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Falla: La Vida Breve / Halffter, de los Angeles, et al

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Manuel de Falla: Dance no 1 (from La vida breve)
Performers: Cachadina, Fernando; Cartana, Amadeo; Civil, Pablo; de los Angeles, Victoria; Gombau, Carmen; Gomez, Rosario; Pay, Emilio; Puigsech, Josefina; Pujol, Miguel; Simorra, Jose; Tello, Pilar; Turullols, A...
Conductors: Halffter, Ernesto
Ensemble: Chorus

This first-ever complete recording of La Vida Breve is especially valuable for the superb performance of Victoria de los Angeles at the beginning of her...continue...

Albéniz: The French Connection / Marisa Martins, mezzo-soprano; Mac McClure, piano

1 CD / Klassic Cat / 2011-10-11

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Il en est de l'amour, for voice & piano; Morceaux (2) de prose de Loti, for voice & piano; Chanson de Barberine, song for voice & piano; Melodías (4), for voice & piano; Maur...
Performers: Martins, Marisa; McClure, Mac

All of the music on this CD was written between 1895 and 1909, the year of Albeniz's death. It is a remarkable document, for it...continue...

Daniel Barenboim / Four Films [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2010-10-26

Works: Franz Liszt: Petrarca Sonnets (3) for Piano, S 158; Légendes (2) for Piano, S 175; Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72a; Giovanni Bottesini: Fantasia On Themes By Ross...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel; Matos, Elisabete; Shehata, Nabil; Zlotnikov, Kyril
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

These four films from across two continents capture every aspect of Daniel Barenboim's immense musicality, from pianist to conductor to orchestra-founder and champion of peace....continue...
Run Time: 377 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, Germa...continue...

Habanera / Elina Garanca

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-10-25

Works: Francisco Asenjo Barbieri: El barberillo de Lavapiés; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Franz Lehár: Zigeunerliebe; Michael William Balfe: The Bohemian Girl; Xavier Montsalvatge: Cinco cancione...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Barletta, Alberto; Baroni, Enrico Maria; Bridelli, Giuseppina; Brown, Geri; Del Rey, Jose Maria Gallardo; Garanca, Elina; Maghenzani, Cesare; Maori, Massimo; Milani, Alessandro [Viol...
Conductors: Chichon, Karel Mark

Elina Garanca's supple, seductive mezzo is aflame with the neon hues and rhythmic dash of Romany in excerpts from beguiling Gypsy roles in opera and...continue...
Personnel: Elina Garanca (mezzo soprano).

Recording information: Auditorio RAI Arturo Toscanini, Turin, Italy (03/2010)....continue...

Songs from the Exotic / May, Walker

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2010-09-14

Works: Manuel de Falla: Canciones populares españolas (7); Judith Weir: Songs from the Exotic, for soprano & piano; Joaquín Rodrigo: Madrigales (4) amatorios, for voice & piano (or soprano & orche...
Performers: May, Polly; Walker, Lucy

"The musky, warm mezzo-soprano of Polly May, and the robust piano playing of Lucy Walker are well-suited to the earthy repertoire much to enjoy in...continue...

A Portrait Of Conchita Supervia, Vol. 1

4 CD / Gala / 2010-07-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La cenerentola; Il barbieri di Siviglia; L'italiana in Algeri; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Adieu de l'hôtesse arabe; Juan Man&ea...
Performers: Appoloni, Anita; Baracchi, Aristide; Bettoni, Vincenzo; Ederle, Nino; Ferraris, Ines; Gil, Maria; Mannarini, Ida; Manurita, Giovanni; Marques, Antonio; Marshall, Frank; Redondo, Marcus; Scattola, Car...
Conductors: Albergoni, Angelo; Acevedo, Emilio; Martinez, Modesto; Gennai, Leopoldo Emanuele; Capdevila, Antonio; Cloez, Gustave

State of the Art: The Story of Deutsche Grammophon

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-12-21

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian dances for orchestra; Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Johann Sebastian Bach: The Ar...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Bay, Emanuel; Bielecki, Andre; Blechacz, Rafal [Piano]; Brueggergosman, Mea...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Anda, Géza; Barenboim, Daniel; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bernstein, Leonard; Böhm, Karl; Boulez, Pierre; Maazel, Lorin; Marcon, Andrea; Karajan, Herbert vo...
Ensemble: ; Andalucian Dogs; Gabrieli Consort

This new, limited edition, large format book, State of the Art, (in English / German) presents the first full-length history of the legendary yellow label....continue...

Latin America Alive / Eduardo Mata

6 CD / Sono Luminus / 2009-10-27

Works: Antonio Estévez: Cantat Criolla, "Florentino, el que cantó con el diablo (The One Who Sang with the devil); Mediodía en el Llano (Noon on the Prairie), for orchestra; Heitor Villa-Lobo...
Performers: Almenar, Elizabeth; Alvarado, William; Alvarez, Idwer; Angell, Cecilia; Clapes, Ignacio; Iglesias, Enrique; Mora, Fernando de la; Muskus, Claudio; Senn, Martha
Conductors: Mata, Eduardo
Ensemble: ; Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra

111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-10-20

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5; Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Joha...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kathleen; Bay, Emanuel; Benson, Clifford; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bielecki, Andre; Ble...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Barenboim, Daniel; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bernstein, Leonard; Böhm, Karl; Boulez, Pierre; Maazel, Lorin; Marcon, Andrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Chung, Myung-W...
Ensemble: ; Andalucian Dogs; Concerto Köln ; English Baroque Soloists; English Consort; Gabrieli Consort; His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Musica Antiqua Köln ...

Deutsche Grammophon is proud to celebrate its 111th birthday this year (December 6th, to be exact) and as part of the celebration will release a...continue...

Holnd Fstvl - A Dutch Miracle - Fifty Years - 1947-1997

7 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Ernani; Falstaff; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492...
Performers: Alva, Luigi; Ameling, Elly; Andreolli, Florindo; Andriessen, Louis; Arnaud, Claudine; Barbieri, Fedora; Barick, David; Barwahser, Hubert; Beekman, Marcel; Benschop, Yvonne; Berberian, Cathy; Beretty,...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Rescigno, Nicola; Abbado, Claudio; Maderna, Bruno; De Waart, Edo; Berio, Luciano; Britten, Benjamin; Alldis, John; Duffalo, Richard; Friesen, Heinz; Leeuw...
Ensemble: American Wind Orchestra; ASKO Ensemble; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Danzi Woodwind Quintet; English Opera Group; Ensemble InterContemporain; Ensemble Modern; Hague Residentie Orchestra; Instrumen...

Goodwin: Para Entonces; Rodrigo, Falla, etc / Tintes-Schuermann, Munoz, Terwilliger, Goodwin

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Manuel de Falla: El pan de Ronda; Oración de las madres que tienen a sus hijos en brazos; Eduardo Toldrá: Canciones (6), for voice & piano, Nos 1-6, complete; Joaquín Rodrigo: Resp&#...
Performers: Goodwin, Winifred; Munoz, Julio; Terwilliger, William; Tintes-Schuermann, Helen

This recording explores Spanish poetry in 20th-21st century song. Mezzo soprano Helen Tintes has selected songs based on composers whose music has most influenced Spanish...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Nan Merriman

1 CD / Preiser / 2008-06-10

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Gioachino Rossini: Otello; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Rigoletto; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Manuel de Fa...
Performers: Merriman, Nan
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Susskind, Walter; Toscanini, Arturo; Monteux, Pierre; Stokowski, Leopold; Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra; RCA Victor Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Nan Merriman was born in 1920 in Pittsburgh. She grew up in Los Angeles where she took lessons from Lotte Lehmann. She was singing on...continue...

Marilyn Horne - The Complete Decca Recitals

11 CD / Decca / 2008-04-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Otello; Tancredi; Semiramide; L'italiana in Algeri; La Cenerentola; L'assedio di Corinto; La donna del lago; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, op...
Performers: Ellis, Osian; Horne, Marilyn; Katz, Martin
Conductors: Lewis, Henry; ; Mehta, Zubin; Davis, Carl
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra; Geneva Grand Theatre Chorus; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Suisse Rom...

"Each of the 11 CDs comes in a slip case with the original cover art, but no texts or translations are provided. At the price...continue...

De Falla: El amor brujo, etc / Bátiz, et al

1 CD / Regis Records / 2007-05-04

Works: Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; La vida breve; El sombrero de tres picos
Performers: Herrera, Nancy Fabiola; Salinas, Maria Luisa
Conductors: Bátiz, Enrique
Ensemble: Mexican State Symphony Orchestra

"(they) play with a sense of wild risk and passion and more energy than you thought possible, and they include more of the vocal cues......This...continue...

Pasión! / Joyce DiDonato

1 CD / Eloquentia / 2007-02-13

Works: Fernando J. Obradors: Canciones Clásicas Españolas; Enriqué Granados: Elegia eterna, for voice & piano (or orchestra), H. 49; Colección de tonadillas; No lloréis ojuelos,...
Performers: DiDonato, Joyce; Drake, Julius [Piano]

Celebrated internationally for her rich timbre and amazing vocal agility, Joyce DiDonato is the mezzo of the moment, also noted for her fine acting skills...continue...

Spanish Classics - Falla: Three-Cornered Hat, etc / Valdes

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-05-17

Works: Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Canciones populares españolas (7); Dance no 1 (from La vida breve)
Performers: Martos, Maria Jose; Nafé, Alicia
Conductors: Valdes, Maximiano
Ensemble: Principality of Asturias Symphonic Orchestra

Manuel de Falla is widely recognized as the leading figure in 20th century Spanish composition. 'The Three Cornered Hat' is perhaps his best known work,...continue...

Spanish Classics - Falla: Three-Cornered Hat, etc / Valdes

1 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2005-05-17

Works: Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Canciones populares españolas (7); Dance no 1 (from La vida breve)
Performers: Martos, Maria Jose; Nafé, Alicia
Conductors: Valdes, Maximiano
Ensemble: Principality of Asturias Symphonic Orchestra

Opera Classics - Falla: La Vida Breve / Valdés, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-04-01

Works: Manuel de Falla: Dance no 1 (from La vida breve)
Performers: Baquerizo, Enrique; Cid, Manuel; Echeverria, Alfonso; Nafé, Alicia; Sánchez, Ana María; Suarez, Maria José
Conductors: Valdes, Maximiano
Ensemble: Prince of Asturias Foundation Choir

"The focus and atmosphere of the orchestral playing sets its tone from the sombre beginning in a resonant, luminous soundscape. Ana Maria Sanchez is a...continue...

Musically Speaking - Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain

2 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2003-11-25

Works: Manuel de Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain; Canciones populares españolas (7); Gerard Schwarz: Conductor's Guide to Falla (Discussion)
Performers: Jones, Della; Rosenberger, Carol [Piano]; Schwarz, Gerard; White, Judith
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Classics - Falla: La Vida Breve / López-Cobos, Cincinnati SO

1 CD / Telarc / 2003-06-24

Works: Manuel de Falla: Dance no 1 (from La vida breve)
Performers: Cid, Manuel; Keen, Catherine; Martinez, Carmelo; McGraw, William; Moreno, Gabriel; Nafe, Alicia; Notare, Karen; Ordonez, Antonio; Tena, Lucero; Wadsworth, Michael
Conductors: López-Cobos, Jesús
Ensemble: May Festival Chorus

Singers to Remember - Nancy Evans - The Comely Mezzo

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories Import / 2002-10-08

Works: Adrian W. Beecham: Outward Bound, for voice & piano; The Willow Song, for voice & piano; O Mistress Mine, for voice & piano; Frederick Delius: English Songs (3), for voice & piano, RT v/12; Danish So...
Performers: Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Evans, Nancy; Foss, Hubert; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Morris, Gareth; Newton, Ivor; Noble, Dennis
Conductors: Jacques, Reginald; Munro, Ronnie
Ensemble: Jacques Orchestra; Orchestra

Falla: E Corregidor y la Molinera / Berganza, Lopez-Cobos

1 CD / Claves / 2002-02-01

Works: Manuel de Falla: Canciones populares españolas (7); El corregidor y la molinera
Performers: Alvarez-Parejo, Juan Antonio; Berganza, Teresa
Conductors: López-Cobos, Jesús
Ensemble: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

Falla: Atlantida, etc / Schippers, Argenta, Stratas, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-07-10

Works: Manuel de Falla: Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976); El amor brujo
Performers: Browne, Roger; Halley, Gustavo; Simionato, Giulietta; Stratas, Teresa
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Argenta, Ataúlfo
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

This double bill may be the historic rarity release of the year! Falla's final, unfinished masterpiece, a mythological extravaganza about the Lost Continent Atlantis, was...continue...

Brahms: Symphony no 1; Falla: El Amor Brujo / Stokowski

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories Import / 2000-11-14

Works: Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Performers: Merriman, Nan
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra

In the summer of 1946, the Hollywood Bowl Silver Jubilee season, Stokowski performed Falla's Passionate ballet "El amor brujo" based on a folk tale from...continue...

Falla: Complete Works for Voice and Piano / Torruella, et al

1 CD / La Ma De Guido / 2000-07-01

Works: Manuel de Falla: El pan de Ronda; Oración de las madres que tienen a sus hijos en brazos; Canciones populares españolas (7); Melodies (3); Tus ojillos negros
Performers: Garcia Morante, Manuel; Torruella, Montserrat

The Essential Falla

2 CD / Decca / 1999-10-12

Works: Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Concerto for Harpsichord, for harpsichord (or piano), flute, oboe, clarinet, violin & cello, G. 71; Homenaje - M. de Falla; Psyché; Nights in the gardens of Spain...
Performers: Boky, Colette; Constable, John [Keyboards]; De Larrocha, Alicia; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Katz, Martin; Mistral, Nati; Smith, Jennifer [Vocals]
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Ansermet, Ernest; Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: ; London Sinfonietta; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra

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...continue...

Falla: The Three Cornered Hat, El Amor Brujo / Madeira, etc

1 CD / Tuxedo Music / 1998-09-28

Works: Manuel de Falla: Canciones populares españolas (7); El amor brujo
Performers: Madeira, Jean
Conductors: Van Remoortel, Edouard

Montanés: Al-Hambra; Falla: El Amor brujo / Beaupré, et al

1 CD / ATMA / 1997-09-01

Works: José-Manuel Montañés: Al-Hamra, for ensemble; José Evangelista: Ramillete de canciones populares, songs (7) for soprano & ensemble; Manuel de Falla: El Amor brujo, concert...
Performers: Beaupre, Odette; Gadbois, Annie; Giguere, Pascale; Lizotte, Caroline; Vallieres, Jean
Conductors: Lacroix, Veronique
Ensemble: Ensemble Contemporain Montréal+

Falla: El Amor Brujo, El Retablo de Maese Pedro

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-10-16

Works: Manuel de Falla: El Amor Brujo; El Retablo de Maese Pedro, puppet opera, G. 65
Performers: Galofre, Jordi; Herrera, Nancy Fabiola; Pons-Tena, Ismael; Valladares, Natacha
Conductors: Dini-Ciacci, Diego
Ensemble: I Cameristi del Teatro alla Scala

"For listeners who know Manuel de Falla's El Amor Brujo only in its later incarnation as a fully-orchestrated ballet score, the original 1915 version, for...continue...

Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Falla / Dutoit, Bonell et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 1991-08-13

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Manuel de Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain; El amor brujo
Performers: Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; De Larrocha, Alicia; Tourangeau, Huguette
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae
Ensemble: ; Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Manuel de Falla's Spain / Schwarz, Rosenberger, London SO

1 CD / Delos / 1987-01-01

Works: Manuel de Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain; Canciones populares españolas (7)
Performers: Jones, Della; Rosenberger, Carol [Piano]
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

The Symphonic Sound Stage - A Listener's Guide

1 CD / Delos / 1987-01-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Salome, Op. 54; Ottorino Respighi: Feste romane; Manuel de Falla: Danza del molinero (from "El sombrero de tres picos"); Noches en los jardines de Espa&ntild...
Performers: Jones, Della; Starker, Janos
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; DePreist, James
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Oregon Symphony Orchestra; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra