Description

JOAN MANÉN (BARCELONA, SPAIN, 14 MAY, 1883 – BARCELONA, SPAIN, 26 JUNE, 1971)

 

 

 

 

His progress in music was so rapid that his father exhibited him as a piano prodigy. Having studied the violin under Clemente Ibarguren, he suddenly appeared as a violinist, and met with such success that in Germany he was compared to his famous countryman Sarasate. Likewise he attracted much attention as a composer, not only in Spain, but perhaps to even a greater degree in Germany, where he resided at different times for protracted periods. His works comprise: the operas Giovanni di Napoli (1903), Der Fackeltanz (1909) and Neró i Acté (1928) with his own libretto; the symphonic poem Nova Catalonia; at least three violin concertos; “Fantasia – Sonata” for guitar; a suite for violin and piano; a piano quartet, a string quartet, and a number of exquisite miniatures for violin and orchestra. He also made a completion-cum-arrangement of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in C, which otherwise only survives in its first 259 measures.

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Aria de la Suite en Re (Bach) Stgt 40339, 40340 Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft de Stuttgart, Alfred Kuntzsch, piano 18-11-1937

Ave Maria (Schubert) Stgt 40346, 47 Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft de Stuttgart, Alfred Kuntzsch, piano 18-11-1937

Bagatel Les, Op. 13, Abella (Schubert) Recital violí i piano. Enregistrament en estudi (Barcelona, 1953)

Caprice basque Op 24 (Sarasate) G&T 37929 4262o, Nov 1904-Dec. 1, 1904 Paris

Chanson Et Érude Op A-8 (Manén) Herman Neumann (WNYC Radio de Nueva York), 1950

Concerto in E minor (3rd mvt) (Mendelssohn) E10032 2048, Parlophon, 1915 Berlin

Concerto No. 2 da Camera I Presentació I Desenvolupament (Manén) Herman Neumann (WNYC Radio de Nueva York), 1950

Concerto No. 2 da Camera Ii Sardana (Manén) Herman Neuman (WNYC Radio de Nueva York), 1950

Danza Ibérica No. 2 Op A-25 (Manén) Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft de Stuttgart, Alfred Kuntzsch, piano 18-11-1937

Danza Ibérica No. 3 Op A-36 (Manén) Paris, Radio 1951 -1953

Danzas españolas, Op 21. Habanera (Sarasate) 37936 4265o, G&T 1904-1905 Paris

Il Re Pastore (Mozart) L’amerò, sarò costante (Mozart) with Hedwig Francillo-Kaufmann (sp) 07405 Anker 1912-1914, Berlin, with Hedwig Francillo-Kaufmann (sp)

Introduction et Caprice Jota, Op 41 (Sarasate) 37932 4259o, G&T Paris 1904