The Essential Falla

• Album Summary
• Notes & Reviews
• Also Purchased
• Works Details

Album Summary

Performers

• Nati Mistral (Mezzo Soprano)
• John Constable (Harpsichord)
• Jennifer Smith
• Alicia De Larrocha (Piano)
• Martin Katz (Piano)
• Marilyn Horne
• Colette Boky (Soprano)
• Eduardo Fernández (Guitar)

Conductors

• Ansermet, Ernest
• Dutoit, Charles
• Fruhbeck de Burgos, Rafae
• Rattle, Simon, Sir

Ensembles

• 
• London Sinfonietta
• Montreal Symphony Orchestra
• Suisse Romande Orchestra

Composer

• Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946)

Notes & Reviews:

Spain's leading composer Manuel de Falla is well represented in this 2 CD collection. Falla's best known works: Nights in the Gardens of Spain; The Three Cornered Hat and El Amor Brujo form the backbone of this release featuring 147 minutes of music vibrantly interpreted by such leading musicians as Alicia de Larrocha, Rafael Frubeck de Burgos, Eduardo Fernandez, and Charles Dutoit.

Reviews

There are currently no reviews, be the first one!

Also Purchased

Works Details

Falla, Manuel de : El amor brujo

• Performer: Nati Mistral (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Rafae Frühbeck de Burgos
• Running Time: 23 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1916-1917

Falla, Manuel de : Concerto for Harpsichord, for harpsichord (or piano), flute, oboe, clarinet, violin & cello, G. 71

• Performer: John Constable (Harpsichord)
• Conductor: Simon Rattle
• Ensemble: London Sinfonietta
• Running Time: 12 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1923-1926

Falla, Manuel de : Homenaje - M. de Falla

• Performer: Eduardo Fernández (Guitar)
• Notes: Composition written: 1920.
• Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1920

Falla, Manuel de : Psyché

• Performer: Jennifer Smith
• Conductor: Simon Rattle
• Ensemble: London Sinfonietta
• Running Time: 5 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1924

Falla, Manuel de : Nights in the gardens of Spain

• Performer: Alicia De Larrocha (Piano)
• Conductor: Rafae Frühbeck de Burgos
• Running Time: 24 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1909-1916

Falla, Manuel de : Dance no 1 (from La vida breve) :: Interludio y Danza

• Conductor: Ernest Ansermet
• Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1905-13.
• Running Time: 7 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1905-1913

Falla, Manuel de : Canciones populares españolas (7)

• Performers: Martin Katz (Piano); Marilyn Horne
• Running Time: 13 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1914

Falla, Manuel de : Piezas Españolas (4) for Piano

• Performer: Alicia De Larrocha (Piano)
• Running Time: 15 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1906-1909

Falla, Manuel de : Canciones populares españolas (7)

• Performer: Colette Boky (Soprano)
• Conductor: Charles Dutoit
• Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 37 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1917-1919