| 1. Ya No Te Vayas |
| 2. Vete Mejor |
| 3. No Puedo Olvidarlo |
| 4. Pareja Ideal |
| 5. Chico Aquel |
| 6. Sin El |
| 7. Si No Te Hubieras Ido |
| 8. Prefiero Ir Sola |
| 9. Dios Bendiga Nuestro Amor |
| 10. Vete con Ella |
Sin El,Marisela,I.M. Discos,Latin,Latin Pop,Tropical
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De Mi Alma Latina
Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002SLF Release Date: 1994-09-13 |
Tracks:
- Aquellos ojos verdes
- La flor de la canela - Que nadie sepa mi sufrir - Amarraditos
- Nosotros - Contigo - Sin ti
- De Mexico a Buenos Aires
- Se me olvido otra vez
- El Humahuaqueqo - Caballo viejo - Moliendo Cafe
- Delirio - Alma llanera
- Solamente una vez - Veracruz - Noche de ronda
- Manha de carnavaz - Aquarela do Brasil
- Sabras que te quiero
- Alfonsina y el mar - Gracias a la vida
- Lamento Boricano - Vereda Tropical
- Como ayer
- Perfidia - Frenesi - La ultima noche
- Adios
- Por Amor - Asi como te buscaba - Yo vendo unos ojos negros
Customer Reviews:
The best of latin music through Domingo's voice.......1999-08-10
Classic Latin American tunes beautifully sung and produced,.......1998-12-11
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Silvestre Revueltas: Centennial Anthology 1899-1999
Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000K2F1 Release Date: 1999-09-14 |
Tracks:
- Sensemaya
- Redes: Los pescadores, Funeral del nino, Salida a la pesca, Lucha, Regreso de los pescadores con su companero muerto
- Itinerarios
- Caminos
- Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca: I. Baile, II. Duelo, III. Son
- Danza geometrica
- Cuauhnahuac
- Sensemaya
Tracks:
- Janitizo
- Alcancias: I. Allegro
- Alcancias: II. Andantino
- Alcancias: III. Allegro vivo
- El renacuajo paseador
- 8 x Radio
- Toccata (sin fuga)
- Planos
- La Noche de los Mayas: I. Noche de los mayas
- La Noche de los Mayas: II. Noche de jaranas
- La Noche de los Mayas: III. Noche de Yucatan
- La Noche de los Mayas: IV. Noche de encantamiento
- Cinco canciones de ninos y dos canciones profanas: I. Caballito (Antonio de Trueba)
- Cinco canciones de ninos y dos canciones profanas: II. Las cinco horas (Anonymous)
- Cinco canciones de ninos y dos canciones profanas: III. Cancion tonta (Federico Garcia Lorca)
- Cinco canciones de ninos y dos canciones profanas: IV. El lagarto y la lagarta (Federico Garcia Lorca)
- Cinco canciones de ninos y dos canciones profanas: V. Cancion de cuna (Federico Garcia Lorca)
- Cinco canciones de ninos y dos canciones profanas: VI. Serenata (Federico Garcia Lorca)
- Cinco canciones de ninos y dos canciones profanas: VII. Es verdad (Federico Garcia Lorca)
Customer Reviews:
Spirited playing of fine compositions.......2007-07-07
Magical Compositions Brilliantly Performed.......2007-05-03
Stokowski's Sensemaya.......2005-10-10
A Compendium of Revueltas Works.......2003-04-09
This current CD is part of the Centennial celebration of Revueltas. It consists of a compilation of orchestral recordings by Eduardo Mata, chamber recordings by David Aetherton and the Jalapa Orquestra Sinfonica under Herrara de la Fuente. The results are quite stunning, with enough material to keep you listening for quite some time!
The first CD contains exclusively orchestral music under the baton of Maestro Mata. This is prime stuff indeed. The CD begins with Revueltas' most renowned piece, Sensemaya, a dense, barbaric orchestral fantasy inspired by a Cuban poem that details a traditional snake-killing ceremony in the Santeria religion. The piece is dominated by short pithy melodic statements which are gradually layered over each other to create greater and greater tension. The result is deeply compelling, Stravinsky's Rite is combined with Varese's Arcana...with native Mexican rhythms and instruments thrown in.
The other works on the album are also extremely compelling. They can be broken down into abstract orchestral works, chamber pieces and music for film. In addition, Revueltas shows two definate sides, one is the convinced modernist, who shows a lot in common with Varese, and even Scriabin. The best work in this vein is the Danza geometrica (and it's chamber version Planos). The other big vein is the "nationalistic" vein, of which Revueltas was a greater exponent than his compatriot Chavez. Many works on this CD, Itinerios, Homage to Garcia Lorca, and others display a sense of wild abandon present in traditional fiestas. And yet, even here, Revueltas is a formalist and modernist, treating his material less as color and more as another structural element.
The other really wonderful work on this disc is La Noche de los Mayas. Culled from a film score, this is beautifully written film music and quite ahead of it's time. It's not hard to imagine these Revueltas strains as an inspiration to Bernard Herrmann, Elmer Bernstein and the like. The work is structured as a large symphony, dominated by a broad, tonal but dissonant theme in the brass. There is a wealth of detail in this work that I come back to over and over.
Much of this material has very little competition. The chamber works have been basically neglected on CD and many of the orchestral works are only available on this disc. Sensemaya has significant competition however. Salonen has done a really wonderful disc of this material, which also includes a great reading of Noche. Bernstein has perhaps the best reading of Sensemaya available on his Latin American Fiesta album (which also includes a wonderful rendition of Chavez' Sinfonia India)But Mata's reading is nearly as good as Bernstein and just as good as Salonen. Overall, for breadth and depth of music covered, this is a superlative disc and the one to get.
Abstract but deep........2003-02-05
This cd pretty much has all of Revueltas' major works including his most known one: Sensemaya. That piece has been conducted by Bernstein and Stowkowski with the latter being on this disc. There is two performances of Sensemaya which includes the one mentioned above and a new version.
The best piece I believe is Janitzio. If you are Mexican you will be reminded of Mexican big bands because Revueltas incorporated the sound into this piece as well as imitations of a Mariachi band. It is a very abstract piece but very remenicent of Mexico. Excellent cd as a whole.
The cd includes a booklet with information on Revueltas and the pieces on this cd.
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Christopher Parkening - A Tribute to Segovia
Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002RQ8 Release Date: 1991-11-08 |
Tracks:
- Castles Of Spain: Rumor de copla
- Castles Of Spain: Siguenza
- Castles Of Spain: Manzanares del real
- Castles Of Spain: Romance de los pinos
- Castles Of Spain: Turegano
- Variations On A Theme Of Mozart
- Tonadilla
- Suite espanola: Espanoletas
- Suite espanola: Rujero y paradetas
- Suite espanola: La Minona de Cataluna
- Suite espanola: Folias
- Suite espanola: Passacalle de la cavalleria de Napoles
- Suite espanola: Canarios
- Villanesca
- Torre bermeja
- Estudio sin luz
- Remembranza
- Suite In D Minor: Preludio
- Suite In D Minor: Allegro
- Suite In D Minor: Zarabanda
- Suite In D Minor: Gabota
- Suite In D Minor: Despacio
- Suite In D Minor: Giga
- Suite catalan: La Filadora
- Suite catalan: La Filla del marxant
- Suite catalan: La Nit de nadal
- Suite catalan: El Noi de la mare
Customer Reviews:
Awesome guitar work.......2007-01-12
Have been loving this for over ten years!!.......2003-09-26
Finally buying it on CD because I think I wore a spot out on the cassette! I have listened to this masterpiece at least a thousand times and have never, ever tired of this most excellent work of art.
If you are a classical guitar fan, you will absolutely adore every single note played on this album/CD. I promise!! :)
sonic rapture..........2003-06-03
Not just a tribute.......2001-07-31
Wonderful, relaxing music.......2001-01-27
Parkening provides wonderful tribute to Segovia with Spanish compositions especially loved by the master, even some of them performed on one his Segovia's guitars.
For the classical guitar enthusiast, or just someone looking for that refreshing guitar music we here on the FM, this is a fine selection.
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1492: Music From The Age Of Discovery
Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002SK1 Release Date: 1992-06-09 |
Tracks:
- Ayo visto lo mappamundi
- Viva el gran Re Don Fernando
- Una sanosa porfia
- Improvs on Tres moricas m'enamoran: Tres moricas m'enamoran
- B'tayhi-M'sadar
- Nunca fue pena mayor
- Ay santa Maria
- Virgen bendita sin par
- El Cervel
- En Memoria d'Alixandre
- La Alta ('La Spagna')
- Pase el agoa, ma julieta
- Oy comamos y bebamos
- El paso del Mar Rojo
- Ah, el novio no quere dinero!
- Kyrie: Ayo visto lo mappamundo
- Ayo visto lo mappammundi
- Improvs on Ayo visto lo mappamundi
Customer Reviews:
incredible CD.......2004-10-25
one of my favorites.......2003-12-23
Da Bomb.......2003-04-03
Ebullient and multi-cultural!.......2002-11-17
Stands Alone in My Collection.......2002-05-21
The premise of this album is to capture and present the mentality and mood throughout Europe during that time as shown through its music. And it succeeds!
This album is fantastic. I've owned it for years, and yet I still listen to it often. Together with a well written insert that tells the stories behind each piece, and the political backdrop behind each one, it takes you through the sense of wonder, fear and hope, that people felt at a time when the strange new world beyond the European continent was suddenly opening up to them, both foreboding and alluring.
It touches also upon several of the age-of-discovery issues, including religious conflicts with other cultures, the quest for wealth, the joy of expansion and the sorrow of loss. A once-provincial mentality was suddenly being replaced by an awareness of that mysterious "other-ness" out there, and this was being expressed in the music, brought so successfully through in this album.
The opening piece of this album is also its theme: Ayo visto lo mappamundi (I have seen the maps of the world). And this sets the stage for the rest of your voyage.
One favorite example I want to single out is a piece of Andalusian music that was written during (or shortly after) the time when Spain went from Moorish to Christian: in this amazing piece, we hear what at first sounds like Arabic music; after a few times you start to hear the new influence on Arabic music by the Medieval Europeans... and then finally, you realize that what you're hearing is that missing link which will soon become the phenomenon called "Flamenco!" And you'll feel a sense of discovery all your own.
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Spanish Legends
Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0006SNFSU Release Date: 2005-01-25 |
Tracks:
- Zapateado
- Rondena
- El Testament D'Amelia
- Canco Del Lladre
- La Filadora
- Lo Fill Del Rei
- Lo Rosinyol
- Plany
- El Mestre
- L'Hereu Riera
- La Filla Del Marxant
- La Nit De Nadal
- Scherzo-Vals
- Estudio Sin Luz
- Anecdotas 2
- Anecdotas 5
- Remembranza (Estudio II)
- Seguidilla
- Impromptu
- Triquilandia (Jugando Al Escondite)
- El Abejorro
- Cancion Amatoria
- Festivola (Danza Catalana De Espiritu Popular)
- Tango
- Tonadilla (Manola De Lavapies)
- Guajira
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These 65 minutes of solo guitar playing--handsomely, intimately recorded--are a pleasure to listen to. Russell is a true virtuoso, playing with an ease and assurance which gives the recital the great subtle, variety it should have. He's equally at home with the catchy, playful "Zapateado" by De La Maza that opens the program as he is with Llobet's lyrical, singable, relaxed "El testament d'Amelia." The beautiful, lullaby-like "La filla del Marxant" (also by Llobet) is as smooth as silk, and the four pieces by Andres Segovia have a flavor all their own. The downright odd, but alluringly discordant "El Abejorro" by Pujol will enchant and puzzle you. The program is songlike, dancelike, familiar and new-sounding, and Russell's graceful way with each style is ideal. Every note, every delicate harmonic, is audible and important, but there's never a sense of underlining either a melodic or rhythmic phrase. Russsell lets the music, diverse and fascinating, speak for itself. A must for those who love the classical guitar, especially with a Spanish flavor. --Robert Levine
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Spanish Music of Travel and Discovery/ The Waverly Consort
Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004TQR2 Release Date: 2000-10-10 |
Tracks:
- Ayo Visto Lo Mappamundi
- Viva Gran Re Don Fernando
- Una Sanosa Porfia
- Imrpovisations On Tres Moricas M'enamoran/Tres Moricas M'enamoran
- B'tayhi-M'saddar
- Nunca Fue Pena Mayor
- Ay Santa Maria
- Virgen, Bendita Sin Par
- El Cervel
- En Memoria D'Alixandre
- La Alta ('La Spagna')
- Pase El Agoa, Ma Julieta
- Oy Comamos Y Bebamos
- El Paso Del Mar Rojo
- Ah, El Novio No Quere Dinero!
- Kyrie: Ayo Visto Lo Mappamundi
- Ayo Visto Lo Mappamundi
- Improvisations On Ayo Visto Lo Mappamundi
Tracks:
- O Virgo Splendens
- Stella Splendens In Monte
- Laudemus Virginem/Splendens Ceptigera
- Los Set Gotxs Recomptarem
- Cuncti Simus Concanentes
- Polorum Regina
- Mariam Matrem Virginem
- Imperayritz De La Ciutat Ioyosa
- Ad Mortem Festinamus
- Ondas Do Mar De Vigo/Mandad' Ei Comigo
- Mia Irmana Fremosa/Ay Deus, Se Sab' Ora
- Quantas Sabades Amar Amigo/Eno Sagrado En Vigo/Ay Ondas Que En Vin Veer
- Santa Maria, Strela Do Dia
- El Buesca Del Padre
- Las Hermanas Reina Y Cautiva
- El Sueno De La Hija
Customer Reviews:
Beware! two old CDs reissued with a new name.......2006-08-02
A reworking of a prior disc - but now with 2 CDs.......2006-01-27
perfect by candlelight or in the office.......2000-10-20
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Tango!: The Spirit of Argentina
Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0006IGP50 Release Date: 2005-01-25 |
Tracks:
- Adios Nonino
- El Choclo
- Fugata
- Por Una Cabeza
- La Chica
- Milonga Del Angel
- Calambre
- La Cumparsita
- Milonga Sin Palabras
- Caminito
- Revirado
- Oblivion
- Fracanapa
- Piece En Forme De Habanera
- Fear - From 'Five Tango Sensations'
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The Fabulous Victoria De Los Angeles
Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000002S5G Release Date: 1994-02-15 |
Tracks:
- Sheherazade: Asie
- Sheherazade: La Flute enchantee
- Sheherazade: L'Indifferent
- Cinq Melodies populaires grecques: Le Reveil de la mariee
- Cinq Melodies populaires grecques: La-bas vers l'eglise
- Cinq Melodies populaires grecques: Quel galant m'est comparable
- Cinq Melodies populaires grecques: Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques
- Cinq Melodies populaires grecques: Tout gai!
- Duex Melodies hebraiques: Kaddisch
- Duex Melodies hebraiques: L'Enigme eternelle
- L'Invitaiton au voyage
- Phidyle
- L'Enfant Prodigue: Recit. & Air de Lia: L'annee en vain chasse l'annee
- Poeme de l'amour et de la mer: La Fleur des eaux
- Poeme de l'amour et de la mer: Interlude
- Poeme de l'amour et de la mer: La Mort de l'amour
Tracks:
- Cinco Canciones Negras: Cuba dentro de un piano
- Cinco Canciones Negras: Punto de habanera
- Cinco Canciones Negras: Chevere
- Cinco Canciones Negras: Cancion de cuna para dormir a un negrito
- Cinco Canciones Negras: Canto negro
- Coleccion de canciones amatorias: Llorad corazon
- Coleccion de canciones amatorias: Iban al pinar
- Cuatro madrigales amatorios: Con que la lavare?
- Cuatro madrigales amatorios: Vos me matasteis
- Cuatro madrigales amatorios: De donde venis, amore?
- Cuatro madrigales amatorios: De los alamos vengo, madre
- Cinco canciones playeras espanolas: Rutas
- Cinco canciones playeras espanolas: Pregon
- Cinco canciones playeras espanolas: Las 12
- Cinco canciones playeras espanolas: El pescador sin dinero
- Cinco canciones playeras espanolas: Coplilla
- Quatre cancons: Canco de grumet
- Quatre cancons: Cancon incerta
- Quatre cancons: Maig
- Quatre cancons: Anacreontica
- La Dama d'Arago
- El can dels ocells
- Canco de Sega
- El combat del somni: Damunt de tu nomes les flors
- El combat del somni: Aquesta nit un mateix vent
- El combat del somni: Jo et presentia com la mar
- Triptic de Mossen Cinto: L'Harpa Sagrada
- Triptic de Mossen Cinto: Lo violi de Sant Francesh
- Triptic de Mossen Cinto: Sant Fransech i la cigala
Tracks:
- Chansons de Bilitis: La Flute de Pan
- Chansons de Bilitis: La Chevelure
- Chansons de Bilitis: Le Tombeau des Naiades
- Fetes galantes: En sourdine
- Fetes galantes: Fantoches
- Fetes galantes: Clair de lune
- Noel de enfants qui n'ont plus de maisons
- Chants populaires: Chanson espagnole
- Chants populaires: Chanson francaise
- Chants populaires: Chanson italienne
- Chants populaires: Chanson Herbraique
- Trois jours de vendange
- Le Rossignol des lilas
- Tristesse, Op. 6, No. 2
- Au bord de l'eau, Op. 8, No. 1
- Les Roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39, No. 4
- Troujours (No. 2 de Trois Poemes d'un jour, Op. 21)
- Siete Canciones populares espanolas: El pano murano
- Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Sequidilla murciana
- Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Asturiana
- Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Jota
- Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Nana
- Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Cancion
- Siete Canciones populares espanolas: Polo
- Doce canciones gallegas: As florinas dos toxos
- Triptico, Op. 45: Farruca
- Villancicos: Pastorcito santo
- Psyche
- Soneto a Cordoba
Tracks:
- Proserpina: E dove t'aggiri
- Le violette
- Joshua: Oh! had I Jubal's lyre
- Der Tod und das Madchen, D. 531
- Die schone Mullerin, D. 795: No. 2: Wohin?
- D. 547: An die Musik
- Op. 59, No. 8: Dein blaues Auge
- Op. 84, No. 4: Vergebliches Standchen
- Op. 27, No. 1: Chanson d'amour
- Op. 46, No. 2: Clair de lune
- Let Us Wander
- Lost Is My Quiet
- Schlaf in deiner engen Kammer
- Ah! lamenta, oh bella Irene
- Irish Songs: Oh! Would I Were But That Sweet Linnet
- Irish Songs: He Promised Me At Parting
- Irish Songs: They Bid Me Slight My Dermot Dear
- Welsh songs: The Dream
- Mignon und der Harfner, D. 877: Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt
- Les Fleurs des landes: Le Trebuchet
- Moglichkeit
- Der Apfel
- Schottische Ballade
- Pastorale
- Pleurs d'or
- Sapphische Ode
- La Partenza
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The word "fabulous" seems vulgar when applied to the Spanish diva whose delicately shaded voice encompassed music from the middle ages to the present. This four-disc compilation emphasizes her song repertoire, to which she brought warmth, intelligence, linguistic integrity and irresistible sincerity. Her dignity makes listeners want to come to her, and she rewards them with an intimate, personal experience, especially in this small-scale repertoire by Ravel, Debussy, Duparc, Fauré, lots of Spanish composers and German masters such as Schubert and Brahms. --David Patrick StearnsCustomer Reviews:
Awesome musicality.......2006-07-26
The set comes with booklet including full words plus translations, helpful notes on De Los Angeles's concert career and a dozen of beautiful and rare black and white photos. Victoria de Los Angeles's concert career was as prolific as her legendary operatic performances and continued well after her retirement from the operatic stage. This introspective and almost encycopledic release is a real treat and is absolutely recommended. I totally agree with the editor's review who states that the word "fabulous" fails in every respect to fully capture the artistry of the Spanish soprano. Victoria de Los Angeles is definitely one of the most wonderful lyric sopranos of the 20th century and is one of the most heavenly artists to have ever graced the concert scene. A must-have for any collection.
Fabulous? Yes!!!.......1999-09-13
I was delighted to see Faure's "Claire de lune" on the album, and equally delighted with De Los Angeles' elegant rendition of this work. The only recording of the song I've liked better is from an LP featuring Frederika Von Stade.
As an added bonus, several duets with the great baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau are featured on Disk #4. These include some charming settings of Irish songs by Beethoven, and a gorgeous arrangement of "Let Us Wander" by Henry Purcell. I remember hearing these duets years ago on an LP recording, and it was a pleasure to hear them again.
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A Little Tango in Her Blood
Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000051Y8I Release Date: 2000-11-28 |
Tracks:
- Poema Del Pastor Coya: Con La Chola Y El Changuito
- Poema Del Pastor Coya: Quena
- Poema Del Pastor Coya: Danzando
- Milonga De Dos Hermanos
- El Desbande
- Pastoral Calchaqui
- Ste Argentina: Aire De Chacarera
- Ste Argentina: Zamba
- Ste Argentina: Malambo
- Milonga Sin Palabras
- Introduccion Y Allegro
- Don Agustin Bardi
- Impresiones De La Puna: Quena
- Impresiones De La Puna: Cancion
- Impresiones De La Puna: Danza
- Fuga Y Misterio
- Chiquilin De Bachin
- Lo Que Vendra
Customer Reviews:
Alison Young: A little Tango.......2001-03-12
The performances are first-class in artistry and technique, while style, character, and mood provide solidly satisfying listening. The flute sound is especially gorgeous, with an lovely low register and stability of tone throughout the entire range, and one simply hears no breathing. Technical challenges abound and are fully met, but one gets a sense of an emphasis on music-making rather than virtuosity; these players are bringing us music rather than merely showing how good they are. Technique and balances are consistently excellent.
Half the bands on the CD are transcriptions by Ms. Young, which would ordinarily induce some reservations for this reviewer. However these are musical, intelligent, and idiomatic transcriptions, and one would be pressed to discern which are original works and which are the transcriptions in this collection. One other fine transcription is by Enrique Granados.
Piazzolla is represented, of course, by several tangos, including a very early one. And one of his last compositions, Milonga sin Palabras, Song without Words, is dedicated to his wife. A fugue, surprisingly, is in the final set of three works of this collection, by Piazzolla, Fuga y Misterio, with much rhythmic character and an unexpectedly Bachian rather than bacchanalian quality though still Latin in quality, arranged by Granados. The brief, lyrical contrasting section is lovely. The final two works are moody and dramatic.
Ginastera's Impresiones de la Puna, in three movements, is an early work, dating from 1934. Arranged by Ms. Young, it has two slow movements, and a lively, rhythmic dance finale. It is fascinating and musically rewarding to hear a Ginastera quite a bit younger than the one we hear for example in his more familiar orchestral Variations Concertantes. It's like seeing early paintings by Mondrian or Picasso-so different from the later works yet with seeds of what is to come.
Some splendid surprises are works by composers new to this reviewer: Angel Lasala's Poema de Pastor Coya, and Horacio Salgán's Suite Argentina and Don Agustín Bardi. Lasala's Poema is in three movements with both a singing quality and rhythmic variety. The latter composer, Salgán, has much personality and character showing through in his music. His Suite Argentina is a recording premiere and it has rhythmic interest, a danced quality, and a strong lyrical sense.
The liner notes, in English and Spanish, are informative with texts of the original works when they are songs. Borges and Ferrer are amiong the poets. I warmly recommend this recording to those interested in fine flute playing, in Argentinean music, and to the general music lover.
Arthur Lewis, violist; Professor emeritus, Illinois State University; Lecturer, Emory University
Fabulous Flute CD - even my plumber liked it!.......2001-03-03
Wonderful performances and quite beautiful music.......2001-02-25
Getting Some Tango in Your Blood.......2001-02-22
A real musical treat by a fine musician.......2001-02-22
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Isabel I: Reina de Castilla
Hesperion XXI , Daniele Carnovich , Canciero de Montecassino Anonymous , El Cancionero de Colombina Anonymous , Johannes Cornago , Guillaume Dufay , Juan del Encina , Pedro de Escobar , Luys de Narvaez , Pedro de Tordesillas , Francisco de la Torre , Arabic-Andalusian Traditional , Sephardic Traditional , Turkish Traditional , Carlos Verardi , Jordi Savall , Carlos Mena , Andrew Lawrence-King , Begona Olavide , Luca Guglielmi , Pedro Estevan , Arianna Savall , Montserrat Figueras , and Miguel Bernal Manufacturer: Alia Vox Spain ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0006SSNO6 Release Date: 2004-12-14 |
Tracks:
- Exultat Caelum Laudibus (Vesper's Hymn) - La Capella Reial De Catalunya
- Marcha Turca - Various Artists
- Toccata (CMC 68) - Various Artists
- Dinos, Madre Del Donsel (Villancico) (CMC 90) - Various Artists
- Je Ne Vis Oncques (CMM 46) - Andrew Lawrence-King
- La Spagna: Danza Alta (Instrumental) (CMP 321) - Hesperion XXI
- Muy Crueles Bozes Dan (Villancico) (CMC 6) - La Capella Reial De Catalunya
- Pavana (Pues Que Jamas Olvidaros) (CMP 30) - Various Artists
- Patres Nostri Peccaverunt (Hymn) (CMM 2) - La Capella Reial De Catalunya
- Viva El Gran Re Don Fernando (Instrumental) - Various Artists
- El Que Rige Y El Regido (Villancico) (CMP 275) - La Capella Reial De Catalunya
- Paseabase El Rey Moro (Romance) - Various Artists
- Levanta Pascual (Villancico) (CMP 184) - La Capella Reial De Catalunya
- Lavava Y Suspirava (Romance) - Montserrat Figueras
- Mappamundi - Various Artists
- Franceses, Por Que Rrazon? (Villancico) (CMP 424) - La Capella Reial De Catalunya
- Sanctus (CMC 47) - Various Artists
- Triste Espana Sin Ventura (Romance) (CMP 83) - La Capella Reial De Catalunya
- Cancion En Ritmo Quddan De La Nuba Gribt Al Hussein De Marruecos - B. Olavide
- Requiem Aeternam (Gradual) - La Capella Reial De Catalunya
Customer Reviews:
It's a gem!.......2006-11-21
Review: Isabel I: Reina de Castilla.......2005-07-27
Not always historically accurate, but fabulous performances.......2005-05-23
As on many other recordings by this ensemble, historical accuracy is secondary to an overall aesthetic result, and it is perhaps not difficult to understand why Savall's approach has ruffled certain musicologists. Where most of the works recorded here would have probably been performed by a small group of musicians (often a cappella), in these performances there is a wide range of instruments used in addition to the voices (including shawm, cornett and sackbuts). Four tracks have 'composed' introductions [tracks 1, 4, 10, 13], whilst Narvaez's romance [track 12] is transformed from a standard example of the genre into a hybridised Hispanic-Moorish lament.
On the other hand, it is equally apparent why this group have been greeted with such unanimous international acclaim. There is, after all, a significant difference between a sound recording and a musicological article - something which is not always as obvious as it should be in some of the more "correct" renditions of this repertory. Furthermore, there are a number of tracks which are definitely plausible [tracks 5, 8, 17, 20], as well as some which frankly do not stretch extant evidence - direct and indirect - too much [tracks 4, 15, 18; a thorough and satisfactory investigation of the political villancicos and romances - tracks 7, 10, 13, 16, 18 - has yet to be undertaken...why and in what contexts would such works be performed only by small forces, given their obvious exaggerated political overtones? Would Ferdinand and Isabella really have heard, for example, Encina's lament to their dead son [18] performed by no more than four singers in the elite isolation of their private chambers...?]
But what undoubtedly sets this recording apart from so many others of this repertory is the phenomenally high standard of these performances - unsurprisingly given the personnel line-up [Begona Olavide, Montserrat Figueras, Carlos Mena, Jean-Pierre Canihac, Markus Tapio, Andrew Lawrence-King...etc]. Given that so many tracks could be singled out to support this observation - not to mention the musicians themselves - it perhaps only remains to be said that this is without doubt one of the most incredible recordings of Cancionero songs available.
Salsa Music:
- Super Pop: Con Sabor a Cumbia, Vol. 2
- Te Voy a Enamorar
- Tercia de Reinas
- Tercia de Reyes
- Tropical Rain Forest
- Un Nuevo Despertar
- 15 Exitos de Beny More
- 15 Grandes Exitos, Vol. 2
- 15 Hits: Ni El Primero, Ni El Ultimo
- 20 Exitos de Grupos
Salsa Music
House of the Rising Sun [Import]
Play the Game: Victorian & Edwardian Sporting Songs
Perry Como - Twenty Greatest Hits [Import]
Big & Rich and Toby Keith [Karaoke]
Our Lives [CD-single] [Import]
Perennial: Songs for the Seasons of Life
Purcell Miscellany / Bott, Boothby; The Purcell Quartet
Prime Cuts: Best of Collection