Release Date: 16 June 2023
Label: Toccata Classics - Cd / Toccata Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060113446930
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Composer/Series: Jose F. Vasquez
Description
Jose F. Vasquez (1896?1961) ? composer, pianist, conductor and educationalist ? was one of the leading figures in Mexican classical music from the 1910s to the 1950s, but since many of his scores were lost after his death, his star soon sank from the sky. Four decades of research by his son, the writer Jose Jesus Vasquez Torres, have recovered much of the missing music, allowing a re-assessment of his father?s standing. These five books of Impresiones for piano (from c. 1922?27) ? fifteen predominantly slow, introspective miniatures ? reveal a debt to French Impressionism, Debussy in particular, with occasional nods to Schumann, Liszt and Brahms, and some harmonies that suggest Wagner. Vasquez was a fine pianist himself, but the textures here have a surprising simplicity, throwing the emphasis on tonal colour.
Various Artists
Tamas Fejes; Balazs Renczes; Christopher Guild
Nora Luse
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra; Imants Resnis
Duo Praxedis
Choir of Girton College; Cambridge; The Western Wyndes; Felix Elliott; Emily Nott; Gabriel Kennedy;
Chester Concordia Brass Ensemble; Robert Marsh; Philip Rushforth; Richard Lambert
Barcelona Clarinet Players; North Texas Percussion Quartet; Lauren Shuyler; Albert Guinovart; North
Various
Raaf Hekkema
Zlata Chochieva
Tyler Hay
Tomoko Mayeda
Stephen Farr (organ)
Sophia Weidemann; Tinka Kleffner
Sofja Gulbadamova
