism well suited to it tonal and formal simplicity. He brings out the Debussy-like soundworld of Fêtes lointaines, and conjures up the street scenes in Suburbis; he finds an appropriate mock-solemnity for Trois variations, and the naïve poetry of Pessebres is nicely caught

Mompou: Fêtes Lointaines

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