- Composition: 1948
- Instruments: Soprano Voice, Mezzo-Soprano Voice, Tenor Voice, Baritone Voice, Bass Voice
- Ensembles: Mixed Ensemble (6 or more instruments)
- Genres: Opera and Zarzuela
- Instrumentation: V solo[S.Mzs.T.Br.B] - 1111 - 1000 - archi [2.1.1.1]
- Percussion: sd.tri.woodblk.cabasa.td.whip.sus cym.slgh-bells.glock.guiro.cast.cym.claves.bd.vibrslp.tambn
- Duration: 75 Minutes
- Reference: TR00310
Audio
El gato con botas (chamber version) 1996
1. Obertura
2. Segundo cuadro
3. Tercer cuadro
4. Tercer cuadro telon
5. Tercer cuadro tranquilo
6. Acto II
7. Fin del primer cuadro
8. Segundo cuadro
9. Calmado
10. Adagietto
11. Tempo di polonesa
12.calmado
Author
Xavier Montsalvatge
Girona ( 1912 ) - Barcelona ( 2002 )
Xavier Montsalvatge is one of the most representitive names from the so-called "lost generation", between the one of the Spanish Republic and present-day composers. His work has had a large international projection and has become a reference point on the contemporary music scene. He first gained wide spread recognition in the 1940s with a set of songs called Cinco Canciones Negras (1945); they mark the beginning of a Post-Nationalistic period that later evolved into his so-called "Antilles style" featuring West Indian/Carribean stylistic traits. This is one of the common denominators in works like the Cuarteto Indiano (1951). The Concierto Breve (1953) for piano and orchestra points to the beginning of more abstract forms. The influence of Impressionism is present in the-Sonatine pour Ivette (1960)- or the use of serial-related techniques in the following works: Cinco Invocaciones al Crucificado (1969), Laberinto (1970) for orquestra, and Son...
Latest concerts
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Reviews
El gato con botas (chamber version) 1996"Encantadora orquestación de cámara de Albert Guinovart"
Montsalvatge utiliza los recursos orquestalescon una maestría indudable y fusiona estilos muy diversos, ya cultivados, con ee sello personal que da unidad a obra tan variada.