The great Catalan composer Xavier Montsalvatge (1912-2002) passed away a few days ago... http://www.andante.com/magazine/article.cfm?id=16934 http://www.macmcclure.com/compositors/montsalvatge/bioeng.html http://www.webcom.com/musics/montsalvatge.html The music of Montsalvatge is difficult to classify. I would say that it stands between the traditionalism of Rodrigo and the modernism of Ohana... I know, this does not say much ;-) I stongly recommend the following Marco Polo CD, which offers a good live recording of the fascinating Requiem Symphony: http://shopping.yahoo.com/shop?d=c&cf=0&id=176691&clink=dmmu-cks The following ASV issue is also quite interesting, especially for the Folia Daliniana: http://shopping.yahoo.com/shop?d=c&cf=0&id=322769&clink=dmmu-cks For those who read Spanish, this is a recent interview with the composer: http://www.elcultural.es/HTML/20020501/Musica/Montsalvatge.asp I hope that I am not the only one here interested in the music of Montsalvatge!?! Indeed, an interesting composer just passed away... Daniel Beland
