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Manuel de Falla's El amor brujo is unique in that it has very rarely been performed or recorded in its original version, which remained unpublished after Falla found success with revisions that substantially changed the work. It was reconstructed in the 1980s from Falla's manuscripts, and it's quite a revelation: El amor brujo was originally a mostly vocal work whose Gypsy component was accordingly stronger. The 1915 version has been recorded before, but it gets what may be a definitive performance here by the New York-area group, Perspectives Ensemble, under Angel Gil-Ordóñez, with Cantaora singer Esperanza Fernández. She's a full-throated singer in the flamenco mold, and the story of a Gypsy girl trying to escape her lover's ghost suddenly becomes not a mood setting, but a real dramatic tale. Sample one of Fernández's pieces, such as the Canción del fuego fatuo from Act II, and you may be immediately hooked. Other attractions include the spare sound of Perspectives Ensemble, especially sharp in the small and more Stravinsky-like little opera El retablo de Maese Pedro, from eight years later. A real sleeper from Naxos that alters perceptions of a major work with powerful performances.
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El amor brujo (Love, the Magician) (1915 version) (Manuel de Falla)
Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Esperanza Fernández, Cantaora - Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Esperanza Fernández, Cantaora - Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Esperanza Fernández, Cantaora - Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Esperanza Fernández, Cantaora - Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Esperanza Fernández, Cantaora - Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Esperanza Fernández, Cantaora - Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Esperanza Fernández, Cantaora - Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Esperanza Fernández, Cantaora - Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
El Retablo de Maese Pedro (Master Peter's Puppet Show) (Manuel de Falla)
Jorge Garza, Tenor - Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Jorge Garza, Tenor - Jennifer Zetlan, Soprano - Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Jennifer Zetlan, Soprano - Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Jennifer Zetlan, Soprano - Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Jennifer Zetlan, Soprano - Jorge Garza, Tenor - Alfredo Garcia, Baritone - Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Jennifer Zetlan, Soprano - Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Jennifer Zetlan, Soprano - Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Jennifer Zetlan, Soprano - Jorge Garza, Tenor - Alfredo Garcia, Baritone - Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Jennifer Zetlan, Soprano - Alfredo Garcia, Baritone - Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Jorge Garza, Tenor - Alfredo Garcia, Baritone - Perspectives Ensemble - Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Conductor - Manuel de Falla, Composer
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
Album review
Manuel de Falla's El amor brujo is unique in that it has very rarely been performed or recorded in its original version, which remained unpublished after Falla found success with revisions that substantially changed the work. It was reconstructed in the 1980s from Falla's manuscripts, and it's quite a revelation: El amor brujo was originally a mostly vocal work whose Gypsy component was accordingly stronger. The 1915 version has been recorded before, but it gets what may be a definitive performance here by the New York-area group, Perspectives Ensemble, under Angel Gil-Ordóñez, with Cantaora singer Esperanza Fernández. She's a full-throated singer in the flamenco mold, and the story of a Gypsy girl trying to escape her lover's ghost suddenly becomes not a mood setting, but a real dramatic tale. Sample one of Fernández's pieces, such as the Canción del fuego fatuo from Act II, and you may be immediately hooked. Other attractions include the spare sound of Perspectives Ensemble, especially sharp in the small and more Stravinsky-like little opera El retablo de Maese Pedro, from eight years later. A real sleeper from Naxos that alters perceptions of a major work with powerful performances.
© TiVo
Details of original recording : Recorded 2018, Greenville Community Church, Scarsdale, USA
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:44
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Perspectives Ensemble Esperanza Fernández Jorge Garza Angel Gil-Ordoñez Jennifer Zetlan Alfredo Garcia
- Composer: Manuel de Falla
- Label: Naxos
- Area: Espagne
- Genre: Classical
- Period: Modern Style
(C) 2019 Naxos (P) 2019 Naxos
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