Lluis Capdevila - Mompou Revisited: Intimate Impressions (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/44-96]

In recent years there have been many revisions of classical works in the key of jazz, but Lluis Capdevila proposes an approach based on a concept that I personally find more interesting than that of revision, "revisit", which literally means to reconsider an idea, a work or an author, sometimes with a new approach. An idea that runs perfectly through the work that this experienced Catalan pianist presents on his new album, Mompou Revisited Intimate Impressions.

Federico Mompou was an excellent composer from Barcelona who moved to Paris on the recommendation of Enrique Granados, until he returned to his homeland after the outbreak of the First World War, although he returned to the French capital in 1941, fleeing from Franco's regime. On his return from Paris in 1914, he composed some of his best works, such as the one Capdevila revisits, his Impresiones Íntimas. The work presented here is an extensive work in which Mompou's delicate and intimate -impressionist- style adopts a new approach, without, however, losing its essence. Throughout the eleven themes, classical resources are nimbly combined with hot elements, with the double bass lines standing out in these, which support solos of an openly jazzy character, serving as a development of the themes and melodies, sometimes presented in the form of a block chord and at other times respecting the sobriety of the original compositions. The proposed approach perpetuates that, in general, the intimate and subtle exposition of the original compositions is prolonged.

One virtue I find in this work is that Capdevila has managed to maintain his style and sound despite revisiting the work of another composer, a perfect syncretism between two sensibilities which, on the other hand, have proved to be compatible.es original.

One virtue I find in this work is that Capdevila has managed to maintain his style and sound despite revisiting the work of another composer, a perfect syncretism between two sensibilities that have otherwise proved compatible.

Tracklist:
01 - I
02 - II
03 - III
04 - IV
05 - Sad Bird
06 - The Boat
07 - Cradle
08 - Secret
09 - Gypsy
10 - Adéu


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