Joaquim Homs (1906-2003)
Piano Music • 3 This is the third and last volume of the complete works for piano of Joaquim Homs recorded by Jordi Masó. Far from being a mere complement to the previous volumes, it almost stands apart as the most interesting of the set for various reasons. We find here both delightful miniatures as well as works of a more substantial formal construction; pages both from his early and mature works; transcriptions of works originally written for other instruments and works written originally for the piano; music for two and four hands; flashes of warmth, and elements of deep bitterness; popular flavour and academic rigour; clear, contained expressionism and tentative echos of neoclassicism; works already published and revisions of unpublished manuscripts; pieces which have won awards and others which have been awaiting their first performance. In short, an apt selection which makes this edition one of the most representative to dat