Victoria de los Angeles, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, Carlo Maria Giulini - Falla: La vida breve; El amor brujo; El sombrero de tres picos (2001)
Artist: Victoria de los Angeles, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, Carlo Maria Giulini
Title: Falla: La vida breve; El amor brujo; El sombrero de tres picos
Year Of Release: 2001
Label: EMI Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, artwork)
Total Time: 02:29:48
Total Size: 694 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Falla: La vida breve; El amor brujo; El sombrero de tres picos
Year Of Release: 2001
Label: EMI Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, artwork)
Total Time: 02:29:48
Total Size: 694 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Disc 1:
01. Ah! Ah! Ande La Tarea! - Carlo Cossutta
02. Mi Querer Es Como El Hierro - Carlo Cossutta
03. Ramicos De Claveles! - Carlo Cossutta
04. Abuela, No Viene - Carlo Cossutta
05. Solo Tengo Dos Carinos - Carlo Cossutta
06. Ande La Tarea! - Carlo Cossutta
07. Vivan Los Que Rien! - Victoria De Los Angeles
08. Malhaya El Hombre, Malhaya! - Carlo Cossutta
09. Saluc!...Que Que Pasa? - Carlo Cossutta
10. Paco! Paco!...Mi Salud! - Carlo Cossutta
11. Dime, Paco - Carlo Cossutta
12. Paco!...Mi Chavala! - Carlo Cossutta
13. Ande Vas? - Carlo Cossutta
14. Malhaya La Jembra Pobre! - Carlo Cossutta
15. Intermedio - Orfeon Donostiarra
16. Ole!...Ay! Yo Canto Por Soleares! - Carlo Cossutta
17. Danza - Rafael Frunbeck De Burgos
18. Alli Esta! Riyendo - Victoria De Los Angeles
19. Ay Que Mundo Y Ay Que Cosas! - Carlo Cossutta
20. No Te Dije? La Ves? - Carlo Cossutta
21. Malhaya La Jembra Pobre! - Carlo Cossutta
22. Intermedio - Rafael Frunbeck De Burgos
23. Danza - Carlo Cossutta
24. Carmela Mia! - Carlo Cossutta
25. Que Gracia! - Carlo Cossutta
26. Yo No Vengo A Cantar! - Carlo Cossutta
27. El Pano Moruno - Gonzalo Soriano
28. Seguidilla Murciana - Gonzalo Soriano
29. Asturiana - Gonzalo Soriano
30. Jota - Gonzalo Soriano
31. Nana - Gonzalo Soriano
32. Cancion - Gonzalo Soriano
33. Polo - Gonzalo Soriano
Disc 2:
01. Introduccion - Victoria De Los Angeles
02. El Mirlo - Victoria De Los Angeles
03. El Petimetre Y El Cortejo - Victoria De Los Angeles
04. La Chica - Victoria De Los Angeles
05. El Corregidor - Victoria De Los Angeles
06. Danza De La Molinera - Victoria De Los Angeles
07. Minueto - Victoria De Los Angeles
08. Las Uvas - Victoria De Los Angeles
09. Fandango - Victoria De Los Angeles
10. Danza De Los Vecinos - Victoria De Los Angeles
11. Danza De La Molinero - Victoria De Los Angeles
12. La Detencion - Victoria De Los Angeles
13. Nocturno - Victoria De Los Angeles
14. Danza Del Corregidor - Victoria De Los Angeles
15. La Confrontacion - Victoria De Los Angeles
16. Retorno Del Molinero - Victoria De Los Angeles
17. Danza Final - Victoria De Los Angeles
18. Introduccion - Victoria De Los Angeles
19. En La Cueva - Victoria De Los Angeles
20. Cancion Del Amor Dolido - Victoria De Los Angeles
21. El Aparecido - Victoria De Los Angeles
22. Danza Del Terror - Victoria De Los Angeles
23. El Circulo Magico - Victoria De Los Angeles
24. A Medianoche - Victoria De Los Angeles
25. Danza Ritual Del Fuego - Victoria De Los Angeles
26. Escena - Victoria De Los Angeles
27. Cancion Del Fuego Fatuo - Victoria De Los Angeles
28. Pantomima - Victoria De Los Angeles
29. Danza Del Juego De Amor - Victoria De Los Angeles
30. Final - Victoria De Los Angeles
31. Soneto A Cordoba - Annie Challan
32. Psyche - Annie Challan
The reissue game continues. All of this material has been available more or less continuously in recent years, with the exception of Frühbeck's Three-Cornered Hat, which only resurfaced quite recently on an EMI twofer accompanied by Atlántida. The reason it reappears here, evidently, stems from the fact that this two-disc set contains all of Victoria de Los Angeles' stereo Falla recordings; and despite the fact that she sings for about 60 seconds in total in "Hat", it's always a pleasure to hear Frühbeck's big-hearted, expansively Romantic but always exciting way with the music.
Of the remaining items, La Vida Breve, the Seven Popular Spanish Songs, and the two additional vocal works Soneto a Córdoba and Psyché, are all classics, the finest versions available. Los Angeles always disappointed those who view authentic Spanish music as the expression of screaming hysteria and passionate pain, forgetting the sheer beauty of the language and its almost courtly modes of expression (so sensitively echoed by Falla's text setting), but the great soprano makes the big moments all the more impressive by saving the explosions of emotion for the real climaxes. In La Vida Breve, aided by Frühbeck's exactly similar approach (how he cuts loose in the big ensembles!), the result offers pathos without making the admittedly slender story ridiculous or overly sentimental.
The only reservation concerns El amor brujo, whose songs really do seem to require a bit more blood and guts than either Los Angeles or Giulini seem able to provide, for all the lovely playing in the purely orchestral Pantomime. Mind you, Frühbeck led the Ritual Fire Dance with similar deliberation (maybe even more so), but then he had Nati Mistral's incomparable singing of the vocal part to add the necessary touch of emphasis where needed, as well as a harder-edged orchestral sonority and more sharply focused sonics. Next to Mistral, Los Angeles sounds a bit tame, and the playing of the Philharmonia somewhat soft-edged. Still, musically speaking there's little here to quibble about; it's all very beautiful indeed, and given this set's other attractions I'm not going to complain (particularly regarding the rating for Artistic Quality). The remastering, unlike the unsuccessful Samson et Dalila in this same series, manages to freshen up the sound without harm to the voices. [9/19/2001] -- David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com
Of the remaining items, La Vida Breve, the Seven Popular Spanish Songs, and the two additional vocal works Soneto a Córdoba and Psyché, are all classics, the finest versions available. Los Angeles always disappointed those who view authentic Spanish music as the expression of screaming hysteria and passionate pain, forgetting the sheer beauty of the language and its almost courtly modes of expression (so sensitively echoed by Falla's text setting), but the great soprano makes the big moments all the more impressive by saving the explosions of emotion for the real climaxes. In La Vida Breve, aided by Frühbeck's exactly similar approach (how he cuts loose in the big ensembles!), the result offers pathos without making the admittedly slender story ridiculous or overly sentimental.
The only reservation concerns El amor brujo, whose songs really do seem to require a bit more blood and guts than either Los Angeles or Giulini seem able to provide, for all the lovely playing in the purely orchestral Pantomime. Mind you, Frühbeck led the Ritual Fire Dance with similar deliberation (maybe even more so), but then he had Nati Mistral's incomparable singing of the vocal part to add the necessary touch of emphasis where needed, as well as a harder-edged orchestral sonority and more sharply focused sonics. Next to Mistral, Los Angeles sounds a bit tame, and the playing of the Philharmonia somewhat soft-edged. Still, musically speaking there's little here to quibble about; it's all very beautiful indeed, and given this set's other attractions I'm not going to complain (particularly regarding the rating for Artistic Quality). The remastering, unlike the unsuccessful Samson et Dalila in this same series, manages to freshen up the sound without harm to the voices. [9/19/2001] -- David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com
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