{"id":4937,"date":"2026-04-16T19:09:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T23:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/?p=4937"},"modified":"2026-04-17T19:16:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:16:56","slug":"marcos-madrigal-launches-habanero-label-with-album-devoted-to-20th-century-brazilian-piano-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/marcos-madrigal-launches-habanero-label-with-album-devoted-to-20th-century-brazilian-piano-music-16042026\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcos Madrigal Launches Habanero Label with Album Devoted to 20th-Century Brazilian Piano Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pianist Marcos Madrigal will unveil the digital release of his new album on Friday, April 17\u2014the inaugural title of the Habanero label\u2014devoted to Brazilian piano repertoire by Cl\u00e1udio Santoro and Heitor Villa-Lobos. The album, whose physical edition was issued in Paris last month, offers a carefully articulated reading of two complementary aesthetic worlds, positioned at the intersection of 20th\u2011century European avant-gardes and the reconfiguration of Latin American musical identities.<\/p>\n

This double album is anchored in a clear curatorial line: to explore the multiple layers of the Latin American sonic imagination from both historical and aesthetic perspectives. The release also marks the launch of Habanero, founded by Pierre\u2011Yves Lascar, a figure associated with contemporary music production and also the founder of the French label Artalinna.<\/p>\n

Cl\u00e1udio Santoro: synthesis, lyricism, and structure<\/strong><\/p>\n

The figure of Cl\u00e1udio Santoro (1919\u20131989), still relatively little known in Europe, occupies a central place in the program. His Paulistanas<\/em> (1952\u201353) and the Prel\u00fadios<\/em> (Second Series) reveal a style marked by formal condensation and an economy of means that at times approaches an almost aphoristic logic.<\/p>\n

Far from any superficial stylization of folklore, Santoro forges a language in which popular reference functions as a structural substrate rather than as an explicit thematic element. The tension between improvisatory impulse and formal control generates micro-forms of high expressive density, where melodic material undergoes subtle transformations on the rhythmic and harmonic planes.<\/p>\n

In the Prel\u00fadios<\/em>, conceived in part as spontaneous outgrowths of pianistic gesture, the writing takes on an intimate, reflective character, with a clear vocal projection of the musical discourse. The Paulistanas<\/em>, for their part, introduce a dialectic between lyricism and rhythmic accentuation that situates the works within a Brazilian nationalism in the process of redefining itself.<\/p>\n

Villa-Lobos: synthesis and expansion of pianistic language<\/strong><\/p>\n

The corpus devoted to Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887\u20131959)\u2014Ciclo brasileiro<\/em>, Bachiana brasileira No. 4<\/em> and Ch\u00f4ros No. 5<\/em> (\u201cAlma brasileira\u201d)\u2014represents one of the most emblematic bodies of 20th\u2011century Latin American piano literature.<\/p>\n

In these works, Villa-Lobos\u2019s well-known synthesis of European procedures and materials derived from Brazilian musical practices is fully consolidated. The Bachianas brasileiras<\/em>, conceived as a re-reading of the Bachian legacy from an American perspective, articulate a dual system of references\u2014formal and cultural\u2014in which Baroque-derived structures coexist with rhythmic and melodic gestures rooted in national traditions.<\/p>\n

The Ciclo brasileiro<\/em>, in turn, unfolds a sonic imagination tied to the rural sphere and to the construction of a collective identity, while Ch\u00f4ros No. 5<\/em> condenses, in a strongly cantabile idiom, an almost archetypal dimension of Brazilian sensibility.<\/p>\n

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A poetics of Latin American resonance<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beyond a mere juxtaposition of repertoires, the album advances an organic reading grounded in deep affinities between the languages of Santoro and Villa-Lobos. Both composers conceive musical material as a space of mediation between tradition and modernity, the local and the universal.<\/p>\n

The album\u2019s musicological notes, by Cuban musicologist Claudia Fallarero, probe these relationships from historical and analytical perspectives, underscoring the links between aesthetics, identity, and the construction of musical discourse in Latin America.<\/p>\n

Within this framework, Marcos Madrigal\u2019s interpretation privileges the articulation of sonic planes, agogic flexibility, and a conception of the piano as an essentially vocal instrument. The result is a reading that foregrounds expressive immediacy without sacrificing structural complexity.<\/p>\n

Release details<\/p>\n

Artist: Marcos Madrigal, piano
\nTitle: Santoro \/ Villa-Lobos<\/em>
\nLabel: Habanero (AJI\u2011001)<\/p>\n

Repertoire<\/p>\n

Cl\u00e1udio Santoro \u2014 Prel\u00fadios<\/em> (Second Series), Paulistanas<\/em>
\nHeitor Villa-Lobos \u2014 Ciclo brasileiro<\/em>, Bachiana brasileira No. 4<\/em>, Ch\u00f4ros No. 5<\/em> (\u201cAlma brasileira\u201d)<\/p>\n

Credits<\/p>\n

Musicological texts: Claudia Fallarero
\nEditorial concept \/ label direction: Pierre\u2011Yves Lascar
\nExecutive production and recording: Pierre\u2011Yves Lascar
\nArtistic supervision: William Grant Nabor\u00e9
\nEditing: Marcos Madrigal
\nSound engineering, mixing and mastering: Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Briant<\/p>\n

Recording venue and dates<\/p>\n

St. John the Evangelist, Oxford (United Kingdom), August 31 and September 1\u20132, 2017
\nInstrument: Steinway D<\/p>\n

Design and visual concept (cover & booklet): Olivier Lalane (le philtre, Paris)
\nIllustrations: St\u00e9phane Cerveau
\nPhotography: Flavio Ianniello<\/p>\n

Source: Cuban Institute of Music.<\/p>\n

Translated by Luis E. Amador Dominguez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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