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

 

 

Introduction et tarantelle, Op 43 (Sarasate) 37933 4260o, G&T Nov 1904-Dec. 1, 1904 Paris

Jota aragonesa (Sararate) E10105 P211, Parlophon, 1915 Berlin

Jota Aragonesa (Sarasate) AB151 03200v 067921 HMV, 14 Apr. 1918

Jota Aragonesa Op. 27 (Sarasate) P211 E10105 Parlophon,  1915 Berlin

Lamento (Concierto Español op. A-7 para violín y orquesta) Stgt 40343, 44, 45 Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft de Stuttgart, Alfred Kuntzsch, piano  18-11-1937

Le chant du Rossignol (Sarasate-Manén) Recital en el Town Hall de Nueva York, WNYC Radio Nueva York, 03-04-1950

Le coucou (Daquin-Manén) 2051 P212, Parlophon, 1915 Berlin

Le coucou (Daquin-Manén) Recital en el Town Hall de Nueva York, WNYC Radio Nueva York, 03-04-1950

Le Coucou (Daquin-Manén) Stgt 33727 Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft de Stuttgart, Hubert Giesen, piano 05-12-1936

Le Pré aux Clercs (Hérold) Jours de mon enfance… O Dieu du jeune age with Hedwig Francillo-Kaufmann (sp) 07402, 07404 Anker, 1912 (1914) Berlin

Le Stregue Op. 8 (Paganini-Manén) Recital en el Town Hall de Nueva York (WNYC Radio de Nueva York), 1950

Legende (Wieniawski) 2047 P210 Parlophon, 1915 Berlin