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Benita Meshulam - Xavier Montsalvatge: Piano Music (1998)

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Benita Meshulam - Xavier Montsalvatge: Piano Music (1998)

Benita Meshulam - Xavier Montsalvatge: Piano Music (1998)
EAC | Tracks | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 224 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 187 Mb | Scans included
Classical | Label: ASV | # CD DCA 1022 | 01:04:38

Cool yet sensuous, aristocratic yet playful, the piano music of Spanish composer Xavier Montsalvatge, now in his late 90s, is a constant delight. Whether playing with Spanish motifs, as in the sexy habaneras sketch and the second of the Three Divertimentos, or with French-perfumed Impressionism, as in the pieces for left hand, Montsalvatge demonstrates a gift for elegant melody and delicate piano sonority. Especially ingratiating are the children's pieces, the Sonatine and Noah's Ark set, exquisite miniatures that are playful but sophisticated. Benita Meshulam, a champion of this music, makes a seductive case for it, as does the crystalline recording.

Review by Jack Sullivan, American Record Guide

The Catalan Xavier Montsalvatge (born 1912) is whatever you want him to be: composer, critic, teacher, wit, habanera scholar – a melodic chameleon as enchanted with music hall and dance as delighted by Poulenc or taken with Stravinsky. An eclectic modernist, says Benita Meshulam, ‘making music that displays wry humour, darkness and even quirkiness underneath innocent, apparently simple’ tunes. Epitaph and epithalamium, songs and tributes, and playgrounds are the themes of this disc. Spanning more than half a century (up to last year), here are memorials to Ricardo Viñes, Artur Rubinstein, Falla, Ravel, Turina, Esplá; a wedding gift for Alicia de Larrocha (1949); a sonatina for his daughter, Yvette (1960), climaxing in ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star’; a 90th birthday left-hand greeting to Mompou (1983); a Noah’s Ark – seven ‘pianistic evocations for the young’ (1990); and, of course, the irresistible Divertimenti of 1941, with their gently abrasive mix of early Shostakovich-style wrong-note schottische, seductively languid Americana, and coquettish vals-jota. Meshulam is a characterful player, whose rhythmic élan, balancing of glassier and denser sonorities, and scherzando cadencing comes with the composer’s admiring endorsement.

Review by Ates Orga, BBC Music Magazine

Benita Meshulam - Xavier Montsalvatge: Piano Music (1998)



Benita Meshulam - Xavier Montsalvatge: Piano Music (1998)

Benita Meshulam


Tracklist:

Xavier Montsalvatge (1912-2002)

Sonatine pour Yvette:
01. Vivo e spiritoso (3:40)
02. Moderato (4:06)
03. Allegretto (2:32)

04. Sketch (3:01)

Tres divertimentos:
05. Deciso (2:31)
06. Dolce (1:56)
07. Vivo (2:12)

Tres obras para la mano izquierda:
08. Berceuse a la memoria de Óscar Esplá (5:49)
09. Una página para Rubinstein (4:59)
10. Sí, a Mompou (4:08)

11. Alegoría a la memoria de Joaquín Turina (4:19)

Quatre diàlegs amb el piano a la memoria de Ricardo Viñes:
12. Impromptu en el Generalife (2:52)
13. Siciliana (3:17)
14. Milonga (2:46)
15. Ritmes (4:01)

16. Elegía a Maurice Ravel (2:08)

17. Divagación (3:27)

El Arca de Noë:
18. La Oveja (0:58)
19. El Gallo (0:36)
20. El Elefante (1:17)
21. La Pulga (0:40)
22. El Gato (1:25)
23. El Canguro (0:43)
24. Vals (1:13)


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Montsalvatge, Xavier / Piano Music - Benita Meshulam

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Analyzed: Montsalvatge, Xavier / Piano Music / Benita Meshulam
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 0.00 dB -19.46 dB 3:40 01-Sonatine pour Yvette: Vivo e spiritoso
DR13 -1.30 dB -20.81 dB 4:06 02-Sonatine pour Yvette: Moderato
DR13 -1.21 dB -18.36 dB 2:32 03-Sonatine pour Yvette: Allegretto
DR15 -2.47 dB -24.41 dB 3:01 04-Sketch
DR13 -3.69 dB -20.73 dB 2:31 05-Tres divertimentos: Deciso
DR12 -6.92 dB -27.14 dB 1:56 06-Tres divertimentos: Dolce
DR13 -2.71 dB -20.57 dB 2:12 07-Tres divertimentos: Vivo
DR13 -2.37 dB -20.82 dB 5:49 08-Tres obras para la mano izquierda: Berceuse a la memoria de Óscar Esplá
DR13 -0.72 dB -21.30 dB 4:59 09-Tres obras para la mano izquierda: Una página para Rubinstein
DR14 -0.95 dB -23.59 dB 4:08 10-Tres obras para la mano izquierda: Sí, a Mompou
DR14 -0.69 dB -20.64 dB 4:19 11-Alegoría a la memoria de Joaquín Turina
DR14 0.00 dB -20.60 dB 2:52 12-Quatre diàlegs amb el piano a la memoria de Ricardo Viñes: Impromptu en el Generalife
DR13 -5.63 dB -24.62 dB 3:17 13-Quatre diàlegs amb el piano a la memoria de Ricardo Viñes: Siciliana
DR13 -1.03 dB -18.81 dB 2:46 14-Quatre diàlegs amb el piano a la memoria de Ricardo Viñes: Milonga
DR13 0.00 dB -19.75 dB 4:01 15-Quatre diàlegs amb el piano a la memoria de Ricardo Viñes: Ritmes
DR12 -9.30 dB -27.01 dB 2:08 16-Elegía a Maurice Ravel
DR13 -8.15 dB -25.30 dB 3:27 17-Divagación
DR12 -9.75 dB -28.10 dB 0:58 18-El Arca de Noë: La Oveja
DR12 -7.13 dB -22.74 dB 0:36 19-El Arca de Noë: El Gallo
DR12 -7.08 dB -23.01 dB 1:17 20-El Arca de Noë: El Elefante
DR12 -8.28 dB -26.78 dB 0:40 21-El Arca de Noë: La Pulga
DR12 -10.24 dB -29.47 dB 1:25 22-El Arca de Noë: El Gato
DR11 -6.53 dB -24.89 dB 0:43 23-El Arca de Noë: El Canguro
DR13 -1.14 dB -21.54 dB 1:13 24-El Arca de Noë: Vals
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Number of tracks: 24
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 393 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Benita Meshulam - Xavier Montsalvatge: Piano Music (1998)

Benita Meshulam - Xavier Montsalvatge: Piano Music (1998)

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