Stephen Hough has described the work of Catalan composer Federico Mompou (1893-1987) as "the music of evaporation", an astute observation underlined by these delightful songs. Mompou had no interest in development or counterpoint; brevity and concision were his hallmarks, allied to a gift for liquid, wistful melody in the manner of Fauré and Satie. Marta Mathéu sings with appropriately affecting simplicity, with translucent accompaniment from Jordi Masó, charting Mompou's long life of composition from the first 1915 songs to his celebrated 1973 Paul Valéry settings, and including a perfect illustration of Mompou's spare technique, his exquisite miniatures, Combat del somni.