Guinjoan: Per l'esperança

Joan Guinjoan’s compositions combine a deep sense of form, an urge to explore and a creative impulse arising from his preoccupation with sound itself. All this eventually translates into a spontaneous language despite incorporating a great variety of procedures and a careful and elaborate use of timbre and sound texture that is always surprising to the ear and fruitful to analyse.

The works for voice included in this recording gather a representative sampling of the different periods in his prolific oeuvre, from Cant espiritual indi (1964) for soprano and piano, to On són, oh mar, els déus i llurs imatges (1993), originally for tenor and piano, here transposed to the soprano range. In Guinjoan's vocal works one notices that writing attaches a particular importance to the intelligibility of the text, together with a very personal lyricism expressed through microtonal oscillations and displacements across a broad range of intervals.

1. On són, oh mar, els déus i llurs imatges (1993) (J. V. Foix) (6:06)

Maria Hinojosa, soprano; Alfonso Calderón de Castro, piano

2. Tríptic de Setmana Santa (1973) (Salvador Espriu) (9:25)

Joan Martín-Royo, baríton; Alfonso calderón de Castro, piano

3. Per l’esperança (1976) (8:42)

Maria Hinojosa, soprano

4. Jo sóc Gaudí (1989-1992) (ària de l'opera Gaudí) (3:04)

(llibret: Josep Maria Carandell) Joan Martín-Royo, baríton; Maria Rosa Llorens, piano

5. Cant espiritual indi (1964) (3:58)

Maria Hinojosa, soprano, Joan Guinjoan, piano

6. Monòleg (1989-1992) (ària de l'opera Gaudí) (6:18)

(llibret: Josep Maria Carandell) Joan Martín-Royo, baríton; Maria Rosa Llorens, piano

7. El diari (1977) (Josep Maria Espinàs) (13:19)

Maria Hinojosa, soprano; Joan Martín-Royo, baríton; Conjunt instrumental de l'ESMUC; Xavier Puig, director

8. Acta est fabula (1975) (citacions de Marc Aureli. Trad. M. Meunier) (17:02)

Anna Ricci, mezzosoprano; Jean Pierre Dipuy, cinta i efectes electroacústics en col-laboració amb Joan Guinjoan; Grup Koan, José Ramon Encinar, director

Maria Hinojosa: soprano

Alfonso Calderón de Castro: piano

Joan Martín-Royo: baritone

Maria Rosa Llorens: piano

Joan Guinjoan: piano

ESMUC instrumental ensemble

Xavier Puig: director

Anna Ricci: mezzo-soprano

Jean Pierre Dipuy: Tape and electro-acoustic effects in collaboration with Joan Guinjoan

Grup Koan

José Ramon Encinar: director