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Stravinsky's Pulcinella, first performed in 1920, was something of a founding document for the neoclassic movement, which ruled the roost for two decades and has had repercussions lasting down to the present day. There are lots of recordings of the sprightly suite Stravinsky extracted from the ballet, but the other two works on the album, by Manuel de Falla, are less familiar and offer wonderful insights into how neoclassicism developed. Falla's little puppet opera El Retablo de Maese Pedro ("Mr. Peter's Puppet Show"), based on an episode in Cervantes' Don Quixote, doesn't really work as an opera, with most of its vocal writing for a boy soprano, and that boy soprano faces real challenges (cleanly surmounted here by Héctor López de Ayala Uribe). However, it is a delightful, colorful work with tremendous energy. Falla's Harpsichord Concerto, composed for Wanda Landowska, is played from time to time, but the early music movement hasn't particularly boosted its fortunes. Both works are given crackling performances here by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and conductor Pablo Heras-Casado; the harpsichordist in the two works is Benjamin Alard. They make a fascinating contrast with the Stravinsky. Both composers drew on the past; Falla did not abandon the Spanish sources of his music but incorporated them into Classical structures, while Pulcinella is a kind of pastiche on themes by a composer then thought to be Pergolesi. Yet the flavors are completely different. Any listener, including those who are just getting into the neoclassic era, will enjoy this album, which was superbly recorded by Harmonia Mundi at the Auditorium of Girona in Catalonia.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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El Retablo de Maese Pedro (Manuel de Falla)
Manuel De Falla, Composer - Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor, MainArtist - Airam Hernández, MainArtist, TenorSolo
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Manuel De Falla, Composer - Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Alard, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor, MainArtist - Airam Hernández, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Héctor López de Ayala Uribe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
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Manuel De Falla, Composer - Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor, MainArtist - Héctor López de Ayala Uribe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
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Manuel De Falla, Composer - Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Alard, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor, MainArtist - Héctor López de Ayala Uribe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
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Manuel De Falla, Composer - Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Alard, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor, MainArtist - José Antonio López, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Airam Hernández, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Héctor López de Ayala Uribe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
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Manuel De Falla, Composer - Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Alard, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor, MainArtist - Héctor López de Ayala Uribe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
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Manuel De Falla, Composer - Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Alard, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor, MainArtist - Héctor López de Ayala Uribe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
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Manuel De Falla, Composer - Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Alard, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor, MainArtist - Airam Hernández, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Héctor López de Ayala Uribe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
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Manuel De Falla, Composer - Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Alard, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor, MainArtist - José Antonio López, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Airam Hernández, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Héctor López de Ayala Uribe, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi
Manuel De Falla, Composer - Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Alard, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor, MainArtist - José Antonio López, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Airam Hernández, MainArtist, TenorSolo
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Harpsichord Concerto (Manuel de Falla)
Manuel De Falla, Composer - Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Alard, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor, MainArtist
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Manuel De Falla, Composer - Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Alard, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor, MainArtist
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Manuel De Falla, Composer - Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Benjamin Alard, Harpsichord, MainArtist - Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor, MainArtist
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Pulcinella Suite (Igor Stravinsky)
Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor, MainArtist
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Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor, MainArtist
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Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor, MainArtist
2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi
Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor, MainArtist
2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi
Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor, MainArtist
2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi
Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor, MainArtist
2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi
Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor, MainArtist
2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi
Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor, MainArtist
2024 harmonia mundi 2024 harmonia mundi
Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor, MainArtist
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Albumbeschreibung
Stravinsky's Pulcinella, first performed in 1920, was something of a founding document for the neoclassic movement, which ruled the roost for two decades and has had repercussions lasting down to the present day. There are lots of recordings of the sprightly suite Stravinsky extracted from the ballet, but the other two works on the album, by Manuel de Falla, are less familiar and offer wonderful insights into how neoclassicism developed. Falla's little puppet opera El Retablo de Maese Pedro ("Mr. Peter's Puppet Show"), based on an episode in Cervantes' Don Quixote, doesn't really work as an opera, with most of its vocal writing for a boy soprano, and that boy soprano faces real challenges (cleanly surmounted here by Héctor López de Ayala Uribe). However, it is a delightful, colorful work with tremendous energy. Falla's Harpsichord Concerto, composed for Wanda Landowska, is played from time to time, but the early music movement hasn't particularly boosted its fortunes. Both works are given crackling performances here by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and conductor Pablo Heras-Casado; the harpsichordist in the two works is Benjamin Alard. They make a fascinating contrast with the Stravinsky. Both composers drew on the past; Falla did not abandon the Spanish sources of his music but incorporated them into Classical structures, while Pulcinella is a kind of pastiche on themes by a composer then thought to be Pergolesi. Yet the flavors are completely different. Any listener, including those who are just getting into the neoclassic era, will enjoy this album, which was superbly recorded by Harmonia Mundi at the Auditorium of Girona in Catalonia.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:53
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Pablo Heras-Casado Mahler Chamber Orchestra Benjamin Alard Airam Hernández José Antonio López Héctor López de Ayala Uribe
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: harmonia mundi
- Genre: Klassiek Symfonische muziek Symfonieën
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