Gerhard: Don Quixote (Complete Ballet); Suite from Alegrias;

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
August 2, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Robert Gerhard
    • PERFORMER
      BBC Philharmonic
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 02, 2024
    • UPC
      095115226827
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 20268
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Preámbulo -

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    2. I. Jácara

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    3. II. Farruca -

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    4. II. Jaleo

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    5. Pedrelliana

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    6. Introduction: Andante maestoso -

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    7. Scene 1: Andante maestoso - Poco più largamente - Incalzando -

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    8. Scene 1: Don Quixote's vision of Dulcinea: Calmo -

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    9. Scene 1: Sancho Panza: Allegretto -

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    10. Interlude I (The Plain of La Mancha) -

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    11. Scene 2: Allegretto giocoso - Poco più mosso - Brisk - Tempo I, poco pesante - Andante -

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    12. Scene 2: The Vigil at Arms (Vigilia de las armas): L'istesso tempo - Con un poco di moto -

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    13. Scene 2: The duel with the muleteer: Alquanto animato - Tempo giusto - Andante -

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    14. Scene 2: The knighting of Don Quixote: Andante -

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    15. Interlude II: Poco più lento - Poco pesante - Incalzando -

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    16. Scene 3: The Windmills (Molinos de viento): Andante - Poco agitato -

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    17. Scene 3: The village barber and his basin: Allegretto triviale - Andante - Andante affettuoso - Sostenuto -

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    18. Scene 3: The Golden Age (La Edad de Oro): Adagietto - Poco più mosso - Adagietto - Allegretto comodo - Poco meno -

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    19. Scene 3: The galley-slaves (Paso doble de los galeotes): Allegro - Animando - Tempo I - Animando - Vivace - Allegretto - Poco meno -

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    20. Interlude III: L'istesso tempo - Andante -

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    21. Scene 4: Allegro moderato -

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    22. Interlude IV: Maestoso -

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    23. Scene 5: Con moto - Poco più mosso, quasi vivace - Agitato, poco stretto - Meno mosso - Animando - Agitato - Allegretto placido - Poco più calmo - Affrettando -

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    24. Scene 5: Dulcinea revealed as Aldonza: Larghetto -

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena

    25. Epilogue: Adagietto - Tempo I

      Composer: Roberto Gerhard

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Juanjo Mena


The Catalan Roberto Gerhard studied piano with Granados, and was the only Spanish composer to study with Arnold Schoenberg. It was, however, over twenty years before he committed himself to writing twelve-tone music. In the interim, his output brought a new focus and precision (owing more to Stravinsky and Bartok) to the Spanish style. All the works on this album were composed in that period. Dating from the early 1940s, his ballet Alegrias was originally conceived for two pianos, but soon evolved into the four-movement suite heard here. The flamenco-inspired movements are linked in pairs, and show Gerhard's brilliance and humour in equal measure. During this same period Gerhard decided to mark the centenary of his first teacher, Felipe Pedrell (who had also taught Albeniz, Granados, and de Falla), with a three-movement symphony, Homenaje a Pedrell (CHAN 9693). Gerhard failed to secure a performance of the work, but in 1954 was invited to re-work the final movement for a BBC Symphony Orchestra concert, which became Pedrelliana. Gerhard's ballet on episodes from Cervantes's Don Quixote evolved for almost a decade, from a work for chamber orchestra, for a touring company (abandoned because of the war), via a version for radio and an expanded orchestral suite, to the work recorded here, in it's full and final orchestration for performances at the Royal Opera House in 1950, choreographed by Ninette de Valois. Robert Helpmann danced the title role and Margot Fonteyn Dulcinea.