Joaquim Homs was a Catalonian composer, schooled in Schoenberg's twelve-tone techniques, so one might expect to hear music that shouts "I'm different, I'm learned, respect me!" However, Homs' piano music, particularly as played by Jordi Masó, speaks more for the person who wrote it, rather than for itself. Much of it is atonal and composed following prescribed techniques, but it is at the same time very evocative and emotionally expressive. This, the third disc of Homs' music by Masó, opens with a set of Catalonian dances ...
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Joaquim Homs was a Catalonian composer, schooled in Schoenberg's twelve-tone techniques, so one might expect to hear music that shouts "I'm different, I'm learned, respect me!" However, Homs' piano music, particularly as played by Jordi Masó, speaks more for the person who wrote it, rather than for itself. Much of it is atonal and composed following prescribed techniques, but it is at the same time very evocative and emotionally expressive. This, the third disc of Homs' music by Masó, opens with a set of Catalonian dances for piano duet that are actually polytonal and melodic. The three dances are sprightly and use canon and imitation frequently. The first one in particular seems to take delight in the juxtaposition of tonalities. Miquel Villalba partners with Masó for these and the following Andante, which is a serial work. The Andante and the Sonata are more academic-sounding than most of the works here, while the Toccata sounds like Bach writing with twentieth century harmonies. The miniatures are...
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