Bolero And Other Spanish Favourites

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Cat No: 8554044

Release Date: 12 January 1999

Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 636943404423

Genres: Classical

Composer/Series: BOLERO AND OTHER SPANISH FAVOURITES

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Bolero and OtherSpanish FavouritesThe music of Spain retains its exotic attraction, with its individualblend of regional and national elements, influenced by the colourful traditionsof the country and of its former colonies. It was in the nineteenth century,with the growth of nationalism, politically and culturally, that Spanishmusical identity became established internationally as something apart from themain European cultural traditions of which Spain had for centuries formedapart.It was natural that something of this fascination with things Spanishshould make an early appearance in neighbouring France. The French composerEmmanuel Chabrier had spent the early part of his career as a civil servant,resigning his position only in 1880 in order to devote himself to music.Chabrier lacked the thorough training of the Conservatoire, but had been ableto study music with some assiduity as a private pupil of a number of teachersof distinction, while mixing socially with a circle of well known musicians,painters and writers. In 1881 Charles Lamoureux made him chorus director andorganizing secretary for the new concerts that he was promoting in Paris, hisfirst professional musical employment. It was a journey to Spain in 1882 thataroused Chabrier's interest in the music of that country. Returning to Paris,he composed a fantasia for piano, based on the melodies he had collected, andplayed it through to Lamoureux, who encouraged him to orchestrate it. Theresult was the orchestral rhapsody Espana, first performed underLamoureux on 6th November 1883. Chabrier won immediate fame, although hiscontinuing operatic ambitions never brought him the success that he wanted. Espana,a vivid evocation of Spain, uses the contrasting elements of the jota andthe malaguena in a colourfully orchestrated work.Manuel de Falla, born in Cadiz in 1876, was the leading Spanish composerof his generation, writing music that captured the essence of all that wasSpanish, while proving acceptable internationally. His ballet TheThree-Cornered Hat, originally a pantomime under the title El corregidory la molinera (The Magistrate and the Miller's Wife), is based on a storyby Pedro Antonio de Alarcon. The plot concerns the jealousy of the miller,whose attractive wife has been subjected to the attentions of the elderlyCorregidor. The ballet was first staged in London in 1919 by Dyagilev's Balletsrusses, with decor by Picasso and choreography by Leonid Massin. The excerptsincluded here start with the Fandango for the miller's wife, followed bya Segnidillas for the neighbours, a Farruca for the miller and afinal Jota.Manuel de Falla's opera La vida breve ('Short Life') wascompleted in 1905, before the composer left Spain for Paris, and was firststaged in Nice in 1913, a year before de Falla's return to Spain. Its plotconcerns the betrayal of the gypsy girl Salud by her lover Paco, who marries agirl of richer background. Salud, appearing with a companion to dance for Pacoand Carmela's wedding?¡-g
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