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SKU: BO.B.3711
Composed by Joaquim Malats/M. Mestre. Published by Editorial de Musica Boileau (BO.B.3711).Malats' piano works are the most representative of his compositions for the obvious reason that the piano was his instrument. As an interpreter educated in the most complete Romantic tradition, Malats represented the archetypical complete musician of the 19th Century: pianist, composer, interpreter of his own works, and teacher.
La morena cubana (The Dark-Haired Cuban Girl) was certainly one of the first works that Malats composed at the beginning of 1890. Occasionally described as an "impresion criolla" (Creole Impression), this piece was written in the form of an habanera.
Napoli was probably written at the beginning of 1890 in Paris while Malats was studying with the celebrated composer Benjamin Godard. It was dedicated to his close friend, the great Catalan pianist Carles G. Vidiella.
While he was studying in Paris, from 1891 to 1895, Malats composed the Deuxieme Mazurka (Second Mazurka). The designation of this mazurka as the second, would seem to indicate the existence of a first mazurka, however no first mazurka has been found.
There is a clear French influence in the works that Malats composed in Paris during those years which is reflected in the titles themselves of some of these pieces. An example of this is Babillage, caprice pour piano.
Valse-Caprice is a piece that Malats dedicated to his respected friend, Isaac Albeniz. This work is virtuostic and composed in the French style of Godard, but with the highly personal melodies and harmonic structures that came to mark the succeeding piano works written by Malats.