Miguel Baselga - Roberto Gerhard: La noche de San Juan (2021) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. La noche de San Juan, Cuadro I: I. La multitud - Procesión - Danza de los enanos - Melé. la multitud baila con los enanos
02. La noche de San Juan, Cuadro I: II. Danza de las majorales
03. La noche de San Juan, Cuadro I: III. Los portadores de antorchas - Danza del vencedor
04. La noche de San Juan, Cuadro I: IV. Galantería
05. La noche de San Juan, Cuadro I: V. Danza de los fallaires
06. La noche de San Juan, Cuadro II: I. Nocturno - Danza de la seducción - Aparición de Eros
07. La noche de San Juan, Cuadro II: II. Danza de los espíritus - Las ninfas - Los duendes
08. La noche de San Juan, Cuadro II: III. Los ancianos con los faroles - Las parejas y los ancianos
09. La noche de San Juan, Cuadro III: I. Fandanguillo de los recién casados
10. La noche de San Juan, Cuadro III: II. Sardana
11. La noche de San Juan, Cuadro III: III. Coda



The Fundación Juan March is delighted to present the world premiere recording of Roberto Gerhard’s ballet La noche de San Juan (St John’s Eve), later rechristened Soirées de Barcelone (Barcelona Nights). Gerhard composed the score in the wake of the sensational success enjoyed by Falla’s ballets and the dance craze of the early twentieth century, setting it against the backdrop of the exotic Spain of European imagination. La noche de San Juan was never premiered, because of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and subsequent exile of those involved in its creation (including set designer Joan Junyer and poet Ventura Gassol). Gerhard completed the piano version which is heard here, but this extraordinary work fell into neglect. Inspired by traditional St John’s Eve celebrations and the fire festivals of the Catalan Pyrenees, this modern music, brimming with folk influences and frenzied rhythms, portrays torch dances, an array of magical figures and the erotic movements of couples who, after a night of intimate union, are joined in marriage as the new day dawns.

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