ALEX ALGUACIL LIVE - THE SITGES RECITAL 2010

Solfa Recordings (2010)

“A major talent in the spanish pianistic scene”. LA VANGUARDIA ndres Ruiz Tarazon

Released by independent label Solfa Recordings, Alex Alguacil’s CD presentation was recorded Live at the Sitges International Music Festival Concerts de Mitjanit in 2010, where critics praised him as a “major talent in the spanish pianistic scene”, displaying "unarguable artistic potential". In The Sitges Recital, the pianist introduces the world premiere of Dedicatories Op. 112, by Salvador Brotons, a suite of six pieces with a descriptive character, and links its atonalism with the mystical Sonata in F sharp minor No. 3 by Alexander Scriabin. The recording concludes with a set of major works by Manuel de Falla, his four spanish pieces and the Fantasia Baetica, as well as some of the piano transcriptions from his most celebrated dramas. According to Mundoclasico, “An impressive recital”.!