March 9th, 2011

March 9, 2011By Tracy

Cerdana, Act 1: In Tartan
Jean-Philippe Hodant, transcription for organ

From Déodat de Severac: Cerdana (2011)

Released by Saphir Productions

Severac: Cerdana, Act 1: In Tartan

The Cerdana cycle was initially composed for piano, it draws a picture in five acts of the frontier region between France and Spain where the composer lived.

The slow introduction that opens the cycle in In Tartan reveals a sudden appearance of the Cerdanian landscape, full of harmonic colours and scents.

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