Mort Au Printemps (Death In Spring)

Mort au Printemps (Death In Spring) arises from the confluence between a historical atmosphere steeped in death. So present in the European imagination at the beginning of the 20th century—and the need to explore, through the piano duo, new forms of expression of the tragic. The three works featured in this album are not only united by this symbolic backdrop, but also by deep aesthetic affinities and personal ties between their composers. In all of them death becomes a creative impulse, though approached from three distinct perspectives. For Stravinsky, it appears as an archaic, almost utilitarian ritual; for Debussy, as an oppressive atmosphere echoing the war that engulfed Europe; and for Remacha, as a deeply personal response to the loss of his grandson. The unique and versatile language of the piano duo becomes the vessel for the invention of these three composers, in a recording that seeks to reclaim the expressive richness of a genre too often overshadowed by solo or orchestral repertoire. Anton & Maite Piano Duo Antón Dolgov, Piano Maite León, Piano