Composer: Manuel María Ponce
Performer: Álvaro Cendoya
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Grand Piano
Catalogue: GP638
Release: 2013
Size: 181 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Estrellita, “Metamorfosis de concierto”
02. Preludio mexicano ‘Cielito lindo’
03. A la orilla de un palmar
04. Serenata mexicana ‘Alevántate’
05. Valentina
06. Ven, ¡Oh luna!
07. Preludio mexicano, “Cuiden su vida”
08. Arrulladora mexicana, “La Rancherita”
09. Barcarola mexicana ‘Xochimilco’
10. Mañanitas
11. Scherzino Mexicano
12. Scherzino Maya
13. Intermezzo No. 1
14. Mazurka de salon in A flat major
15. Mazurka in D minor
16. Mazurka a la espanola
17. Preludio romántico
2 Etudes
18. No. 1. Allegretto mosso ma espressivo
19. No. 2. Allegro non troppo
Sonatine
20. I. Semplice, in tempo d’allegretto
21. II. Andante, alla maniera d’un notturno
22. III. Allegro
4 Danzas mexicanas
23. No. 1. Vivo. Meno messo, espressivo
24. No. 2. Vivo. Piu lento
25. No. 3. Vivo. Meno mosso
26. No. 4. Vivo. Poco meno
Manuel Ponce was the founder of Mexican musical nationalism, often incorporating the melodies of harmonised folk–songs into his music. Widely travelled – he studied in Europe, at first in Bologna and then, between 1925 and 1933, as a pupil of Dukas in Paris – Ponce assimilated a wide range of styles and influences, including European– influenced Romanticism, indigenous idioms and a more advanced harmonic language.
This is the first of eight volumes devoted to Ponce’s complete piano music.