The Orchestra of the Americas - De Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat & Nights in the Gardens of Spain (2020) [Of Download 24/192]

Following its acclaimed Linn debut recording, Copland & Chávez: Pan-American Reflections, The Orchestra of the Americas releases its sophomore album with its Music Director, Carlos Miguel Prieto. Prieto is joined by fellow Mexican and celebrated pianist Jorge Federico Osorio, who brings his superb musicianship, powerful technique, vibrant imagination and deep passion to this all-Spanish programme. Osorio is the soloist in Falla’s highly atmospheric piano concerto, Nights in the Gardens of Spain, a set of symphonic impressions which conjures up the enticing sounds and scents of a summer’s evening. Conductor and pianist received critical acclaim following their performance of this work in Ireland: ‘Prieto elicited a diaphanous palette of colours [and] as Osorio’s arpeggios shimmered up and down the piano we were magnetically drawn into this highly evocative world full of lush sounds and sensuous possibilities’ (BachTrack). Falla’s masterpiece The Three-Cornered Hat is both vibrant and colourful and showcases the ‘superb precision’ of The Orchestra of the Americas. Falla’s finely crafted and meticulous work ensures that the piece’s folklore-based melodies are consistently accompanied by exquisite background music. The programme is completed by the Interlude & Dance from Falla’s La vida breve and the well-known Intermezzo from Granados’ Goyescas.

Tracklist:
1. Carlos Miguel Prieto, The Orchestra of the Americas & Alejandra Gómez Ordaz – El sombrero de tres picos, Pt. 1: I. Introducción (01:32)
2. Carlos Miguel Prieto & The Orchestra of the Americas – El sombrero de tres picos, Pt. 1: II. La tarde (05:31)
3. Carlos Miguel Prieto & The Orchestra of the Americas – El sombrero de tres picos, Pt. 1: III. Danza de la molinera (03:34)
4. Carlos Miguel Prieto, The Orchestra of the Americas & Alejandra Gómez Ordaz – El sombrero de tres picos, Pt. 1: IV. Las uvas (04:11)
5. Carlos Miguel Prieto & The Orchestra of the Americas – El sombrero de tres picos, Pt. 2: I. Danza de los vecinos (03:22)
6. Carlos Miguel Prieto, The Orchestra of the Americas & Alejandra Gómez Ordaz – El sombrero de tres picos, Pt. 2: II. Danza del molinero (07:48)
7. Carlos Miguel Prieto & The Orchestra of the Americas – El sombrero de tres picos, Pt. 2: III. Danza del corregidor (06:31)
8. Carlos Miguel Prieto & The Orchestra of the Americas – El sombrero de tres picos, Pt. 2: IV. Danza final (06:24)
9. Carlos Miguel Prieto & The Orchestra of the Americas – La vida breve: Interlude and Dance (07:07)
10. Carlos Miguel Prieto & The Orchestra of the Americas – Goyescas: Intermezzo (04:44)
11. Jorge Federico Osorio, Carlos Miguel Prieto & The Orchestra of the Americas – Noches en los jardines de España: I. En el Generalife (10:30)
12. Jorge Federico Osorio, Carlos Miguel Prieto & The Orchestra of the Americas – Noches en los jardines de España: II. Danza lejana (05:03)
13. Jorge Federico Osorio, Carlos Miguel Prieto & The Orchestra of the Americas – Noches en los jardines de España: III. En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba (08:34)


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