Falla & Lorca: Encuentro

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The smoky colours and grainy edges of flamenco singer Estrella Morente’s voice add an authentic Spanish flavour to Falla and Lorca’s folk inspired songs. She’s deftly partnered by Perianes. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 26th Aug 2016
Catalogue No: HMC902246
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 69 minutes

Falla: Siete Canciones populares españolas

Work length11:42

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I. El paño moruno

Track length1:22

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II. Seguidilla murciana

Track length1:15

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III. Asturiana

Track length2:12

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IV. Jota

Track length3:07

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V. Nana

Track length1:24

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VI. Canción

Track length1:03

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VII. Polo

Track length1:19

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Falla: El Amor Brujo

Work length17:03

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I. El Aparecido-Danza del terror

Track length2:07

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II. El círculo mágico - A medianoche

Track length3:11

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III. Danza ritual del fuego

Track length3:48

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IV. Escena - Canción del fuego fatuo

Track length3:24

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V. Pantomima

Track length4:33

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Lorca: Canciónes (13) españolas antiguas

Work length40:28

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I. Las morillas de Jaén

Track length2:57

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II. Los Pelegrinitos

Track length4:16

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III. Los cuatro muleros

Track length3:23

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IV. Romance de Don Boyso

Track length5:44

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V. Las tres hojas

Track length2:44

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VI. Los reyes de la baraja

Track length1:06

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VII. El Café de Chinitas

Track length3:10

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VIII. Anda jaleo

Track length2:43

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IX. Los mozos de Monleón

Track length4:51

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X. Zorongo

Track length2:47

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XI. Nana de Sevilla

Track length4:22

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XII. Sevillanas del siglo XVIII

Track length2:25

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The vast heritage of Spanish traditional music lies at the heart of Manuel de Falla and Federico García Lorca's works. Both men relied heavily on the great flamenco artists of their day: the 'Canciones españolas antiguas' (Old Spanish songs) were recorded for the first time in 1931 by the dancer and singer Encarnación López, ‘La Argentinita’, accompanied on the piano by Lorca himself. It was the great flamenco singer and dancer Pastora Imperio, daughter of the legendary Rosario ‘La Mejorana’, who suggested to Falla and María Martínez Sierra that they might write the music and libretto, respectively, of 'El amor brujo'.

We experience the same thrilling confrontation with tradition here in these performances by two internationally famous Spanish artists: one a flamenco singer, the other a classical pianist. This album is the result of their first encounter!

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December 2016

The smoky colours and grainy edges of flamenco singer Estrella Morente’s voice add an authentic Spanish flavour to Falla and Lorca’s folk inspired songs. She’s deftly partnered by Perianes.

November 2016

This fascinating disc finds Javier Perianes and flamenco singer Estrella Morente shedding new light on the influence of Spanish folksong on both Falla’s music and Lorca’s poetry…the Debussian elements, controversial in Falla’s lifetime, are very much to the fore, sharpening the contrast between classical refinement and the earthiness of Morente’s singing…and it’s hard to imagine Lorca’s songs bettered…a remarkable disc, and essential listening

28th August 2016

The raw edge and gripping directness of [Morente's] approach are acutely appealing, and Perianes’s accompaniments are brilliantly stylish. He makes the piano suite from Falla’s ballet El amor brujo captivating and invigorating.

18th September 2016

The sensuous, light, almost rasping voice of Estrella Morente gives authentic inflections to these songs...In the notes, Morente describes developing her better-known flamenco voice for “more lyrical singing”. The results are tender and strange.

26th August 2016

[these arrangements] were transcribed from [Lorca's] 1931 recording with La Argentinita, a flamenco singer who has inspired Estrella Morente – the singing voice of Penelope Cruz in Pedro Almodóvar’s film Volver – to bring her breathy fluidity to both Lorca and Falla

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