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Arriaga: Overtures, Herminie & Other Works
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Arriaga: Overtures, Herminie & Other Works

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Composer
ARRIAGA, JAUN CRISOSTOMO
Artist
Solset, Mena
Format
CD
Label
Chandos
Released
Feb 01, 2019
Catalog #
CHAN 20077
UPC
095115207727

About

Spanish music specialist and former Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic Juanjo Mena continues the series La Música de España, which has seen the recording of some of the orchestral works of de Falla, Turina and Albéniz, with another important Spanish composer: Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga, nicknamed after his death as ‘the Spanish Mozart’.The orchestral overture to ‘Los esclavos felices’ (The Happy Slaves) is all that remains of the opera the child prodigy Arriaga wrote aged 14. When Arriaga moved to Paris to study under Fétis, Guérin and Baillot in 1821, he revised the overture, making changes to the instrumentation and removing a third theme group. It is the revised version heard on this recording. Air from Médée and Herminie form parts of the autograph volume ‘Ensayos lírico-dramáticos’ (Lyric-dramatic essays) that completes this release, here sung by one of Scandinavia’s most sought after concert singers, Berit Norbakken Solset. Tonally ambiguous Symphony in D minor (which begins and ends in D major) alongside the Overture in D major, which was written ‘without having learnt the principles of harmony’ are proof that Arriaga’s premature death aged 19 was a ‘sad loss to Basque music’.

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 Los esclavos felices: Overture (2nd version) 07:14
    Track
    1
    Title
    Los esclavos felices: Overture (2nd version)
    Duration
    07:14
    Composer
    Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  2. 2 Recitative: Le jour frappe mes yeux 01:43
    Track
    2
    Title
    Recitative: Le jour frappe mes yeux
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga
    Performer
    Berit Norbakken Solset
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  3. 3 Aria: Longtemps, hélas! 03:33
    Track
    3
    Title
    Aria: Longtemps, hélas!
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga
    Performer
    Berit Norbakken Solset
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  4. 4 Recitative: Mais sur cette arène guerrière 01:19
    Track
    4
    Title
    Recitative: Mais sur cette arène guerrière
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga
    Performer
    Berit Norbakken Solset
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  5. 5 Aria: Il n'est plus … Dieux cruels! 02:28
    Track
    5
    Title
    Aria: Il n'est plus … Dieux cruels!
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga
    Performer
    Berit Norbakken Solset
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  6. 6 Recitative: Se peut-il! 01:13
    Track
    6
    Title
    Recitative: Se peut-il!
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga
    Performer
    Berit Norbakken Solset
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  7. 7 Aria: Tancrède me devra le jour 05:33
    Track
    7
    Title
    Aria: Tancrède me devra le jour
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga
    Performer
    Berit Norbakken Solset
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  8. 8 Overture, Op. 20 11:05
    Track
    8
    Title
    Overture, Op. 20
    Duration
    11:05
    Composer
    Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  9. 9 Médée: Hymen, viens dissiper une vaine frayeur 05:17
    Track
    9
    Title
    Médée: Hymen, viens dissiper une vaine frayeur
    Duration
    05:17
    Composer
    Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga
    Performer
    Berit Norbakken Solset
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  10. 10 I. Adagio - Allegro vivace 10:30
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Adagio - Allegro vivace
    Duration
    10:30
    Composer
    Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  11. 11 II. Andante 06:41
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    06:41
    Composer
    Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  12. 12 III. Minuetto 03:49
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Minuetto
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena
  13. 13 IV. Allegro con moto 06:59
    Track
    13
    Title
    IV. Allegro con moto
    Duration
    06:59
    Composer
    Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Juanjo Mena