De Falla: El Amor Brujo / El Sombrero de Tres Picos

1. El Amor brujo (2 versions), ballet for mezzo-soprano & orchestra in 1 act, G. 44/68
Composed by Manuel de Falla
Performed by New York Philharmonic with Marilyn Horne
Conducted by Leonard Bernstein

2. El Sombrero de tres picos, ballet in 2 parts, G. 53
Composed by Manuel de Falla
Performed by New York Philharmonic with Jan DeGaetani
Conducted by Pierre Boulez

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Average customer rating: Excellent Introduction to Spanish Classical Guitar Music The guitar is an orchestra in miniature! GUITAR MAJESTY Sweet, sweet music, an essential addition to your collection A True Classic

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Tracks:

1. Albeniz: Asturias
2. Albeniz: Tango
3. Sanz: Canarios
4. Rodrigo: Fandango
5. Torroba: Nocturno
6. Segreras - El Colibri
7. Albeniz: Sonata in D
8. De Falla: The Corregidor's Dance
9. De Falla: Fisherman's Song
10. De Falla: The Miller's Dance
11. Torroba: Madronos
12. La Nit de Nadal
13. El Noy de la Mare
14. Granados: Ma Maja de Goya
15. Abeniz: Cordoba
16. Tarrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra
17. Granados: Spanish Dance No. 5
18. El Testamen de Amelia
19. Villa-Lobos: Prelude No. 4 in E Minor
20. Albeniz: Sevilla
21. De Falla: Homanaje
22. Mudarra: Fantasia
23. Turina: Fandanguillo

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Introduction to Spanish Classical Guitar Music.......2005-09-18

As a sampler, this CD is an excellent introduction both to Spanish classical guitar music and to guitarist John Williams.
The music ranges from Renaissance composers (Sanz, Mudarra) and harmonized folk melodies to standard 20th Century works (Rodrigo, Torroba etc).

John Williams is excellent throughout. The CD is also cheap, and can be used either just for enjoyment, or further to explore other recordings by Williams, the classical guitar repertoire, or other classical guitarists.

As a marketing ploy, it is very effective.

For the collector or classical guitar enthusiast, the chief disadvantages of the CD are duplication of other recordings, and that the way at least some of the works on this CD are listed isn't helpful in telling the listener the set(s) to which these pieces belong and how to find them (e.g. "from ______, Op # "). The font listing the titles and track numbers is small and somewhat hard to read.

However, this CD should attract many listeners and enthusiasts both to the classical guitar, the repertoire, and guitarist John Williams - and I'm all for that.

Over 70 minutes playing time.

Recommended.

The guitar is an orchestra in miniature!.......2005-02-05

This admirable concept belongs to Hector Berlioz and it must not be a surprise the best guitarrists in the story have in common this trademark.

John Williams has always known the delicate equilibrium between the expresiveness and the glamouer. His impresive technique however is not exposed as his prima edonna. He goes directly to the soul of the composer, melts in his spirit and let the music sharp the qith eloquent conviction the composer's demanded atmosphere.

From Granados to Albeniz, from Rodrigo to Agustin Barrios - El indio Mangore -, from Moreno Torroba to Ponce , you will find the warmth, the passion and the Midas touch of this golden guitarrist.

GUITAR MAJESTY.......2004-12-21

John Williams is a true Guitar virtuoso. His repetoire is very extensive and I use his music in my office while I work at my daily office duties. This album is a must for all guitar enthusiasts old or young.

Sweet, sweet music, an essential addition to your collection.......2004-12-07

I originally bought this album three years ago, looking for a good introduction to Spanish guitar music. And this one fits that need perfectly. I still listen to and enjoy it today. I play this for guests at happy hour or dinner for a relaxed atmosphere. At Amazon's current price, this is a great value.

A True Classic.......2004-01-26

This album/cd is extraordinary. All the songs are gorgeous and exciting to listen to. John Williams' interpretation and technique are perfect. After 22 years of listening to it, I still enjoy and appreciate it more every time. I love giving it as a gift.

Average customer rating: LO MEJOR DE LO MEJOR A Very Fine Compilation

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Tracks:

1. Love The Magician: Introduction And Scene... In The Cave
2. Love The Magician: Song Of Suffering Love
3. Love The Magician: The Spectre... Dance Of Fear
4. Love The Magician: Magic Circle... Midnight
5. Love The Magician: Ritual Fire Dance
6. Love The Magician: Scene
7. Love The Magician: Song Of The Will-O'-The-Wisp
8. Love The Magician: Pantomime
9. Love The Magician: Dance Of The Game Of Love
10. Love The Magician: Finale: The Bells Of Dawn
11. Harpsichord Concerto: I. Allegro
12. Harpsichord Concerto: II. Lento
13. Harpsichord Concerto: III. Vivace
14. Homenaje 'Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy'
15. Psyche
16. Nights in the Gardens of Spain: I In The Generalife
17. Nights in the Gardens of Spain: II Distant Dance
18. Nights in the Gardens of Spain: III In The Gardens Of The Sierra de Cordoba

Tracks:

1. La Vida breve: Interludio y Danza
2. Seven Spanish Folk Songs: The Moorish Cloth
3. Seven Spanish Folk Songs: Seguidilla From Murcia
4. Seven Spanish Folk Songs: Asturian Song
5. Seven Spanish Folk Songs: Jota
6. Seven Spanish Folk Songs: Lullaby
7. Seven Spanish Folk Songs: Song
8. Seven Spanish Folk Songs: Polo
9. Four Spanish Pieces: Aragonesa
10. Four Spanish Pieces: Cubana
11. Four Spanish Pieces: Montanesa
12. Four Spanish Pieces: Andaluza
13. The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 1: Introduction
14. The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 1: Afternoon
15. The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 1: Dance Of The Miller's Wife
16. The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 1: The Grapes
17. The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 2: The Neighbours' Dance
18. The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 2: The Miller's Dance
19. The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 2: The Corregidor's Dance
20. The Three-Cornered Hat: Part 2: Final Dance

Customer Reviews:

LO MEJOR DE LO MEJOR.......2002-03-29

Una grabacion
magistral de los
clasicos de Manuel de Falla.
Este disco contiene el famoso
"Homage a Debussy" la unica
obra original compuesta para
guitarra por la mano del compositor.
Tremenda grabaccion, como para no
perdersela a ese precio...

A Very Fine Compilation.......2000-05-17

"The Essential Falla" is just that, including all of Manuel de Falla's major works (performed by the likes of Dutoit, Fruhbeck de Burgos and de Larrocha) on these two CDs. Highlights are excellent performances of Falla's three most famous works: "El amor brujo", "Noches en los jardines de Espana" and "El Sombrero de tres picos". The rest of the included music is perhaps less well-know but no less enjoyable. Perhaps the only quibble I have with this CD is the enclusion of the Harpsicord Concerto. While it is an enjoyable piece, it is very much a Stravinsky-esque neo-classical work, and it seems somewhat out of place amongst Falla's other, very Spanish, works. Nonetheless, if you enjoy 20th Century Spanish music, this CD is indeed an essential.

Average customer rating: Outstanding music and great value!! Excellent Very Highly Recommended

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Customer Reviews:

Outstanding music and great value!!.......2006-04-02

Narciso Yepes is my favorite classical guitarist. I was delighted to hear a couple guitar concertos I had never heard before. Ohana, Bacarisse, and Ruiz-Pipo were great discoveries. Again, Yepes is the BEST. Strongly recommended.

Excellent.......2005-08-22

The late Narciso Yepes is perhaps my favorite guitarist- Spanish or otherwse. With each of his recordings there is the sense of a madman, master, and poet at one with his instrument. I recently purchased "Guitarra espagnola" and have found endless enjoyment listening critically and as background while I work. This is the perfect "not background music" background music to play when you have guests. You and your guests will find yourself withdrawing from lively conversations to enjoy a poignant, sweet, or sinister moment with the music. This is a compilation of recordings from the past 20 to 30 years. The compositions span from the 17th to 20th century. The quality of the recordings is very good but at times varied. The availability of the compilation is very limited. Get it while you can! I also recommend Alirio Diaz and John Williams.

Very Highly Recommended.......2004-05-08

I cannot recommend this retrospective of just a small amount of Yepes's work highly enough.

No matter what popular and lay opinions may be about Williams, Bream, Segovia, and others, the greatest classical guitarist of the 20th century was Narciso Yepes. It is a pity and a shame that the fear of the older generation of guitarists and their associates made Yepes a marginal figure.

He was a consummate technician and a knowledgeable interpreter of all musical idioms from the Middle Ages through to the height of the 20th Century avant-garde. His playing was characterized by intelligence, sensibility, clarity, power, majesty, poetry, and a devilish ability to separate and sustain contrapuntal lines.

In this box of 5 CDs you will find the definitive performance of Rodrigo's now famous "Aranjuez" concerto, which, incidentally, was first recorded and made famous by Yepes. There are also 2 CDs with rare concertos by Salvador Bacarisse, Antonio Ruiz-Pipo, and Maurice Ohana.

The other 3 CD's contain generally the best performances of the canon of solo guitar works that you are likely to find. The composers include Sanz, Mudarra, Narvaez, Soler, Sor, Albeniz, Granados, Tarrega, De Falla, Turina, Bacarisse, Rodrigo, Llobet, Pujol, Moreno Torroba, Montsalvatge, Ohana, and Ruiz-Pipo.

Every guitarist and every lover of the instrument should own this set. If it is not available, also refer to a similar box set with the ASIN number B00006L6RN or another B000026ZRL.

Average customer rating: you will love forever the music of Manuel de Falla Increible hot modern flamenco, great percussion & de falla covers Magnificent! A Molotov Cocktail of classical and flamenco-- furious stuff

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Tracks:

1. Danza De Los Vecinos
2. Danza Ritual Del Fuego
3. Introduccion Y Pantomima
4. El Pano Moruno
5. Danza Del Molinero
6. Danza
7. Escena
8. Cancion Del Fuego Fatuo
9. Danza Del Terror
10. Danza De La Molinera

Customer Reviews:

you will love forever the music of Manuel de Falla.......2007-06-11

The first time I listen the music of this compositor, was in this cd,15 years ago, now, I love de Falla, Paco De Lucia, I love Spain, this is the real soul of the spanish people!
Great!

Increible.......2003-01-16

No hay mejor. Esta musica durara por siempre.

hot modern flamenco, great percussion & de falla covers.......2000-12-04

a very nice surprise that will please both guitar purist and the fan of interesting world music. de lucia's acoustic renditions of manuella de falla's classical pieces accompanied by wood percussion intruments really bears no equal.

Magnificent!.......2000-08-21

How anyone can give this absolutely classic and definitive work anything less than 5 stars is a mystery to me. There is universal agreement that Paco de Lucia is the world's greatest flamenco guitarist -- yea, verily, the world's greatest guitarist, period. And this masterpiece of rendering Falla's work is flawless and utterly inspired. Falla would have loved this.

A Molotov Cocktail of classical and flamenco-- furious stuff.......2000-01-31

There's a sense of urgency throughout this album that makes it one of De Lucia's most exhilerating. The effect is achieved by the deft use of percusion and electric bass as well as the intriguing yet cohesive blend of classical and flamenco schools. The music straddles both worlds, giving the songs more suggestiveness and freeedom while at the same time retaining a strong sense of form. De Falla's compositions are tight and fast yet grandiose and ambitious. It's music full of punch and a showcase of sheer relentless inventiveness. Add to this De Lucia's furious playing and one has a hybrid whose influences may be self-evident but whose effect is stunning, to say the least. There's a definite modern sound to this album, although the arrangements themselves are sparse, that gives it a dynamism seldom found in other De Lucia works.

Average customer rating: "Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, save perhaps two," ... Parkening and Brandon Duo

Christopher Parkening with David Brandon ~ Virtuoso Duets Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Duets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Falla | Falla, Manuel de | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Granados, Enrique | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Telemann, Georg Philipp | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Villa-Lobos, Heitor | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Telemann, Georg Philipp | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Guitar | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music Similar Items: Simple Gifts: Christopher Parkening Christopher Parkening - A Tribute to Segovia In the Spanish Style / Christopher Parkening Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Walton: 5 Bagatelles; Christopher Parkening Christopher Parkening - The Great Recordings ~ By America's Preeminent Guitar Virtuoso ASIN: B000002RQ9 Release Date: 1990-10-15

Tracks:

1. La Vida breve: Spanish Dance No. 1
2. El sombrero de tres picos: The Miller's Dance
3. De los alamos vengo, madre
4. Ciranda No.1: Terezinha de Jesus
5. El Paoruno
6. Danza de la pastora
7. Danza de la gitana
8. Song Of The Will - o' - the - wisp From El Amor brujo
9. Intermezzo From Goyescas
10. Prelude And Fugue No. 4 In E
11. Prelude And Fugue No. 4 in E
12. Hymn Of Christian Joy (Prelude In Classic Style)
13. Prelude (In The Baroque Style)
14. Sanctify Us By Thy Goodness
15. Offertorio
16. Canon
17. Four Renaissance Pieces: Le Rossignol
18. Four Renaissance Pieces: Drewies Accordes
19. Four Renaissance Pieces: Watkins Ale
20. Four Renaissance Pieces: La Volta
21. Berceuse From Dolly Suite
22. An Old Music Box
23. Evening Dance

Customer Reviews:

"Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, save perhaps two," ..........2005-10-24

wrote Frederic Chopin. Those who enjoy classical guitar music find special pleasure in duets. The repertoire for duets is less frequently played, yet offers more possibilities for textural and harmonic effects than solo guitar. In such capable hands as Christopher Parkening and David Brandon, few musical experiences could give greater listening pleasure.

This album is, sadly, no longer in print and thus makes it even more collectable. Please buy this CD before you loose the chance to hear some the most beautifully played classical guitar duets ever recorded.

Parkening and Brandon Duo.......2001-12-14

This duo plays very well; however, the best tracks of this CD are on the Parkening "Great Recordings" double CD. Thus buying that CD would get you the best of this CD plus a lot of other good recordings. The duo's performance of "La Vida Breve," "Intermezzo," and "Evening Dance" are my favorites (and are included on the "Great Recordings" CD).

Average customer rating: Ignore Mary Cambell's review. An Outstanding Version of the Best Works of Manuel De Falla!

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Customer Reviews:

Ignore Mary Cambell's review........2005-09-26

It is tragic that Spanish native Mary Campbell grew up with the music of De Falla "as a background"....Pity that with a little more money she might have been able to sit far enough up in front to hear all the missing notes that this recording has apparently revealed to her at last.

She might also have guessed that Shirley Carter (or Shirley Verrett-Carter, as she was then known) was a mezzo-soprano who sang in "El Amor Brujo" under Stokowski, and was certainly NOT the pianist who performed in "Nights in the Gardens of Spain - that job was performed by Philippe Entremont.

Desite the shocking musical ignorance displayed by Ms. Campbell in her review, she got one thing right - it is a CD worth buying for some wonderful music, very well played

An Outstanding Version of the Best Works of Manuel De Falla!.......2000-11-13

11/12/2000

I was born and raised in Spain. I grew up with the wonderful music of Manuel De Falla as a background. Consequently, I have heard countless versions of the best works of Manuel De Falla. When I heard about this American version of two of the best compositions of Manuel De Falla played by the Philadelphia Orchestra and conducted by Ormandy and Stokowski I was curious. I thought that I knew every note in the score of these masterpieces, and it was my believe that it could not be much different from other versions that I had heard before. When I bought the CD and listened to it for the first time, I realised how mistaken I was. I was moved to tears. Somehow, Ormandy and Stokowski have returned back to life these wonderful masterpieces. Eugene Ormandy is superb conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra in "El Amor Brujo" (Bewitched Love), the story of a gipsy girl resorting to witchcratf as a way to forget her lover. Nevertheless, the best of the CD is the unbelivable

version of Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra of the masterpiece "Noches en los Jardines de Espana" (Nights in the gardens of Spain), a piano concert that evokes the nocturnal sounds around gardens, including the water of fountains. Shirley Verrett is an outstanding piano player. I strongly recommend this CD to everybody who likes Spanish music and in particular Manuel De Falla. The fans of Eugene Ormandy and Leopold Stokowski will also be happy with this CD. The price of this CD in Amazon.com is a steal! Go for it!

Average customer rating:

Falla: El Sombrero de Tres Picos; El Amor Brujo [Hybrid SACD] Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Falla | Falla, Manuel de | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Stravinsky: The Firebird; Petrushka [Hybrid SACD] César Franck: Symphony in D Minor; Igor Stravinsky; Pétrouchka [Hybrid SACD] Dvorák: The Slavonic Dances [SACD] Respighi: Pines of Rome; Fountains of Rome; Debussy: La mer [Hybrid SACD] Bach: The Four Great Toccatas and Fugues [SACD] ASIN: B0008JEK6S Release Date: 2005-05-17

Average customer rating: Musically outstanding, but de los Angeles isn't right for El Amor Brujo Guilini = amazing; but de los Angeles ruined El Amor Brujo Fantastic Falla

Falla: El Amor Brujo; Sombrero de tres picos; Noches en los jardines de España Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Falla | Falla, Manuel de | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Essential Falla Albéniz: Iberia; Granados: Goyescas Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 / Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 Anne Sofie von Otter - Grieg Songs El Amor Brujo/ 3 Cornered Hat/ Nights in the Gardens of Spain ASIN: B000002S4Y Release Date: 1993-08-17

Tracks:

1. The Three-Cornered Hat: Introduction y tarde
2. The Three-Cornered Hat: Danza de la molinera
3. The Three-Cornered Hat: Danza de los vecinos
4. The Three-Cornered Hat: Danza del molinero
5. The Three-Cornered Hat: Danza final
6. Love The Magician: Introduction y Escena
7. Love The Magician: En la cueva
8. Love The Magician: Cancion del amor dolido
9. Love The Magician: El aparecido
10. Love The Magician: Danza del terror
11. Love The Magician: El circulo magico
12. Love The Magician: A medianoche
13. Love The Magician: Danza rituel del fuego
14. Love The Magician: Escena
15. Love The Magician: Cancion del fuego fatuo
16. Love The Magician: Pantomima
17. Love The Magician: Danza del Juego del amor
18. Love The Magician: Final: Les campana del amanecer
19. Nights in the Gardens of Spain: I: En el Generalife
20. II: Danza lejana
21. Nights in the Gardens of Spain: III: En los jardinos de la Sierra de Cordoba

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Spanish critics have long hailed Gonzalo Soriano's two recordings of Nights in the Gardens of Spain--this one from 1962 and an earlier effort with Ataulfo Argenta--as among the finest readings of the score ever committed to disc. It's easy to see why. Soriano brings to bear a conception that is firm, detailed, and energetic and plays the piece with real flair. His partner on the podium, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, only 28 years old when the recording was made, sparks a magnificent account from the Paris Conservatory Orchestra: masculine, evocative, and glowingly ardent despite occasional problems with intonation in the horns and low strings. For this most impressionistic of Falla's scores, it's an ideal sound. The companion pieces, Falla's El Amor Brujo and a suite from The Three-Cornered Hat (not the complete ballet), are masterfully rendered by Carlo Maria Giulini and the Philharmonia Orchestra. --Ted Libbey

Customer Reviews:

Musically outstanding, but de los Angeles isn't right for El Amor Brujo.......2006-07-09

I agree with all the appreciations given by the Amazon reviewer and those below, and graced by atmospheric recording from EMI's engineers in the early Sixties, one gets a great deal out of all three Falla works, his most popular by far. I don't collect different versions of Nights in the Gardens of Spain, yet Gonzalo Soriano's sounds impressively evocative. Even more impressive is the young Fruhbeck de Burgos's magical orchestral work--forty years on, he's matured into even deeper mastery, as witness his recent guest appearances with the Boston Sym. in everything from Falla and Stravinsky to Verdi and Beethoven.

Giulini's conducting is not especially Spanish in flavor, but he, too, is exceptionally musical. The lack of Spanish fire deprives El Amor Brujo of its raw flamenco power, however, and Victoria de los Angeles, applying a lyric soprano where Falla wanted a mezzo who could make the listener's spine tingle with her passion, is too civilized and polite. At this time in her career (1962) de los Angeles was establishing herself as a pre-eminent singer of Spanish songs, but El Amor Brujo simply wasn't right for her.

Guilini = amazing; but de los Angeles ruined El Amor Brujo.......2004-06-10

This particular review refers only to the El amor brujo part of the recording, so if you're not buying the CD for that particular piece, this review may not be relevant. I was considering buying this recording when I was lucky enough to hear the El amor brujo section of it played on the radio. The conducting was miraculous. The only place where I felt the conducting wasn't flawless was at the very end (which seemed a little unconvincing to me), but overall it was extremely beautiful.
I do not plan on buying this cd, however, because the singing from Victoria de los Angeles was absolutely awful. I personally had never heard her sing before, but had always read good things about her. There was no warmth or ring of any kind in her voice. When the piece began on the radio, the singer wasn't announced, and I kept thinking, why would such a wonderful conductor get such an awful singer for this piece, and when I found out that it was her I was shocked (it was announced when the piece ended). I suppose I can say that rhythmically she did do some interesting things, and it did sound like she was involved in the music, but I really couldn't handle her singing.
So, I would give the conducting 5 stars, but about one star for de los Angeles. I'm giving it four stars just so it won't bring the rating down too much, because I'm sure that the other pieces on the disc are likewise very well conducted (and, thankfully, exclude de los Angeles).

Fantastic Falla.......2003-09-22

This CD of the music of the great Spanish composer Manuel de Falla is truly fantastic. This title, one of the few remaining from EMI's early 90s series "Studio Plus," presents Carlo Maria Giulini and the Philharmonia Orchestra's golden-age stereo performances of "El Amor Brujo" (1961 with soprano Victoria de los Angeles!) and a suite from "El Sombrero de Tres Picos" (1957 & 1964). Though the treat here is Gonzalo Soriano's 1962 recording of "Noches en los Jardines de Espana" with Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos and the Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire. These classic recordings have been or are available in other CD incarnations (the Giulini recordings were on a budget line two-disc EMI Seraphim set, now out-of-print, and the same "Brujo" is on a recent Great Recordings of the Century disc), but this mid-line title is the best way to get both the Giulini accounts and the memorable Soriano/de Burgos "Nights."

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Average customer rating: A great buy on the used market--Bernstein's El Amor Brujo is a must-listen

De Falla: El Amor Brujo / El Sombrero de Tres Picos Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Falla | Falla, Manuel de | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000DSB2 Release Date: 1989-06-23

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A great buy on the used market--Bernstein's El Amor Brujo is a must-listen.......2006-08-18

There have been various reissues by Sony of Bernstein's El Amor Brujo from 1976 with Marilyn Horne and the NY Phil. This one is dead cheap on the used market, and it's incendiary. Bernstein conducts with thrilling passion, and although Horne lacks Spanish flavor, she is sturdy and dominating.

The coupling is Boulez's complete Three-Corndered Hat ballet, again with the NY PHil, from 1975. It's in clear, detailed sound, and althoug the reading is a bit cool, boulez clarifies every line of the score. Bernstein's recorded sound is a bit thin and edgy. No doubt it has been improved in remastering for the Royal Edition version at a higher price.

Track Listings:

1. Der Schatz
2. Duruflé: Sacred Choral & Organ Works, Vol. 1
3. Echos of Argentina
4. Famous Composers Playing Their Own Works: Welte Mignon Piano
5. Felix Mendelssohn & Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Music for Four Hands
6. Ferguson: Dream of the Rood Op19; Partita Op5
7. Fibich: Moods, Impressions & Souvenirs
8. Frank Martin: Les Quatre Elements (The Four Elements)/In Terra Pax
9. Frederick Stock & The Chicago Symphony
10. Froberger: Pieces de Clavessin

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Zwischenspiel-Alles Fur [Import]

Chopin: Preludes

Braid My Hair

View From the Side [Live] [Original recording remastered]

Different World Influences [Import]

Funkaphonix V.1: Raw & Uncut Funk 1968-1975 [Import]

Comin' on with the Chet Baker Quintet [Import] [Original recording remastered]

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique/Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol

Country Got Soul [Import]

Chicago Fire [Live]

Children of God/World of Skin

Crimson [Import]

Dancechart 2003: Best Of [Import]

Rough Draft

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