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

Sonata No.6; Toccata (Paradies-Manén) 2045 P212, Parlophon, Berlin 1915

Sonata para violín y piano Kv 454 (Largo- Allegro) (Mozart) Stgt 40341, 42 Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft de Stuttgart, Alfred Kuntzsch, piano 18-11-1937

Violin Concerto (Beethoven) Largehetto Concordi Gelabert, director 067917, 8 HMV, Barcelona, 1916-1917

Violin Concerto No 1 Op 26 (Bruch) Ii Adagio  2nd mvt, pt.1, 2nd mvt, pt.2 AB27 067937 Cc797, AB27 067938 Cc798-II HMV, 19 Dec. 1921

Violin Concerto No 1 Op 26 (Bruch) Iiia Finale first Part  3rd mvt, pt.1 AB28 067939 Cc799 HMV, 19 Dec. 1921

Violin Concerto No 1 Op 26 (Bruch) Iiib Finale second Part 3rd mvt, pt.2 AB28 067940 Cc800 HMV, 19 Dec. 1921

Violin Concerto No. 1 Op. 26 (Bruch) I Vorspiel 1st mvt, pt.1, 1st mvt, pt.2 AB24 067935 Cc795-II, AB24 067936 Cc796-III HMV, 19 Dec. 1921

Zapateado, Danse des souliers Op 23 No 2 (Sarasate) G&T 37937 4266o, 1904-1905 Paris

Zigeunerweisen Op 20 (Sarasate) Part-1, 2 G&T 37930 4263o, Nov 1904-Dec. 1, 1904 Paris