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Falla: Nights In The Gardens Of Spain, The Three-Cornered Hat / Mena, Bavouzet, BBC Philharmonic
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Details
- Composer
- DE FALLA, MANUEL
- Artist
- Bavouzet, Lojendio, Mena, Torchinsky
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Chandos
- Released
- Feb 28, 2012
- Catalog #
- CHAN 10694
- UPC
- 095115169421
About
There’s always room for another terrific Falla collection, though there’s certainly no shortage of them. Indeed, The Three-Cornered Hat has already been very kind to Chandos: Tortelier’s Philharmonia version is excellent (coupled with Albeniz’s Iberia in the Arbos orchestration). This one is just as fine, maybe even better. Juanjo Mena certainly gets the BBC Philharmonic to wake up from its usual bland, business-as-usual attitude and deliver tangy, idiomatic results. Listen to his perfectly judged rhythmic accents in the Dance of the Miller’s Wife, or his riotously brilliant final Jota. These zesty and energetic sections are more than offset by the poetic stillness of Raquel Lojendio’s lovely offstage soprano solo in Part Two. It’s just an excellent performance, about as good as it gets.
This is just as true of the other works on the disc. Homenajes receives a nicely contrasted interpretation that gives the piece a wider expressive range than usual–the tribute to Debussy is particularly atmospheric. Nights in the Gardens of Spain is marvelous. Bavouzet, as has become clear over the past couple of years, is a very major artist, and his performance has an especially noteworthy vitality and sparkle. So many performance of this work wallow in a sort of droopy, soggy “impressionism.” Certainly Mena and Bavouzet capture the music’s many moods, and they don’t stint on its mysterious, nocturnal tints, but they do it with a welcome rhythmic focus and firmness of outline. For a typical example, consider the vibrant Poco più animato at figure 5 in the first movement. This is great stuff, and the sonics are as bold and tactile as the interpretations.
– ClassicsToday.com
Tracklist 18 tracks
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1 Introduction 01:31
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Introduction
- Duration
- 01:31
- Composer
- Manuel de Falla
- Performer
- Raquel Lojendio
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Juanjo Mena
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2 Part I: Afternoon 05:35
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Part I: Afternoon
- Duration
- 05:35
- Composer
- Manuel de Falla
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Juanjo Mena
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3 Part I: Dance of the Miller's Wife: Fandango 03:36
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Part I: Dance of the Miller's Wife: Fandango
- Duration
- 03:36
- Composer
- Manuel de Falla
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Juanjo Mena
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4 Part I: The Grapes 04:06
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Part I: The Grapes
- Duration
- 04:06
- Composer
- Manuel de Falla
- Performer
- Raquel Lojendio
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Juanjo Mena
-
5 Part II: The Neighbors' Dance: Seguidillas 03:20
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Part II: The Neighbors' Dance: Seguidillas
- Duration
- 03:20
- Composer
- Manuel de Falla
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Juanjo Mena
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6 Part II: The Miller's Dance: Ferruca 03:03
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Part II: The Miller's Dance: Ferruca
- Duration
- 03:03
- Composer
- Manuel de Falla
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Juanjo Mena
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7 Part II: Interlude: Allegretto 01:36
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Part II: Interlude: Allegretto
- Duration
- 01:36
- Composer
- Manuel de Falla
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Juanjo Mena
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8 Part II: Interlude: Tranquillo 03:02
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Part II: Interlude: Tranquillo
- Duration
- 03:02
- Composer
- Manuel de Falla
- Performer
- Raquel Lojendio
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Juanjo Mena
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9 Part II: Dance of the Corregidor 06:25
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Part II: Dance of the Corregidor
- Duration
- 06:25
- Composer
- Manuel de Falla
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Juanjo Mena
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10 Part II: Final Dance: Jota 05:55
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Part II: Final Dance: Jota
- Duration
- 05:55
- Composer
- Manuel de Falla
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Juanjo Mena
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11 I. En el Generalife (In the Generalife) 10:01
- Track
- 11
- Title
- I. En el Generalife (In the Generalife)
- Duration
- 10:01
- Composer
- Manuel de Falla
- Performer
- Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Juanjo Mena
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12 II. Danza lejana (Distant Dance) 04:42
- Track
- 12
- Title
- II. Danza lejana (Distant Dance)
- Duration
- 04:42
- Composer
- Manuel de Falla
- Performer
- Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Juanjo Mena
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13 III. En los jardines de la Sierra de Cordoba (In the Gardens of the Sierra de Cordoba) 07:26
- Track
- 13
- Title
- III. En los jardines de la Sierra de Cordoba (In the Gardens of the Sierra de Cordoba)
- Duration
- 07:26
- Composer
- Manuel de Falla
- Performer
- Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Juanjo Mena
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14 No. 1. Fanfare sobre el nombre de E. F. Arbos 00:55
- Track
- 14
- Title
- No. 1. Fanfare sobre el nombre de E. F. Arbos
- Duration
- 00:55
- Composer
- G. Pekkera
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Juanjo Mena
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15 No. 2. A Claude Debussy 03:22
- Track
- 15
- Title
- No. 2. A Claude Debussy
- Duration
- 03:22
- Composer
- G. Pekkera
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Juanjo Mena
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16 No. 3. Rappel de la fanfare 00:18
- Track
- 16
- Title
- No. 3. Rappel de la fanfare
- Duration
- 00:18
- Composer
- G. Pekkera
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Juanjo Mena
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17 No. 4. A Paul Dukas 04:00
- Track
- 17
- Title
- No. 4. A Paul Dukas
- Duration
- 04:00
- Composer
- G. Pekkera
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Juanjo Mena
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18 No. 5. Pedrelliana 07:07
- Track
- 18
- Title
- No. 5. Pedrelliana
- Duration
- 07:07
- Composer
- G. Pekkera
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Juanjo Mena