Manuel de Falla Thomas Schippers Ataulfo Argenta - Falla Atlantida El amor brujo (22 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Manuel de Falla, Thomas Schippers, Ataulfo Argenta
Falla: Atlantida; El amor brujo
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976): Prologue. Vedi tu il mare?
2. Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976): Part 1. Al tempo che Alcide
3. Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976): Part 1. Io muoio ornati
4. Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976): Part 1. D'Alcide è la figlia gigante!
5. Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976): Part 1. Aola!... Aola!
6. Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976): Part 1. Il Pireneo e l'Atlante
7. Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976): Part 2. Alcide s'apre un varco
8. Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976): Part 2. Bella arance d'oro
9. Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976): Part 2. Or tenta Alcide
10. Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976): Part 2. Rocce su rocce
11. Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976): Part 2. Or prostrati Atlàntida
12. Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976): Part 2. Dominus dixit
13. Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976): Part 2. Ma guale scende
14. Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976): Part 2. Sono io che affondo
Track Listings (8) - Disc #2
1. Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976): Part 2. Christoferens! Christoferens!
2. Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976): Part 2. (Il sogno di Isabella - Isabella's Dre
3. Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976): Part 2. Nell'Alhambra una notte
4. Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976): Part 2. Qui sunt isti
5. Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976): Part 2. Salve, Vergine gloriosa
6. El Amor brujo, ballet for mezzo-soprano & orchestra in 1 act, G. 68 (revised version)
7. Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976): Part 2. Or nell'oscurità
8. Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976): Part 2. Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini

CD Details

All Artists: Manuel de Falla, Thomas Schippers, Ataulfo Argenta, Teresa Berganza, La Scala Theater Orchestra, French National Orchestra, Roger Browne, Giulietta Simionato, Teresa Stratas, Gustavo Halley
Title: Falla: Atlantida; El amor brujo
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Opera D'oro
Original Release Date: 1/1/1957
Re-Release Date: 7/10/2001
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Ballets & Dances, Ballets, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 723724148628

CD Reviews

Good Recording of an Uneven Work: The Bonus Brujo is Best

WRP | Palm Harbor, FL United States | 07/22/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"De Falla's "L'Atlantida" remained unfinished at the composer's death. Ernesto Hallfter attempted to complete the work which was presented in various stages of revision. This performance from La Scala represents Hallfter's next to last edition of the work. If you are expecting the usual highly coloristic/folkloristic writing of De Falla, you will be disappointed. In "L'Atlantida" De Falla experimented with a lot of compositional and orchestral styles--Stravinsky, Orff, Honegger--to communicate a libretto which intermixes some of Hercules's adventures with the destruction of Atlantis and Queen Isabella's investment in the voyages of Columbus. Throw in a lot of Roman Catholic religiosity to hold it all together. The Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala do an admirable job with the mish-mash score under the direction of Thomas Schippers. A very mezzo-soprano-sounding Teresa Stratas beautifully inflects the short passages of Queen Isabella in honeyed tones. Giulietta Simionato takes the even smaller role of Queen Pyrene at her death and does what she can with it. The other soloists are adequate. Frankly the work lacks much dramatic tension or memorable melody though the orchestral and choral writing is inventive, lush, albeit rather academic-sounding. The real treat is a bonus "live" performance of "El Amor Brujo" with Teresa Berganza. Ataulfo Argenta whips a sizzling performance out of the French National Radio Orchestra. Berganza really sings the solos with just the right blend of pristine musicianship and earthy emotion."