tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post8252652173022007325..comments2024-03-29T10:02:55.374+00:00Comments on Nigeness: EnchantmentNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-49034406029645666582017-03-12T10:16:44.637+00:002017-03-12T10:16:44.637+00:00Thanks Malty - I can't find a CD of that title...Thanks Malty - I can't find a CD of that title exactly...? Have just got the Stephen Hough Mompou CD though - looking forward to that...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-43427900097063870232017-03-11T15:43:07.077+00:002017-03-11T15:43:07.077+00:00Nige....Presto Classical...Arturo Benedetti Michel...Nige....Presto Classical...Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli: The Master Pianistmaltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-12360820538631636642017-03-09T10:15:21.865+00:002017-03-09T10:15:21.865+00:00Yes - partly because of that absence, he seems the...Yes - partly because of that absence, he seems the least Spanish of Spaniards (OK, Catalans) - much more in the French line - Debussy, Satie, Ravel... I must see if I can get that CD. Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-75167955635312606852017-03-09T09:10:06.409+00:002017-03-09T09:10:06.409+00:00The key to the apparent simplicity in Mompou's...The key to the apparent simplicity in Mompou's music is a complete absence of what they call here in Spain 'el amor propio - if you like, 'self-regard'. And Hough is surely Waldonymous, the natural successor of Michelangeli in his ability to express this vapourous music?mahlermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469854614938507153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-25149630617195081422017-03-08T22:09:56.484+00:002017-03-08T22:09:56.484+00:00Thanks, Nige! You've reminded me to dig out my...Thanks, Nige! You've reminded me to dig out my CD of Stephen Hough playing Mompou. During the late 1990's, I spent a lot of time traveling by train between Paris, London, Cambridge and Norwich, and that CD was in constant rotation on my good old Sony Discman. Waldonymousnoreply@blogger.com