Jesús López-Cobos’s scintillating and sonically thrilling Decca recordings of Spanish music are here represented with music both Spanish and Spanish-influenced. Scenes and Dances from Falla’s The Three-Cornered Hat, Chabrier’s picture-postcard essay España and two works by Turina (one meditative, the other more extrovert) form the Spanish contingent of this orchestral recital, while Rimsky-Korsakov’s technicolour Capriccio espagnol is representative of one of many non-Spanish composers so influenced by the sights and sounds of Spain. The Falla appears internationally on CD for the first time.
MANUEL DE FALLA
El sombrero de tres picos: Dances*
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
EMMANUEL CHABRIER
España – Rhapsody for Orchestra
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Jesús López-Cobos
JOAQUÍN PÉREZ TURINA
La oración del torero, Op. 34
Danzas fantásticas
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Jesús López-Cobos
*FIRST RELEASE ON CD
Recording Producers: Thomas Mowrey (Falla, Rimsky-Korsakov, Chabrier); Michael Haas (Turina)
Recording Engineers: Stanley Goodall, Colin Moorfoot, Martin Atkinson (Falla, Rimsky-Korsakov, Chabrier); Colin Moorfoot (Turina)
Recording Locations: Royce Hall, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, 13–15 August 1979 (Falla, Rimsky-Korsakov, Chabrier); Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland, 5–6 March 1983 (Turina)
‘The Three-Cornered Hat opens with Decca’s most vivid sound and indeed the presentation of the scenes and dances from Part 1 is full of life and spirit … España is enjoyably light-hearted’ Gramophone