Nights in the Gardens of Spain / 3 Cornered Hat

Track Listings

1. Noches En Los Jardines De EspaÑA, En El Generalife

2. Danza Lejana

3. En Los Jardines De La Sierra De CÓRdoba

4. El Sombrero De Tres Picos, Introduction

5. Afternoon

6. Dance Of Miller's Wife

7. Grapes

8. Neighbour's Dance

9. Miller's Dance

10. Corregidor's Dance

11. Final Dance

12. Vida Breve, Interlude & Dance

Customer Reviews:

Ignore Mary Cambell's review........2005-09-26

It is tragic that Spanish native Mary Campbell grew up with the music of De Falla "as a background"....Pity that with a little more money she might have been able to sit far enough up in front to hear all the missing notes that this recording has apparently revealed to her at last.

She might also have guessed that Shirley Carter (or Shirley Verrett-Carter, as she was then known) was a mezzo-soprano who sang in "El Amor Brujo" under Stokowski, and was certainly NOT the pianist who performed in "Nights in the Gardens of Spain - that job was performed by Philippe Entremont.

Desite the shocking musical ignorance displayed by Ms. Campbell in her review, she got one thing right - it is a CD worth buying for some wonderful music, very well played

An Outstanding Version of the Best Works of Manuel De Falla!.......2000-11-13

11/12/2000

I was born and raised in Spain. I grew up with the wonderful music of Manuel De Falla as a background. Consequently, I have heard countless versions of the best works of Manuel De Falla. When I heard about this American version of two of the best compositions of Manuel De Falla played by the Philadelphia Orchestra and conducted by Ormandy and Stokowski I was curious. I thought that I knew every note in the score of these masterpieces, and it was my believe that it could not be much different from other versions that I had heard before. When I bought the CD and listened to it for the first time, I realised how mistaken I was. I was moved to tears. Somehow, Ormandy and Stokowski have returned back to life these wonderful masterpieces. Eugene Ormandy is superb conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra in "El Amor Brujo" (Bewitched Love), the story of a gipsy girl resorting to witchcratf as a way to forget her lover. Nevertheless, the best of the CD is the unbelivable

version of Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra of the masterpiece "Noches en los Jardines de Espana" (Nights in the gardens of Spain), a piano concert that evokes the nocturnal sounds around gardens, including the water of fountains. Shirley Verrett is an outstanding piano player. I strongly recommend this CD to everybody who likes Spanish music and in particular Manuel De Falla. The fans of Eugene Ormandy and Leopold Stokowski will also be happy with this CD. The price of this CD in Amazon.com is a steal! Go for it!

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1. Noches En Los Jardines De EspaÑA, En El Generalife
2. Danza Lejana
3. En Los Jardines De La Sierra De CÓRdoba
4. El Sombrero De Tres Picos, Introduction
5. Afternoon
6. Dance Of Miller's Wife
7. Grapes
8. Neighbour's Dance
9. Miller's Dance
10. Corregidor's Dance
11. Final Dance
12. Vida Breve, Interlude & Dance