Cuban pianist Marcos Madrigal presented first phonogram with Hemisphaeria Trio

June 14, 2020

The renowned Cuban pianist Marcos Madrigal presented this Friday, June 12, the album Chansons y Songs, the first phonogram of Hemisphaeria Trio, a project in which he shares with two other recognized soloists from the international concert scene.

According to a press release, the ensemble is also made up of Italian soprano Damiana Mizzi, who performs regularly in major opera theaters worldwide, and Roberto Masueto, who has centered his career on chamber music repertoire and regularly collaborates with the orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia.

This first phonogram that hit the market last Friday was recorded by the Italian-Japanese record label Da Vinci Publishing, specialized in classical music and jazz.

The material features as special guest Andrea Oliva, principal flutist of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia orchestra, internationally recognized as a soloist and in the field of chamber music.

According to what was shared on the Hemisphaeria Trio website, these musicians came together enchanted by the discovery of a repertoire that was largely unknown.

Chansons y Songs is made up of three cycles of works with French poetic texts that serve as the thread running through this proposal with compositions by Frenchman Maurice Ravel (1875-1937); Briton James Francis Brown (1969) and Romanian Liana Alexandra (1947-2011).

In the first moment, we find the Songs of Madagascar, by Maurice Ravel, musical pieces based on texts by the 19th-century poet, Evariste de Parny.

For the second cycle they chose Songs of Nature and Farewell, by James Francis Brown, which consists of three pieces: Le Chêne, La Libellule and Adieu.

Likewise, the third moment of the CD was reserved for composer Liana Alexandra, with Chant D´amour de la Dame à la Licorne (1995), based on texts by Etiene de Sadeleer.

The phonogram ends with a return to Maurice Ravel, in this case with the work La flûteenchantée or La flauta encantada, inspired by a poem by Lecrère.