Federico Chueca
Arrested during the St. Daniel's Night uprising that swept through Madrid in 1865, Federico Chueca was in jail when he wrote the waltz, "A Prisoner's Lament. Orchestrated by Francisco Asenjo-Barbieri, who changed the title to "Cupid And Esculapius, the tune became a springboard for Chueca's subsequent success. Three years later, he composed a hymn for General Prim, "March From Cadiz", that was later adopted as a quasi-national anthem for the Spanish military. Music provided a consistent theme throughout Chueca's life. Enrolling at the Madrid Conservatory, at the age of eight, he built his early reputation on his inventive piano pieces. A career as a musician, however, was not considered as Chueca elected to study medicine at San Carlos. Chueca's dreams of becoming a doctor faded with the passing of his parents, from cholera, in 1867. Leaving school, he devoted his attention to music, re-enrolling in the music conservatory and accepting a position as a pianist at Café de Zaragoza. Staking his claim for stardom as composer of "Cupid And Esculapius and March To Cadiz, Chueca advanced quickly. Hired as conductor of Teatro de Variedades, in 1874, he remained with the group until 1885, when he became conductor of Teatro Apolo. Many of Chueca's best remembered tunes, including "Los Barrios Bajos", "La Cancion De La Lola", "Fiesta National", "Cadiz" and "El Ano Pasado Por Aqua", were written with Joaquin Valverde, a lyricist he met in 1875. They scored a massive hit with the 1886 tune, "La Gran Via", which combined elements of polka, waltz, tango, mazurka and schottische. A master at composing scores for such Spanish operetta-like zarzuelas as El Chaleco Blanco, Las Zapatillas and La Alegria De La Huerta, Chueca experienced his last success with the score of El Batei in 1901. Chueca succumbed to complications of diabetes on June 20, 1908.
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La Zarzuela: La Gran Vía / La Reina Mora (Remastered)
Operette - Erschienen bei Homokord am 15.05.2006
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La Gran Vía (Remastered)
World Music - Erschienen bei Universal Digital Enterprises am 22.02.2019
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Clásicos Inolvidables Vol. 31, Zarzuela
English Chamber Orchestra, José Carreras, Teresa Berganza
Operette - Erschienen bei ADAGIO am 12.08.2015
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Un concierto de "Género Chico" - Teresa Berganza
English Chamber Orchestra, Teresa Berganza
Operette - Erschienen bei Piros - Send am 01.01.1975
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Federico Chueca, Joaquín Valverde: La Gran Vía [Zarzuela en Un Acto] (1954)
Gran Orquesta de Cámara de Madrid, Ataulfo Argenta, Ana María Iriarte
Operette - Erschienen bei Classical Moments am 24.05.2013
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La Alegria De La Huerta (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Original Soundtrack - Erschienen bei Foyer am 01.01.2000
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Zarzuelas - Fragmentos
Operette - Erschienen bei Piros - Sole am 08.05.2015
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