Habanera - Music for Eight Cellos & Voice

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SOMM Recordings
Release Date
May 9, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Henri du Bailly, Manuel de Falla, Xoan Montes, Xavier Montsalvatge, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Maurice Ra
    • PERFORMER
      Ana Beard Fernandez, Roderick Williams, Iain Hall, The Endellion Cellists
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 09, 2025
    • UPC
      748871069923
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SOMMCD 0699
    • LABEL
      SOMM Recordings
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Aria: Cantilena

      Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos

      Ensemble: The Endellion Cellists

      Performer: Ana Beard Fernández

      Conductor: William Vann

    2. II. Danza: Martelo

      Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos

      Ensemble: The Endellion Cellists

      Performer: Ana Beard Fernández

      Conductor: William Vann

    3. No. 1. El paño moruno

      Composer: Manuel de Falla

      Ensemble: The Endellion Cellists

      Performer: Ana Beard Fernández

      Conductor: William Vann

    4. No. 2. Seguidilla murciana

      Composer: Manuel de Falla

      Ensemble: The Endellion Cellists

      Performer: Ana Beard Fernández

      Conductor: William Vann

    5. No. 3. Asturiana

      Composer: Manuel de Falla

      Ensemble: The Endellion Cellists

      Performer: Ana Beard Fernández

      Conductor: William Vann

    6. No. 4. Jota

      Composer: Manuel de Falla

      Ensemble: The Endellion Cellists

      Performer: Ana Beard Fernández

      Conductor: William Vann

    7. No. 5. Nana

      Composer: Manuel de Falla

      Ensemble: The Endellion Cellists

      Performer: Ana Beard Fernández

      Conductor: William Vann

    8. No. 6. Canción

      Composer: Manuel de Falla

      Ensemble: The Endellion Cellists

      Performer: Ana Beard Fernández

      Conductor: William Vann

    9. No. 7. Polo

      Composer: Manuel de Falla

      Ensemble: The Endellion Cellists

      Performer: Ana Beard Fernández

      Conductor: William Vann

    10. No. 1. Cuba dentro de un piano

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: The Endellion Cellists

      Performer: Ana Beard Fernández

      Conductor: William Vann

    11. No. 2. Punto de Habanera

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: The Endellion Cellists

      Performer: Ana Beard Fernández

      Conductor: William Vann

    12. No. 3. Chevere

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: The Endellion Cellists

      Performer: Ana Beard Fernández

      Conductor: William Vann

    13. No. 4. Cancion de Cuna para Dormir a un Negrito

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: The Endellion Cellists

      Performer: Ana Beard Fernández

      Conductor: William Vann

    14. No. 5. Canto Negro

      Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge

      Ensemble: The Endellion Cellists

      Performer: Ana Beard Fernández

      Conductor: William Vann

    15. Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera (arr. R. Williams for voice)

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Ensemble: The Endellion Cellists

      Performer: Ana Beard Fernández

      Conductor: William Vann

    16. Yo soy la locura (I am madness) (arr. A.B. Fernández for 2 voices and cello ensemble)

      Composer: Henri Le Bailly

      Ensemble: The Endellion Cellists

      Performer: Ana Beard Fernández, Roderick Williams

      Conductor: William Vann

    17. So el encina (arr. A.B. Fernández for 2 voices and cello ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Endellion Cellists

      Performer: Ana Beard Fernández, Roderick Williams

      Conductor: William Vann

    18. Negra Somba (arr. A.B. Fernández for 2 voices and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Xoan Montes

      Ensemble: The Endellion Cellists

      Performer: Ana Beard Fernández, Roderick Williams, Iain Hall

      Conductor: William Vann

    19. 14 Songs, Op. 34: No. 14. Vocalise in E Minor (arr. R. Williams for voice and cello ensemble)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: The Endellion Cellists

      Performer: Ana Beard Fernández

      Conductor: William Vann

    20. Ispanskiye pesni (Spanish Songs), Op. 100: No. 1. Proschay, Grenada! (Farewell to Granada) (arr. A.B. Fernández for voice and cello ensemble)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: The Endellion Cellists

      Performer: Roderick Williams

      Conductor: William Vann

    21. Les Indes galantes, Act IV: Forets paisibles (arr. A.B. Fernández for 2 voices and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau

      Ensemble: The Endellion Cellists

      Performer: Ana Beard Fernández, Roderick Williams, Iain Hall

      Conductor: William Vann


Multi-part music�for the same instrument, dating back to Elizabethan consorts of viols,�remains outside the typical orchestral repertoire nowadays, but�as ever, SOMM remains true to�it's stellar reputation for presenting rare and singular releases.�Habanera, Music for Eight Cellos and Voice�is�a joyous recording that�grew�out of a collaboration�between baritone�Roderick Williams�and cellist�Joely Koos, joint Artistic Directors at the 2023 Endellion Summer Music Festival.�The camaraderie enjoyed by the artists and the�Endellion Cellists�was particularly strong, and a special concert was devised for cello ensemble and voice featuring British-Spanish soprano Ana Beard Fernandez.� Now, SOMM presents the formidable Endellion Cellists, soprano Ana Beard Fernandez, and baritone Roderick Williams in a recording of these two artists' uniquely colourful arrangements. The musicians are led by award-winning choral, orchestral, and operatic�conductor William Vann. As an added bonus, Roderick Williams plays eighth cello, and recorder-player Iain Hall joins the artists for this recital of shared pleasure and a sense of fun that is palpable. The programme opens with the most famous original composition for cello ensemble: Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5 for soprano solo and eight cellos. From the set of nine Bach-inspired Brazilian pieces by Heitor Villa-Lobos, it's two movements are a haunting A�ria and a Danc�a inspired by a Brazilian saudades song. When the Spanish composer and pianist Manuel de Falla was asked by a soprano for his advice about Spanish songs, he was inspired to arrange some himself. The result was Siete Canciones Populares based on seven folksongs from different parts of Spain, for which he composed wholly original accompaniment, here transcribed for eight cellos. The best-known works by Spanish composer Xavier Montsalvatge are born of his fascination for the music of the Antilles and West Indian music. His Cinco canciones Negras came out of this aesthetic, and are among the finest examples of late twentieth-century Spanish art-song. The individual songs that make up the second half of this recital include the haunting Vocalise-etude en forme de Habanera by Maurice Ravel, who was born in Basque country near the Spanish border. Three varied songs collected as Tres Canciones include I am madness by the seventeenth-century French composer Henri du Bailly; an anonymous song, So the Oak; and Black Shadow from Six Galician Ballads by the nineteenth-century Spanish composer Xoan Montes. Two twentieth-century Russian songs are the much-transcribed Vocalise by Sergei Rachmaninoff from his Melodies; and a relatively unknown gem by Dmitri Shostakovich, Farewell, Granada, from Six Traditional Spanish Folksongs. By way of a rambunctious encore, the recital closes with the duet, For�ts paisibles (Peaceful forests) by the eighteenth-century French master Jean Philippe Rameau from his opera-ballet Les Indes Galantes.