Author: Benejam, Lluís
The style of Quartet de corda número 1 (String Quartet No. 1) by Lluís Benejam is highly expressive and includes a rhythmic accent to enhance a free and lively melody.
Author: Puértolas, Pere J.
In Pinewood Waltz drums is treated as a classical percussion section. This work is a waltz from the first bar to the last, which requires virtuosic technique and deep musical knowledge of the player.
Author: Ferrer, Enric
The unit of the 4 Songs stems from their common features: cadences and melodic turns that appear at different moments. Enric Ferrer has managed to maintain a perfect equilibrium and achieve the ideal symbiosis by adapting the music to the poem it represents.
Author: Fleta Polo, Francisco
The piece Trio núm. 3 is rather lengthy and is playful with the tonalities of the three main instruments from the saxophone family: with the piano ever-present, the first movement requires an alto and a tenor saxophone, the second a tenor and a baritone, and the third a duet of altos.
Author: Morral, Jordi
Cançó a l'amor perdut (Song of Love Lost) has emerged from the feelings of Pepita Moliner, due to the untimely death of her husband. Among the poems of Josep Maria Brull, the composer chose El Lletissó (The Thistle) because it reflects the simplest expression.
Author: Garcia Gago, Josep
Garcia Gago developes a simple melodic theme in Arioso, based on the Prelude No. 5 in D by Johann Sebastian Bach, while the work Clar de lluna (Moonlight) by Beethoven recives an impressionist brushwork of Josep Garcia Gago.
Author: Garcia Gago, Josep
These short pieces for piano by Josep Garcia Gago reflect the flavour of the age or genre being featured, as well as the quality of being original.
Author: Colomer, Consuelo
This work by Consuelo Colomer has four Lullabies written with an effectively simple use of resources; sweet melodies with piano accompaniment from the hands of a great pianist, with texts by the composer herself which reveal her sensitivity towards children.
Author: Salvat, Joaquim
Engruna (Crumb) is a short piece for piano that is simple but nevertheless the piece is interesting for its harmonies. Genisenca and La font de l’avellana, rather than two sardanas for piano, these pieces strike one more as two scripts in piano form for later transformation into cobla arrangements.
Author: Armenter, Xavier
The title Fantasia reflects the free use of the different formal resources used. We can therefore recognise the Variation, the Fugue and the structural elements of the Sonata form that are essential in structuring a work of certain complexity.
Author: Serra, Joaquim
Variations for orchestra and piano op. 38 belongs to the symphony/concerto genre, with a brilliant piano part that weaves a continuous discourse through a series of virtuosic sections. It is presented and organised as a theme and five variations that make up an organic whole.
Author: Romaní, Raimon
All these Songs of the City are very affordable for all levels of choirs and surely if you try to make them sing will satisfy you and you will check that the piano accompaniment gives them great strength and a powerful rhythmic foundation.