Sombras blancas (piano solo)
Piano album with 19 tracks. Keywords: piano, classical, neo-classical, post-romantic.
For fans of: Chopin, Mendelssohn, LudivocoEinaudi, Hans Zimmer, Nils Frahm, Joep Beving, Yiruma, Yann Tiersen.
Liner notes:
The paradoxical term sombras blancas (White Shadows) can refer to problems in life that don’t leave negative sequels or by-products. It also means: foreshadows of good things to come. And if shadows are like a mirror of our bodies (or souls), a “white shadow” reflects the luminous part of us.
Translated into everyday language: it’s about music that underlines our most positive aspects. Entertaining, but with depth.
The influence of tango music in this programme is undeniable (after all, Yours Truly was born in Argentina); however, this album’s music goes far beyond tango and reveals my classical background – such as Chopin.
Sombras blancas covers three decades of my pianistic output, from 1985 to 2016.
Casually, many of these white shadows are related to women that were or are important in my life, and not only couples or unfulfilled loves: Edelmira and -especially- Flora were my nannies in my first months and years of life.
Casually also, many of these pieces are in the key of E minor.
The phrase Sombras blancas stems from a poem by Barthold Hinrich Brockes (Hamburg 1680-1747), “Kirschblüte bei der Nacht” (Cherry blossoms at night), where an extreme, celestial whiteness is described, and where one of its lines says “sogar den Schatten weiß und sonder Schwärze hat” (even the shadow is white and void of any black). A nice thought, albeit extreme utopian, since absolute whiteness -immaculate perfection- belongs to angels, not humans.
Juan María Solare
(Text editing: Heike Rentel)
01) Waltz No. 15 in E Major, Op. Posth.,
B.44, KK IVa/12 (Frédéric Chopin) (2:45)
02) Para una mano pequeña (2:17)
[a Amelia Saftich]
03) Under the Silver Moonlight (3:15)
(Chinese or Russian Folk Song, arr. JMS)
04) Barcarola (2:00)
05) Recuerdo evanescente (2:00)
[a Andrea Roitman]
06) Liviandad (3:05)
07) Truro Road (3:42) [a Catherine Seymour]
08) Licha (2:45) [a Luisa Listur]
09) Bubbles, Floating Bubbles (3:35)
10) Nada que ver (3:35)
11) Jura ser anomalía (3:25)
[a Juliane Dehning]
12) WaltzApp (2:15)
13) Retrato en sepia (4:35)
[a Wiebke Schmidt]
14) Flora (2:55) [a Florentina Acevedo]
15) Edelmira (4:10) [a Edelmira Rodríguez]
16) Departure (2:40)
17) Anochecer en Ushuaia (2:45) [a Ligia Liberatori]
18) Zwischen den Jahren (2:35)
19) Pasajera eterna (5:00) [a Belén Rouco]
CD Sombras blancas | piano music by Juan María Solare
CD Sombras blancas, 19 tracks piano music, composed by Juan María Solare (also: Frédéric Chopin and a Chinese folk song). New simplicity, Neoclassical, Deep Relax, Sleep time, Cover Art: Alban Low
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