As indicated by Jorge Fernández Guerra in the interesting notes accompanying this CD, if it were necessary to summarise in one word the long professional and creative trajectory of María de Alvear (Madrid, 1960) that word would be energy; a vital, transcendental, vigorous, interdisciplinary, sometimes taboo and always original energy, inevitably translated into a set of contrasting emotions which, in ‘Equilibrio‘, the work which is the protagonist in this monographic recording, takes on the substance of a particularly powerful artistic force.

‘Equilibrio‘ (Balance) composed in 2010, was originally conceived as part of a spectacle in which the work was synchronised with a video by the British filmmaker Isacc Julien, developing an intense dialogue in which, however, the score succeeds in maintaining its musical autonomy even if emotionally linked to the personality of the soloists who premiered and have recorded it here, above all Isabel Pérez Requeijo and Juan Carlos Garvayo, both pianists and married, this last factor being of singular importance for María de Alvear who was inspired by the relation of these musicians to compose this enigmatic and splendid work.

Performances by:
Atelier Gombau
Isabel Pérez Requeijo, piano
Juan Carlos Garvayo, piano

Conductor:
Carlos Cuesta

Contents:

CD Audio
Equilibrio 2010 (for two pianos, flute, percussion and string orchestra)
1. I (8:59)
2. II (7:44)
3. III (15:26)
4. IV (17:08)

Total time: 49’22”