COMPOSERS: Mompou
LABELS: Naxos
WORKS: Cançons i danses; Charmes; Scènes d’enfants
PERFORMER: Jordi Masó (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: 8.554332
From cult recordings, Frederic Mompou has emerged to recognition as a quietly individual poet poised now between Chopin and Debussy, now Satie and Skempton. Masó, serene and lucid on a soft-toned instrument, reveals Catalan-rooted melodic simplicity and sophisticated, beautifully heard harmony. Robert Maycock
Mompou: Cançons i danses; Charmes; Scènes d'enfants
From cult recordings, Frederic Mompou has emerged to recognition as a quietly individual poet poised now between Chopin and Debussy, now Satie and Skempton. Masó, serene and lucid on a soft-toned instrument, reveals Catalan-rooted melodic simplicity and sophisticated, beautifully heard harmony. Robert Maycock
Our rating
5
Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:11 pm