El Lago ( The Lake) # 2 of Paysages
Pianist - Margarita Nuller
Composer- Federico Mompou (1893-1987)
Recored on 3/17/2021-Steinway B
4:44 minutes
New Fairfield, Connecticut
Ms. Nuller graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Russia. Since her arrival in the United States in 1990, she has performed extensively as a soloist and chamber musician in the New York metropolitan area and in New England, as well as in Brazil, Russia, Spain, and Portugal. She has been a soloist with the Arkansas Symphony, Danbury Symphony (CT), Klassika Orchestra (St. Petersburg, Russia), Orchestra Temple Beth El (CT), and Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico. Ms. Nuller played her debut recital at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City as a winner of the Artist International Auditions.
Mompou was a Catalan composer and pianist celebrated for his piano music, mostly his miniatures. His style is influenced by French Impressionists like Satie, and Debussy, his works often feel improvisatory, and minimalistic. El Lago (the Lake) is a beautiful example, perfect in its simplicity.