Monographic CD by Agustín Charles on Stradivarius

Posted by Marcel Soleda on September 30, 2008  |  Leave a comment

“Listening to the music of Agustín Charles one perceives the personality filled with fantasy and vitality of someone who writes and listens with authenticity, with intensity.”

These words from Nacho de Paz might encapsulate the spirit of Agustí Charles‘ music now available on this monographic CD from the Stradivarius label, performed by the Community of Madrid Orchestra conducted by director José Ramón Encinar.

The works included on the CD are Seven Looks for Orchestra (2003, inspired in the poetry of García Lorca and winner of the AEOS composition prize), Concertino for Clarinet and Chamber Group (2006, with the brilliant solo work of Salvador Salvador) and Concerto for Orchestra (2004).

Tritó published “Tres Villancents” by José Prada

Posted by Cristina Martí on September 29, 2008  |  Leave a comment

In line with our continuing commitment to early music, Tritó announces the release of the eighth volume of the collection Compositors Valencians, dedicated to the composer José Pradas (1689-1757), who played a major role in the history of the cathedral Metropolitana in Valencia.
This volume, published with the Institut Valencià de la Música, includes three villancicos (La tierra llora afligida, Cantad serafines, Trono sagrado de luces), just a small sample of Pradas’s extensive work. The musicologist Marian Rosa Montagut edited the works and wrote the introductory study.

Hèctor Parra at the Warsaw Festival

Posted by Cristina Martí on September 29, 2008  |  Leave a comment

The Chamber Symphony No. 2 “Fibrilian” (TR286) by the Catalan composer Hèctor Parra was the sole Spanish premiere at this year’s Warsaw Autumn Festival, dedicated to Ibero-American music. The Wroclaw Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Ernst Kovacic, performed the piece this past Sunday 21 September in the Chamber Hall of the National Philharmonic.
This premiere confirms the international status of Hèctor Parra, composer resident in Paris whose works have been performed by the leading ensembles in Europe, and who enjoys an especially close relationship with the Ensemble Intercontemporain of Paris.

Nosaltres, els grallers

Posted by Marcel Soleda on September 9, 2008  |  Leave a comment

In 1996 the Escola de Grallers (school of gralla players) in Sitges published a monumental book on the history of gralla players in Catalonia, titled “Nosaltres, els grallers”. For a long time this book was very difficult to obtain, only being available in a few shops around the town of Sitges.

“Nosaltres, els grallers” is an excellent compilation of data on the history of gralla players in Catalonia, from their origins up to the 1970s.

The book classifies the musicians by counties and towns, and contains a brilliant introductory chapter on the history of the gralla as an instrument and a magnificent prologue by Vilanova gralla-maker Xavier Orriols. And, for the moment, this publication is the sole existing published reference work on the world of the gralla.

The book, with over 500 pages, is published in hardback and the price is €35.

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Música per a orgue, by Robert de la Riba

Posted by Marcel Soleda on September 4, 2008  |  Leave a comment

A new eight-volume edition of “Música per a orgue”, the complete organ works by Father Robert de la Riba, has just been published. This edition offers organists and scholars Robert de la Riba’s invaluable contribution to the 20th century repertoire of organ music.

His enormous sensitivity prompted him to explore the optimum registration for each work within the specific tonal context of each instrument, i.e., in benefit of the expression – in the presence or alternation of the themes – without him allowing himself to be influenced by the fashion for tonal neutrality propounded in the reinterpretations of ancient music that appeared in the second half of the 20th century.

The eight-volume set of music for organ by the composer from Tarragona constitutes an essential contribution to the organ repertoire of the 20th century. The revision has been carried out by Josep Maria Gregori using the original manuscripts conserved in the Fondo Robert de la Riba in the Musical Archive of the Capuchin friars in Sarriá in Barcelona (photo of the organ).

Download a sample…

Preludis i fugues

Variacions

Further information and samples at www.trito.es