![Ensemble Nomad – Sound Dreams. Chamber Music by Hebert Vázquez (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2023/09/03/fzd7uv0fd830a_600.md.jpg)
Ensemble Nomad – Sound Dreams. Chamber Music by Hebert Vázquez (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
Sound Dreams is an album of great relevance to me because it brings together my closest collaborators. For over 17 years I have shared with Ensemble NOMAD a professional career that includes the recording of two monographic CDs: Bestiario (Bestiary) and Pruebas de vida (Proofs of Life), released by Urtext Digital Classics in 2011 and 2015, respectively. My long lasting collaboration with guitarists Norio Sato and Pablo Garibay as well as with shakuhachi player Reison Kuroda, shamisen player Hidejiro Honjoh and koto player Maya Kimura has been equally enriching both personally and professionally. I am convinced that this recording possesses the cohesion and warmth that can only arise from a group of friends that have been playing/ creating music together for a long time.
![Arturo Nieto-Dorantes, Alain Châteauvert, Juan Gonzalo Jiménez – Ponce: Complete Piano Works Vol. 1 & 2 (2022) [FLAC 24 bit, 192 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2023/01/04/hv8p30vsu15ma_600.md.jpg)
Arturo Nieto-Dorantes, Alain Châteauvert, Juan Gonzalo Jiménez – Ponce: Complete Piano Works Vol. 1 & 2 (2022) [FLAC 24 bit, 192 kHz]
The Canadian-Mexican pianist Arturo Nieto-Dorantes is an impetuous virtuoso who ignites the stage the second he merges with his instrument. His impeccable technique, as well as his great artistic maturity, allow him to approach with panache and dexterity the most diabolically complex pieces, thus releasing a real palette of sonic colors. He is one of the few pianists to present Isaac Albéniz’s Iberia in concert in an integral version that he has just recorded for Urtext Digital Classics. He is also the first pianist who performed the entire piano work of the Mexican composer Manuel María Ponce outside Mexico.