Marquez/Orquesta Sinfonica - Manuel de Falla, Francis Poulenc, Salvador Bacarisse: Harpsichord Concertos

In addition to including three harpsichord concertos composed in the 20th century, this CD offers suggestive interweavings: The concertos by Falla and Poulenc were both composed for Wanda Landowska (1879-1959), the great Polish harpsichordist who decisively contributed to the rediscovery of much 17th- and 18th-century music and to the renaissance of the harpsichord, not only as an ancient instrument, but also as a source of inspiration for 20th-century musicians. Poulenc�s Concert champ�tre is the immediate heir of Falla�s Concerto. Accordingly, in the orchestral score of Poulenc�s Concert belonging to Falla, we can read the following autograph dedication by the French composer: �For you, my dear Falla, the little brother of your so magnificent Concerto. Fr. Poulenc�. The three concertos share a neoclassical aesthetic, albeit from different approaches: in his Concerto Falla explores and uses the ancient sources of Hispanic music; Poulenc evokes the French Baroque; and Bacarisse adopts stylistic elements typical of the neoclassicism of the 1920s.