Torrejón y Velasco: La Púrpuro de la Rosa

La Purpura de Rosa, opera
Composed by Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco
with Fabian Schofrin, Marcello Lippi, Graciela Oddone, Isabel Alvarez, Furio Zanasi, Susanna Moncayo, Isabel Monar, Elyma Ensemble, Adriana Fernandez
Conducted by Gabriel Garrido

Torrejón y Velasco: La Púrpuro de la Rosa,Furio Zanasi,Marcello Lippi,Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco,Gabriel Garrido,Fabian Schofrin,Ensemble Elyma,Susanna Moncayo,Adriana Fernandez,Graciela Oddone,Isabel Alvarez,Isabel Monar,K617 Records,Baroque Opera,Classical,Classical Music,Opera,Opera / Operetta / Oratorio

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Another gem from the Harp Consort
Exuberant and bright
Thanks to BMG for this outstanding CD! Can we have another?
Now for something completely different

La púrpura de la rosa

Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Baroque Music of Latin America

ASIN: B000026BR8
Release Date: 1999-05-10

Tracks:

Loa
Baylete
Venus & Adonis
Marte & Belona
Chato & Celfa
En Los Montes
Amor
Amor Y Los Soldados
La Gruta De Desengano
Xacara
En Los Montes
La Muerte De Adonis
Fin De Fiesta

Customer Reviews:

Another gem from the Harp Consort.......2005-09-06

I missed this one when it first came out. I am so glad I found it among the after-market sellers on Amazon.
Very compelling rhythmically.

Exuberant and bright.......2001-04-13

I must add a comment: Maria del Mar Fernandez Doval is absolutely magnetic! Her voice is rich and dark, and full of fire and passion--I have never heard a voice like hers before; it fits the repertoire like a glove. I can't recommend this recording enough, and her voice alone makes it worth the purchase! ALL the vocals are amazing, in fact, and the choice of cast is flawless... (I only wish that Montserrat Figueras had gotten involved in this project. ;))

Shades of interpretation are ever-changing and never make for boring listening, despite the predominance of recitative and the lack of real arias, strange to those unaccostumed to this style. The rhythms are incredible, gently swaying or vigorously jumping, and the chorus floats beautifully over the earthiness of the strumming guitars. Overall, this recording is an excellent embodiment of contrasts and colors of emotions, of sol y sombra.

Thanks to BMG for this outstanding CD! Can we have another?.......2000-10-08

It's opera, Spanish, baroque (1701), old-world Europe, new-world Americas and very unusual, but outstanding, and worth every cent. I've searched high and low but cannot find anything else like it, on Amazon or any other music venue. The liner notebook is superb and more thorough than almost any other complement to other recordings. But the notes are not necessary to enjoy this recording. While it is totally accessible on the first listen, it continues to reveal delicate nuances on the tenth listen. The first five days I owned it, I listened five times. Frank Behrens gives more detailed comments that I won't repeat, but he's correct in his assessment of this sublime piece.

Now for something completely different.......2000-01-25

Would you believe that a new release from Deutsche Harmonia Mundi offers us (1) the first known opera to be done in the New World and (2) a work of surpassing beauty? All too often works of great historical interest will not appeal to a large segment of the public, but here we have an exception. (DHM 05472 77355 2) was first performed in 1701 in Lima, Peru to portray by a comparison of allegories "the moral of love triumphing over jealousy, of harmony between the heavens and the earth" and "harmony between the Old World (Europe) and the New (America)" [quoted from the press release].

To do so, the story of Venus and Adonis is performed, followed by a second part about the "Vengeance of Mars." All very Baroque, all very mythological and loaded with symbols immediately grasped by the cultured audience who had just raped an entire continent in order to celebrate the "harmony."

At first blush, with no hint at what you are hearing, you might suspect Monteverdi was composing to a Spanish text. Long passages of lyrical recite are punctuated by dances noble and peasant-like while high myth is mixed with humorous incidents from the lower classes. The story is the usual Baroque complex of old stories changed to meet the Political Correctness of the times, and you can follow it with a large magnifying glass since the complete text (in four languages no less) is in a print about the size of a hydrogen atom. The composer is Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, the librettist Pedro Calderon de la Barca, and both were thorough professionals. In this recording the Harp Consort under Andrew Lawrence-King certainly captures both the Spanishness and the timeless fantasy of the score (just listen to those trumpets sounding like guitars!). As with most Baroque operas, the female voice predominates and even Mars is a trouser role here. So we have Judith Malafronte (Venus), Ellen Hargis (Adonis), Maria del Mar Fernandez-Doval (Mars), and a fine supporting cast that have prompted me to play this set over and over. The people at BMG are to be thanked for releasing this superlative and unusual offering.

Baroque Music of Latin America
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Lo mejor del barroco latinoamericano

Baroque Music of Latin America

Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems
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ASIN: B00004NKH2
Release Date: 2000-03-14

Tracks:

Quien Sal Aqueste Dia Disfracado
Dios Y Joseph Apuestan
Ausente Del Alma
Si De Rosa El Nombre
Cuando El Bien Que Adoro
A Este Sol Peregrino
Desvelado Dueno Mio
Recordad Jilguerillos
A La Fuente De Bienes
A Recoger Pasiones Inhumans
A Cantar Un Villancico
Nino Mio
Hanacpachap
El Dia De Corpus
Villancico Al Nacimiento
Tleycantimo Choquiliya
Dame Albricia Mano Anton
Mano Fasiquiyo
Esta Noche Yo Baila

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Lo mejor del barroco latinoamericano.......2000-09-18

In this Dorian recording we hear music by Latin-American composers from South America(Colombia,Venezuela,Peru,and Bolivia) and one Portuguesse composer who worked in Puebla,Mexico....All music after track #10 are christmas carols of the period, two of these carols are anonymous... track #13 was composed by Juan Perez de Bocanegra in Peru, is a hymn in Quechua (The language of the Incas)....Tracks nos. 16,17 and 18 are by Gaspar Fernandes, the manuscript for most of this music were found in Puebla,Mexico...Track #16 is in one of many dialects found in the new world. Tracks nos. 17 and 18 are of a form of popular music at the time, known as 'negrito', this is music that was written for performance by African slaves, because they are in a "broken-down" Spanish, as it was spoken by the african slaves, all three of this villancicos are christmas carols, and I think that this practice was done to make easier the conversions of natives and Africans to christianity....So here in this recording we have a little of the very best of the baroque music in a new world.....The Camerata Renacentista de Caracas do a very good job and the instrumentation is wonderful... I still ask my self this quiestion at times:How much music is still hidden in monasteries an cathedrals in Latin-America???? How many composers might be there be that we still know nothing about them, or their music???????

Torrejon y Velasco: La Purpura de la Rosa

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Torrejon y Velasco: La Purpura de la Rosa

Manufacturer: Nuova Era
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000INUW
Release Date: 1995-01-31

Tracks:

Loa (Prologo)
Al Bosque, Al Bosque
Sabras, Celfa, Responder A Una Duda
Corred, Corred, Cristales
En Poco Nos Ha Enganado
No Puede Amor
Huid, Pastores
Un Adonis!
Con La Fuerza Del Dolor

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Purpura De La Rosa
Torrejon Y Velasco , Ensemble Elyma , and Garrido
Manufacturer: K617 Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004VSMN
Release Date: 2000-10-10

Tracks:

Prologue En Hommage Au Roi Philippe V: Loa Para La Purpura De La Rosa - Ens Elyma/Gabriel Garrido
Canzona - Ens Elyma/Gabriel Garrido
Scene 1: 'Al Bosque Monteros' - Eliana Bayon/Nadia Ortega/Sandrah Silvio/Elisabetta Riatsch
Scene 1: ''Tu Eres Venus?' - Graciela Oddone
Scene 2: 'A Quien Hermosa Venus' - Cecilia Diaz
Scene 2: 'Arma! Guerra! Viva Marte!' - Amalia Barrio/Ana Fabiola Massino/Soledad Gavilan/Patricia Arroyo/Carmen Iglesias...
Scene 3: 'Sabras, Celfa, Responder?' - Marcello Lippi
Scene 4: 'Pues Extremos Que El Vio,' - Isabel Monar
Scene 4: 'Que Quieres Oh Tu, Cuyo Gemir?' - Isabel Alvarez
Scene 4: 'Favor, Cielos Divinos' - Graciela Oddone
Scene 4: 'Y Bien, Que Es Lo Que Adviertes' - Isabel Monar
Scene 4: 'Corred Cristales' - Eliana Bayon/Nadia Ortega/Sandrah Silvio/Elisabetta Riatsch

Tracks:

Xacara - Ens Elyma/Gabriel Garrido
Scene 5: 'La Planta Fugitiva Del Laurel' - Alicia Borges
Scene 5: 'Ya Que La Altivez De Adonis' - Isabel Alvarez
Scene 5: 'Hola! Que Mandas' - Cecilia Diaz/Amalia Barrio/Ana Fabiola Massino/Soledad Gavilan/Patricia Arroyo...
Scene 5: 'Pues Nunca La Planta' - Cecilia Diaz
Scene 5: 'Oh Tu, Que Venciendo A Todos' - Ens Elyma/Gabriel Garrido
Scene 6: 'En Tanto Que Declinando El Sol' - Isabel Monar
Scene 6: 'Si Puede Y No Puede Amor' - Isabel Alvarez
Scene 6: 'Si Puedes Que Yo' - Alicia Borges
Scene 7: Passacaille: 'Pues sabeis Por Donde Fue' - Cecilia Diaz
Scene 7: 'Pues Aqui Ya No Hay Que Hacer' - Marcello Lippi
Scene 8: 'Pastores, Decidme' - Isabel Monar
Scene 8: 'Como La Paz' - Cecilia Diaz
Scene 8: 'Ay Infelice De Mi' - Isabel Monar
Scene 8: 'Porque Vean' - Isabel Alvarez

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