Brouwer: Hika and the Young Composer

Zigante, Frédéric

95838

This recording presents some of the most significant early pieces by the Cuban composer Leo Brouwer (b.1939); it also includes other works, such as Hika from 1994 and the third and fourth series of his Estudios sencillos (1981), which show clear similarities with the composer's early style. First to be composed of the works here is a Danza caracteristica from 1956. A popular song melody forms the basis for an Afro-Cuban flavoured fantasy. The Fugue No.1 dates from the following year, when Brouwer was still a teenager: having outlined a theme of Baroque proportions he takes a fairly free attitude to its contrapuntal elaboration, anticipating the concise play of fantasy in the Tres Apuntes of 1959.

Works:

• Brouwer, L: Danza caracteristica
• Brouwer, L: Elogio de la Danza
• Brouwer, L: Estudios Sencillos
• Brouwer, L: Fuga No. 1
• Brouwer, L: Hika
• Brouwer, L: Tres Apuntes

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

Brilliant Classics

13-11-2019

5028421958385