de Falla: El Sombrero de tres picos; Noches en los jardines de España

On this CD:

1. El Sombrero de tres picos, ballet in 2 parts, G. 53
Composed by Manuel de Falla
Performed by Granada Orquesta Ciudad
Conducted by Josep Pons

2. Nights in the Gardens of Spain, for piano & orchestra, G. 49
Composed by Manuel de Falla
Performed by Granada Orquesta Ciudad with Josep Colom
Conducted by Josep Pons

Tracks:

Love The Magician: Introduction And Scene... In The Cave
Love The Magician: Song Of Suffering Love
Love The Magician: The Spectre... Dance Of Fear
Love The Magician: Magic Circle... Midnight
Love The Magician: Ritual Fire Dance
Love The Magician: Scene
Love The Magician: Song Of The Will-O'-The-Wisp
Love The Magician: Pantomime
Love The Magician: Dance Of The Game Of Love
Love The Magician: Finale: The Bells Of Dawn
Harpsichord Concerto: I. Allegro
Harpsichord Concerto: II. Lento
Harpsichord Concerto: III. Vivace
Homenaje 'Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy'
Psyche
Nights in the Gardens of Spain: I In The Generalife
Nights in the Gardens of Spain: II Distant Dance
Nights in the Gardens of Spain: III In The Gardens Of The Sierra de Cordoba

Tracks:

La Vida breve: Interludio y Danza
Seven Spanish Folk Songs: The Moorish Cloth
Seven Spanish Folk Songs: Seguidilla From Murcia
Seven Spanish Folk Songs: Asturian Song
Seven Spanish Folk Songs: Jota
Seven Spanish Folk Songs: Lullaby
Seven Spanish Folk Songs: Song
Seven Spanish Folk Songs: Polo
Four Spanish Pieces: Aragonesa
Four Spanish Pieces: Cubana
Four Spanish Pieces: Montanesa
Four Spanish Pieces: Andaluza
The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 1: Introduction
The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 1: Afternoon
The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 1: Dance Of The Miller's Wife
The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 1: The Grapes
The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 2: The Neighbours' Dance
The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 2: The Miller's Dance
The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 2: The Corregidor's Dance
The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 2: Final Dance

Customer Reviews:

LO MEJOR DE LO MEJOR.......2002-03-29

Una grabacion
magistral de los
clasicos de Manuel de Falla.
Este disco contiene el famoso
"Homage a Debussy" la unica
obra original compuesta para
guitarra por la mano del compositor.
Tremenda grabaccion, como para no
perdersela a ese precio...

A Very Fine Compilation.......2000-05-17

"The Essential Falla" is just that, including all of Manuel de Falla's major works (performed by the likes of Dutoit, Fruhbeck de Burgos and de Larrocha) on these two CDs. Highlights are excellent performances of Falla's three most famous works: "El amor brujo", "Noches en los jardines de Espana" and "El Sombrero de tres picos". The rest of the included music is perhaps less well-know but no less enjoyable. Perhaps the only quibble I have with this CD is the enclusion of the Harpsicord Concerto. While it is an enjoyable piece, it is very much a Stravinsky-esque neo-classical work, and it seems somewhat out of place amongst Falla's other, very Spanish, works. Nonetheless, if you enjoy 20th Century Spanish music, this CD is indeed an essential.

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Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 18

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Release Date: 2000-10-10

Tracks:

Andaluza: Danza espanola No. 5 In E Minor
The Three-Cornered Hat: Miller's Dance
Cordoba, Op. 232, No. 4
Goyescas, No. 4: The Maiden And The Nightingale
Cancon i dansa No. I
Pieces espagnoles, No. 4: Andaluza
Iberia, No. I: Evocacion
Navarra (Completed By Severac)
Suite espanola, No. 3: Sevillanas
El Amor Brujo: Dance Of Terror
Cancon i dansa No. 6
Nights in the Gardens of Spain: En el Generalife
Nights in the Gardens of Spain: Danza lejana
Nights in the Gardens of Spain: En los jardines de la Sierra de Cordoba
El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

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Rubinstein's Love Affair with Spain.......2006-09-06

Arthur Rubinstein was from the earliest days of his long fabled career a proponent of the music of Spain. Whether in that extraordinary follow-up to the protean display pieces of Liszt, Albeniz's Iberia, or the memorable lyrical passages of the ill-fated Granados, Rubinstein's way with this music stood out in that bygone era of legendary virtuosi. (Of note - Granados tragically was killed trying in vain to rescue his wife following a U-boat attack on their return to Barcelona following the succesful 1916 Met premiere of his opera Goyescas. His success was so great in America he even played at the White House for President Wilson. The CD has one selection from Goyescas, the famous "The Maiden and the Nightingale" in a wonderfully evocative performance by Rubinstein.)
At the same time as the Goyescas' Met premiere the young Artur Rubinstein was traveling across the breadth of the Iberian peninsula, giving over a hundred concerts between 1916 and 1917. Rubinstein became friends with the Albeniz family. (The composer had died in 1909.) He became a huge public favorite and was feted far and wide in Spain, including by the Spanish Royal family. Throughout his life he kept a home in Spain in that extraodinary Costa del Sol cityscape that is Marbella. Rubinstein's appreciation for Spain and Spanish music was unparalled among any other non-Spanish performers of the last century.
This selection was made according to the back cover between 1947 and 1955, but actually, as one reviewer correctly noted, the earliest recording, Navarra from Iberia, was made earlier, in June of 1941. The remainder are from 1947 or later. The performance of the delightful Spanish piano concerto, De Falla's Noches en los Jardins de Espana, captures Rubinstein at the peak of his career - his later stereo performance lacks the froth, sparkle and genuine magic given off in this version. The piano sounds wonderful and has been superbly restored in this issue. The only downside to this CD is that it represents most of the Spanish music Rubinstein recorded.
If you thought Rubinstein simply meant Chopin then this CD will certainly be a revelation. Some of the greatest Spanish piano music played by one of its greatest interpretators. Highest possible recomendation!
P.S. When a customer searches for this title why does Amazon insist on listing an old no longer available CD of this RCA CD and not this much more recent and in stock remastering? This version has a drawing of Rubinstein by Picasso.

Rubinstein Topples de Larrocha.......2001-02-10

Dear Readers, Rubinstein does not deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence with de Larrocha. The fact is that he "LOVED" Spanish music and de Larrocha made her career on it. It's very beautiful what she does, but Rubinstein goes to the heart everytime. You'll get a glimpse of this if you compare the two. They are in very different zones.

Rubinstein "Speaks" Spanish Without an Accent.......2001-01-02

After Alicia De Larrocha, Arthur Rubinstein was the 20th century's greatest exponent of Spanish piano music. On his first tour of Spain, in 1915, the Polish pianist fell in love with the country--its food, wine, women, and music. The love was mutual. Spain took Rubinstein to heart and became friends with some of the composers featured on this CD. Critical reactions to Rubinstein's performances of Spanish music were ecstatic--many musicians remakring that he played Spanish music "without an accent," i.e., like a born Spaniard.

The performances on this CD were recorded from 1941-1955. Every track on this disc demonstrates what the critics in Spain were writing at the time, Rubinstein had a natural feel for this repertoire that defies born nationality. Particularly effective are the Albeniz and Falla selections.

It is a pity that Rubinstein was not persuaded to re-record all of these works in stereo (there are stereo versions of Falla's Fire Dance, Nights in the Gardens of Spain, and Albeniz' Navarra), as there are those closed-minded individuals who will refuse to buy this CD simply because the recordings featured on it are monaural. The loss is theirs.

Tracks:

The Three-Cornered Hat: Introduction y tarde
The Three-Cornered Hat: Danza de la molinera
The Three-Cornered Hat: Danza de los vecinos
The Three-Cornered Hat: Danza del molinero
The Three-Cornered Hat: Danza final
Love The Magician: Introduction y Escena
Love The Magician: En la cueva
Love The Magician: Cancion del amor dolido
Love The Magician: El aparecido
Love The Magician: Danza del terror
Love The Magician: El circulo magico
Love The Magician: A medianoche
Love The Magician: Danza rituel del fuego
Love The Magician: Escena
Love The Magician: Cancion del fuego fatuo
Love The Magician: Pantomima
Love The Magician: Danza del Juego del amor
Love The Magician: Final: Les campana del amanecer
Nights in the Gardens of Spain: I: En el Generalife
II: Danza lejana
Nights in the Gardens of Spain: III: En los jardinos de la Sierra de Cordoba

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Spanish critics have long hailed Gonzalo Soriano's two recordings of Nights in the Gardens of Spain--this one from 1962 and an earlier effort with Ataulfo Argenta--as among the finest readings of the score ever committed to disc. It's easy to see why. Soriano brings to bear a conception that is firm, detailed, and energetic and plays the piece with real flair. His partner on the podium, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, only 28 years old when the recording was made, sparks a magnificent account from the Paris Conservatory Orchestra: masculine, evocative, and glowingly ardent despite occasional problems with intonation in the horns and low strings. For this most impressionistic of Falla's scores, it's an ideal sound. The companion pieces, Falla's El Amor Brujo and a suite from The Three-Cornered Hat (not the complete ballet), are masterfully rendered by Carlo Maria Giulini and the Philharmonia Orchestra. --Ted Libbey

Customer Reviews:

Musically outstanding, but de los Angeles isn't right for El Amor Brujo.......2006-07-09

I agree with all the appreciations given by the Amazon reviewer and those below, and graced by atmospheric recording from EMI's engineers in the early Sixties, one gets a great deal out of all three Falla works, his most popular by far. I don't collect different versions of Nights in the Gardens of Spain, yet Gonzalo Soriano's sounds impressively evocative. Even more impressive is the young Fruhbeck de Burgos's magical orchestral work--forty years on, he's matured into even deeper mastery, as witness his recent guest appearances with the Boston Sym. in everything from Falla and Stravinsky to Verdi and Beethoven.

Giulini's conducting is not especially Spanish in flavor, but he, too, is exceptionally musical. The lack of Spanish fire deprives El Amor Brujo of its raw flamenco power, however, and Victoria de los Angeles, applying a lyric soprano where Falla wanted a mezzo who could make the listener's spine tingle with her passion, is too civilized and polite. At this time in her career (1962) de los Angeles was establishing herself as a pre-eminent singer of Spanish songs, but El Amor Brujo simply wasn't right for her.

Guilini = amazing; but de los Angeles ruined El Amor Brujo.......2004-06-10

This particular review refers only to the El amor brujo part of the recording, so if you're not buying the CD for that particular piece, this review may not be relevant. I was considering buying this recording when I was lucky enough to hear the El amor brujo section of it played on the radio. The conducting was miraculous. The only place where I felt the conducting wasn't flawless was at the very end (which seemed a little unconvincing to me), but overall it was extremely beautiful.
I do not plan on buying this cd, however, because the singing from Victoria de los Angeles was absolutely awful. I personally had never heard her sing before, but had always read good things about her. There was no warmth or ring of any kind in her voice. When the piece began on the radio, the singer wasn't announced, and I kept thinking, why would such a wonderful conductor get such an awful singer for this piece, and when I found out that it was her I was shocked (it was announced when the piece ended). I suppose I can say that rhythmically she did do some interesting things, and it did sound like she was involved in the music, but I really couldn't handle her singing.
So, I would give the conducting 5 stars, but about one star for de los Angeles. I'm giving it four stars just so it won't bring the rating down too much, because I'm sure that the other pieces on the disc are likewise very well conducted (and, thankfully, exclude de los Angeles).

Fantastic Falla.......2003-09-22

This CD of the music of the great Spanish composer Manuel de Falla is truly fantastic. This title, one of the few remaining from EMI's early 90s series "Studio Plus," presents Carlo Maria Giulini and the Philharmonia Orchestra's golden-age stereo performances of "El Amor Brujo" (1961 with soprano Victoria de los Angeles!) and a suite from "El Sombrero de Tres Picos" (1957 & 1964). Though the treat here is Gonzalo Soriano's 1962 recording of "Noches en los Jardines de Espana" with Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos and the Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire. These classic recordings have been or are available in other CD incarnations (the Giulini recordings were on a budget line two-disc EMI Seraphim set, now out-of-print, and the same "Brujo" is on a recent Great Recordings of the Century disc), but this mid-line title is the best way to get both the Giulini accounts and the memorable Soriano/de Burgos "Nights."

El Amor Brujo/ 3 Cornered Hat/ Nights in the Gardens of Spain

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Ignore Mary Cambell's review.
An Outstanding Version of the Best Works of Manuel De Falla!

El Amor Brujo/ 3 Cornered Hat/ Nights in the Gardens of Spain

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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

Tracks:

Noches En Los Jardines De Espana: En el Generalife
Noches En Los Jardines De Espana: Danza lejana
Noches En Los Jardines De Espana: En los Jardines de la Sierra de
El Sombrero de dos Picos: Introducccion - Allegro ma non troppo
El Sombrero de dos Picos: Part 1: La Tarde
El Sombrero de dos Picos: Danza de la Molinera (Fandango)
El Sombrero de dos Picos: Las uvas - Vivo
El Sombrero de dos Picos: Danza de los vecinos
El Sombrero de dos Picos: La Noche: Danza del Molinero
El Sombrero de dos Picos: La Noche: Danza del Corregidor
El Sombrero de dos Picos: La Noche: Danza final (Jota)

Customer Reviews:

A Fine Group of Performers in a Flawed but Spirited Recording.......2006-04-11

This is one of those strange recordings that seem to have been 'produced' by a record company with sales in mind. Not that that is bad, but it is not exactly the perfect matching of performers to repertoire.

Placido Domingo conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in two works by Spanish composer Manuel De Falla. In the first work, 'Noches en los jardines de Espa?a' for piano & orchestra, Daniel Barenboim is the competent soloist. Though the work is not a standard one in his repertoire, it is refreshing to hear a new mind approach this basic tapestry that integrates the piano into the orchestral fabric so tightly. The result is a lush if not propulsive performance, more impressionistic than most.

'El Sombrero de tres picos, ballet in 2 parts' is graced with the gorgeous voice and presence of Jennifer Larmore who gives a sensual tone to the vocal lines. Domingo feels more at home here and the performance is jaunty and flexible. The real attribute for the recording is the presence of three important artists 'on vacation' with these light but lovely Spanish pieces. Grady Harp, April 06

Manuel De Falla: El sombrero; Noches [Hybrid SACD]

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Manuel De Falla: El sombrero; Noches [Hybrid SACD]

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ASIN: B0000D16BJ
Release Date: 2004-02-10

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Manuel de Falla's Spain

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Tracks:

Nights in the Gardens of Spain: At the Generalife
Nights in the Gardens of Spain: Distant Dance
Nights in the Gardens of Spain: In The Gardens of the Sierra de Cordoba
The Three-Cornered Hat: Introduction
The Three-Cornered Hat: Afternoon
The Three-Cornered Hat: The Procession
The Three-Cornered Hat: Dance of the Miller's Wife (Fandango)
The Three-Cornered Hat: The Corregidor
The Three-Cornered Hat: The Miller's Wife
The Three-Cornered Hat: The Grapes
The Three-Cornered Hat: The Neighbor's Dance (Seguidillas)
The Three-Cornered Hat: The Miller's Dance (Farruca)
The Three-Cornered Hat: The Miller's Arrest
The Three-Cornered Hat: Dance of the Corregidor
The Three-Cornered Hat: Final Dance

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This Delos offering is stunningly well recorded, and both scores are virtuosically played by London Symphony Orchestra. These are big, bold, colorful and characterful interpretations. The Three-Cornered Hat receives a particularly rousing performance under the baton of Gerard Schwarz, brilliantly paced and full of wonderful detail. --Ted Libbey

Falla: El Sombrero de Tres Picos (The Three-Cornered Hat") / Noches en los Jardines de España ("Nights in the Gardens of Spain")

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Falla: El Sombrero de Tres Picos (The Three-Cornered Hat") / Noches en los Jardines de España ("Nights in the Gardens of Spain")
Manuel de Falla , Josep Pons , and Orquesta Ciudad de Granada
Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
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Tracks:

El Sombrero De Tres Picos, Primera Ste: Intro
El Sombrero De Tres Picos, Primera Ste: La Tarde
El Sombrero De Tres Picos, Primera Ste: Fandango (Danza De La Moliniera)
El Sombrero De Tres Picos, Primera Ste: El Corregidor
El Sombrero De Tres Picos, Segunda Ste: Seguidillas (Danza De Los Vecionos)
El Sombrero De Tres Picos, Segunda Ste: Farruca (Danza Del Molinero)
El Sombrero De Tres Picos, Segunda Ste: Allegretto
El Sombrero De Tres Picos, Segunda Ste: Las Coplas Del Cuco
El Sombrero De Tres Picos, Segunda Ste: Minue (Danza Del Corregidor)
El Sombrero De Tres Picos, Segunda Ste: Allegro
El Sombrero De Tres Picos, Segunda Ste: Danza Final. Jota
Noches En Los Jardines De Espana: En El Generalife - Josep Colom
Noches En Los Jardines De Espana: Danza Lejana - Josep Colom
Noches En Los Jardines De Espana: En Los Jardines De La Sierra De Cordoba - Josep Colom

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The Spanish style of playing this music differs appreciably from the Ravelian opulence we've become accustomed to hearing from our big orchestras. It emphasizes line and edge, the scintillating spikiness of Falla's orchestration, the vigor of his rhythms. While the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada is a smallish group (with a string complement of 11-7-7-6-5), it is precisely the size one would have found playing in the pit for a performance of the ballet. Conductor Josep Pons clearly rehearsed the ensemble within an inch of their lives for this recording, and they play well. Harmonia Mundi captures the proceedings with sound of striking immediacy. --Ted Libbey

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de Falla: El Sombrero de tres picos; Noches en los jardines de España

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