Falla: Solo Piano Works Wilhem Latchoumia

• Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946): Cuatro piezas españolas:
• 1 I. Aragonesa 02:55
• 2 II. Cubana 03:43
• 3 III. Montañesa (Paysage) 04:19
• 4 IV. Andaluza 03:59
• Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946):
• 5 Homenaje "Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy" 03:18
• El Sombrero de tres picos:
• 6 I. Danza de la Molinera 03:51
• 7 II. Danza de los Vecinos 03:27
• 8 III. Danza del Molinero 02:11
• Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946):
• 9 Canto de los remeros del Volga 03:14
• El Amor brujo:
• 10 I. Pantomina 05:27
• 11 II. Escena 01:00
• 12 III. Canción del fuego fatuo 01:31
• 13 IV. Danza del terror 02:09
• 14 V. Romance del pescador (El circulo mágico) 02:02
• 15 VI. Danza ritual del fuego 03:58
• Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946):
• 16 Pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas 03:50
• 17 Fantasia Baetica 12:24
• 18 Serenata andaluza (Bonus Track) 04:56
• 19 La Vida breve (Bonus Track) 03:29
• Total Runtime 01:11:43

Info for Falla: Solo Piano Works

Manuel de Falla’s first instrument was the piano. The four landscapes in sound of the 'Cuatro piezas españolas' pay tribute to Isaac Albéniz. Starting out from the black-and-white keyboard, he imagined the colours of his orchestra – vivid, dry, crackling like an immense ensemble of timbral percussion. The ascetic precision of de Falla's musical thought is embodied in the 'Fantasía bætica', ruled by a murderous sun, but his creative imagination also reconstituted the neo-Baroque tone of 'El sombrero de tres picos' in instrumental writing that harks back to Scarlatti. Yet this pianistic world is above all that that of Gypsy Andalusia. When the composer decided to make a digest for piano of the original version for small orchestra of 'El amor brujo' that did not limit itself to the brio of the Ritual Fire Dance, the result was a genuinely theatrical piece, sublimating the whole culture of cante jondo, transporting the listener into the magic circle of flamenco, piano-guitar, piano-voice. Wilhem Latchoumia’s brilliant and profound playing illuminates every aspect of this immemorial and multiple Spain.

Wilhem Latchoumia, piano

Wilhem Latchoumia
Began piano with Rose Marie Cabestany, then entered the C.N.R of Lyon where he studied with Anne Marie Lamy. He left with the gold medal and the felicitations of the jury. He joined the C.N.S.M.D of Lyon where he studied with E. Heidsieck, D.Renault-Fasquelle and G. Moutier and obtained the prize with more congratulations from the jury.

Continuing his training with G.Moutier always seeking perfection. Elsewhere he took a university course and obtained his Licence of Musicology at the “Lumière” University Lyon 2. He has his DE and C.A of piano and is a specialist of contemporary music at the teaching centre of C.E.F.E.D.E.M in the Rhône-Alpes. In 2004 he was Lauréat of the HP Foundation and took 2nd prize in the Xavier Montsalvatge competition in Girona – Spain. In 2006 he gained 1st prize “Blanche Selva” at the International Piano XXth Century Competition of Orléans as well as 5 other prizes (Prix Spedidam,Hiachi,Beaux-Arts,Caisse de Dépots et Consignations and a prize to record a c.d).

He performs all over France as well as abroad. Salle Cortot-Musée D’Orsay-Invalides-Cité de la Musique (Paris)-Festival La Roque d’Anthéron-L’Emperi-Piano en Vallois-Besançon-Whynote (Dijon)-“Retour au Pays Natal” en Martinique-Gubbio (Italy)-Festival Encuentros (Argentina)-Mannes College (New York) also tours of Lebanon – South America –Estonia-Lithuania-Poland-China…The first performance of the Piano Concerto by Unsuk Chin in France with the National Orchestra of Lille under the direction of Jean Deroyer.

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