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PIANO SERENADE - THE PIANO MUSIC OF RICHARD STRAUSS Aglae Musica (2022) PIANO SERENADE - The complete solo piano music of Richard Strauss. The young Strauss created his piano music when he was between 16 and 20 years old (between 1880 and 1884). These early works were modeled after the romantic style of Mendelssohn, Schumann or Brahms. Even though they do not display the bold chromatisms and tonal ambiguities of the later Strauss, they subtly anticipate traits of the later composer, while charmingly displaying an honest and beautiful musical message. This recording starts with a transcription of Ständchen, one of his most celebrated songs, and goes on with Fünf Klavierstücke, op. 3, Piano Sonata in B minor, op. 5, and Stimmungsbilder, op. 9. With no pretensions and a few resources, these early pieces show a Little known facet of the Bavarian genius, heightened by the imagination and creative force of his youth.
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV - PIANO WORKS Aglae Musica (2016) “A fully appealing recording of a pianist who enters his intepretative maturity”. SCHERZO Magazine New recording dedicated to the music of Sergei Prokofiev in the 125th anniversary of his birth. This recording is born after the experience of several years working with teachers of the Russian school in New York. Prokofiev’s first war Sonata, Sonata No. 6, an epic piece, turbulent, dramatic, aggressive and unstable, illustrating the conflict of the World War II; with no doubt, one of the most important pieces of the 20th century piano literature. On the other hand, the complete cycle of Visions Fugitives, small character pieces introducing an wide array of feelings, some of them unknown in music before, such as sarcasm and cynicism, traits of one of the most irreverent composers of the 20th century.
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SALVADOR BROTONS - THE COMPLETE PIANO WORKS Columna Música (2013) “A flawless and exquisite interpretation”. RITMO Magazine
Released by Columna Música records in 2013, Alex Alguacil’s studio recording features the complete piano works of Salvador Brotons. Performed with remarkable sensitivity, Brotons’ piano works integrate into the rich Catalan musical tradition elements such as Russian and American sounds, revealing an omnivorous musical taste and a deep knowledge of the profession. The CD includes the premiere of Brotons’ First Piano Sonata, a piece of creative maturity. The work, which contains most of the features of the composers’ style, has been specially written and dedicated to Alex Alguacil. Undoubtedly, a solid contribution to the piano repertoire. |
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ALEX ALGUACIL LIVE - THE SITGES RECITAL 2010 Solfa Recordings (2010) “A major talent in the spanish pianistic scene”. LA VANGUARDIA Released by independent label Solfa Recordings, Alex Alguacil’s CD presentation was recorded Live at the Sitges International Music Festival Concerts de Mitjanit in 2010, where critics praised him as a “major talent in the spanish pianistic scene”, displaying "unarguable artistic potential". In The Sitges Recital, the pianist introduces the world premiere of Dedicatories Op. 112, by Salvador Brotons, a suite of six pieces with a descriptive character, and links its atonalism with the mystical Sonata in F sharp minor No. 3 by Alexander Scriabin. The recording concludes with a set of major works by Manuel de Falla, his four spanish pieces and the Fantasia Baetica, as well as some of the piano transcriptions from his most celebrated dramas. According to Mundoclasico, “An impressive recital”.! |
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