David Moliner: Marimba

David Moliner explores the Marimba’s versatility in a thoughtfully curated album with works from Bach to contemporary music.

With Marimba, David Moliner presents an extraordinary album that places this unique instrument and its manifold colours and sounds at its core. Moliner’s masterful arrangements and two original works composed specifically for the instrument take listeners on a sonic journey through the centuries.

The album brings together works from various epochs and styles. Particularly notable is Moliner's arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cello Suites, which he transforms into new, polyphonic textures using his four Marimba mallets.

Also included are pieces by Claude Debussy and Franz Schubert. Moliner brings a new dimension to Debussy’s impressionistic Arabesques, allowing the Marimba to bloom in a delicate, almost pictorial soundscape. Schubert’s romantic Impromptu, transcribed by Moliner for Marimba, unfolds in its poetic beauty and gains expressive depth through the instrument’s distinct timbre. Another highlight is the composition Jalak Suren by contemporary composer Alexander Liebermann, inspired by the bird songs of Indonesia.

The album concludes with Moliner’s own Marimba composition, making a powerful statement: the Marimba is not just an exotic instrument but a full-fledged member of the classical music scene, capable of interpreting the entire spectrum of the repertoire from Baroque to Modern.

ACC30666
EAN 4260234833287

Available worldwide from 13 June, 2025.