Melancholía: Spanish Arias and Songs / Patricia Petibon, Pons - Deutsche Gr

Unique for her dramatic flair, expert musicality, and interpretive powers, soprano Patricia Petibon indulges in her love of Luso-Iberian music. From zarzuela to art song, folk song, the Aria Cantilena of Brazil's Villa-Lobos, and the traditional Afro-Brazilian Ogundé uareré, Patricia Petibon also samples the new. She includes the world-premiere recording of Nicolas Bacri's song cycle, which was written in dedication to her. Patricia Petibon adds spice by teaming up with flamenco musicians for one-of-a-kind performances of the zarzuela hit Adios, Granada and the folk tune El vito. Beloved favorites are not neglected: Petibon's take on La tarántula, Marinela, Canto negro, and La petenera sparkle with light and life.

"A remarkable achievement: a fan letter to Spanish music (not excluding South America or an excursion to Villa-Lobos's Brazil) including a new commission from Nicolas Bacri. It's carried out with aplomb...Petibon is especially effective in the zarzuela numbers...Throughout, Petibon's acting and character skills evidently lift each interpretation... Hugely recommended." -Gramophone

International Record Review
A more apt title is would be hard to imagine... This is in every respect a superlative disc and demonstrates yet again that in Patricia Petibon we have a singer with a real gift for vivid and colourful performances supported by an impeccable technique and real all-round artistry. This is not the best thing she has ever done, simply because just about everything she does is exceptional.

Gramophone Magazine
A remarkable achievement: a fan letter to Spanish music (not excluding South America or an excursion to Villa-Lobos's Brazil) including a new commission from Nicolas Bacri. It's carried out with aplomb... Petibon is especially effective in the zarzuela numbers... Throughout, Petibon's acting and character skills evidently lift each interpretation... Hugely recommended.

Classic FM Magazine
There's a pleasingly rich core to Petibon's voice besides the coloratura heights she's renowned for. She performs with total commitment and without fear and this injects everything she sings with tremendous character.

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Recording information: Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid, Spain (09/2010).

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Enriqué Granados (1867 - 1916) : Tonadillas :: no 2. La maja dolorosa II

Performer: Patricia Petibon (Soprano)
Conductor: Josep Pons
Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal

Montsalvatge, Xavier : Cinco Canciones Negras :: no 4. Canción de cuna

Performer: Patricia Petibon (Soprano)
Conductor: Josep Pons
Notes: Composition written: 1945.
Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1945

Montsalvatge, Xavier : Cinco canciones Negras :: no 5. Canto negro

Performer: Patricia Petibon (Soprano)
Conductor: Josep Pons
Notes: Composition written: 1945.
Running Time: 1 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1945

Joaquín nin y Castellanos (1879 - 1949) : Veinte cantos populares españoles II :: no 8. El vito

Performers: Joël Grare (Percussion); Patricia Petibon (Soprano); Daniel Manzanas (Guitar)
Conductor: Josep Pons
Running Time: 5 min. sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal

Villa-Lobos, Heitor : Bachianas Brasileires :: no 5. Aria (Cantilena)

Performer: Patricia Petibon (Soprano)
Conductor: Josep Pons
Running Time: 5 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1938-1945

Joaquín Turina (1882 - 1949) : Poema en forma de canciones :: no 3. Cantares

Performer: Patricia Petibon (Soprano)
Conductor: Josep Pons
Notes: Composition written: 1923.
Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1923

Jerónimo Giménez (1854 - 1923) : La Tempranica :: La tarántula é un bicho mú malo

Performer: Patricia Petibon (Soprano)
Conductor: Josep Pons
Notes: Composition written: 1900.
Running Time: 1 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1900

Tomás Barrera / Rafael Calleja : Adiós, Grenada (from "Emigrantes")

Performers: Daniel Manzanas (Guitar); Patricia Petibon (Soprano); Joël Grare (Percussion)
Conductor: Josep Pons
Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
Written: 1905

Falla, Manuel de : La Vida breve :: Act 1. Vivan los que ríen!

Performer: Patricia Petibon (Soprano)
Conductor: Josep Pons
Notes: Composition written: 1905-13.
Running Time: 4 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1905-1913

Torroba, Federico Moreno : La Marchenera :: Petenera

Performer: Patricia Petibon (Soprano)
Conductor: Josep Pons
Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1928

Enriqué Granados (1867 - 1916) : Tonadillas :: no 7. El mirar de la maja

Performer: Patricia Petibon (Soprano)
Conductor: Josep Pons
Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal

José Serrano (1873 - 1941) : La Canción del olvido :: Marinela, Marinela

Performer: Patricia Petibon (Soprano)
Conductor: Josep Pons
Notes: Composition written: 1916.
Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1916

Traditional : Ogundé uareré

Performers: Susan Manoff (Piano); Joël Grare (Percussion); Patricia Petibon (Soprano)
Conductor: Josep Pons
Running Time: 3 min. 41 sec.
Form: Vocal

Bacri, Nicolas : Melodías de la melancolía, for voice & orchestra, Op. 119

Performer: Patricia Petibon (Soprano)
Conductor: Josep Pons
Running Time: 15 min. 9 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary

Melancholía: Spanish Arias and Songs / Patricia Petibon, Josep Pons

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