Benet Casablancas’ distinguished career spans over four decades, his music prized for its intensely individual harmonic palette, highly developed sense of dramatic and narrative form and, as with the chamber works on this recording, his tightly woven and intimately evocative statements both miniature and monumental. The playful, virtuosic energy of the Siete Haikus complements the shimmering Seis Glosas which are part meditation and part evocation, while the improvisatory Aria contrasts with the chamber concerto interactions of Pastoral, all performed by musicians from the versatile and sophisticated Ensemble New Babylon.
Tracklist
Artist details
Casablancas, Benet
7 Haikus
1 I. Molto adagio 01:26
2 II. Assai mosso 00:53
3 III. Poco andante 01:28
4 IV. Con moto assai. Giocoso 00:57
5 V. Poco mosso 00:54
6 VI. Trist i lent 01:37
7 VII. Allegro 00:39
2 Pieces for clarinet and piano
8 No. 1. Poema 05:13
9 No. 2. Moment musical 05:51
Ricercare para Chillida (Ricercare for Chillida)
10 Ricercare para Chillida (Ricercare for Chillida) 07:39
Albumblätt für Arriaga (Album Leaf for Arriaga)
11 Albumblätt für Arriaga (Album Leaf for Arriaga) 09:17
Casablancas, Benet
Nooteboom, Cees - Lyricist
Rilke, Ina - Lyricist
6 Glosas sobre textos de Cees Nooteboom (version with English narration)
12 No. 1. The road ends here 02:51
13 No. 2. In the Footsteps of Don Quixote 03:54
14 No. 3. Whispers of Gold and Brown and Grey 02:15
15 No. 4. Poverty is silent 03:36
16 No. 5. The Black Madonna in her Golden Grotto 02:52
17 No. 6. Arrival 03:36
Casablancas, Benet
Una pàgina per Chopin (A Page for Chopin)
18 Una pàgina per Chopin (A Page for Chopin) 02:16
Epigramas Cervantinos (Cervantine Epigrams)
19 No. 1. Con anima, spiritoso 01:27
20 No. 2. Lento e dolce. Siempre un poco rubato 02:23
21 No. 3. Con moto 01:40
Aria for flute and piano
22 Aria for flute and piano 04:48
Pastoral
23 Pastoral 11:26
