Composer: Manuel de Falla, Igor Stravinsky
Performer: Benjamin Alard, Airam Hernández, José Antonio López, Héctor López de Ayala Uribe
Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: HMM902653
Release: 2024
Size: 1.2 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Falla: El Retablo de Maese Pedro
01. I. El Pregón
02. II. La Sinfonía de Maese Pedro
03. III. La Corte de Carlomagno
04. IV. La Entrada de Carlomagno
05. V. Melisendra
06. VI. El Suplicio del Moro
07. VII. Los Pirineos
08. VIII. La Fuga
09. IX. La Persecución
10. X. Final
Falla: Harpsichord Concerto
11. I. Allegro
12. II. Lento (giubiloso e energico)
13. III. Vivace (flessibile, scherzando)
Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite
14. I. Sinfonia. Allegro moderato
15. II. Serenata. Larghetto
16. III. Scherzino – Allegro – Andantino
17. IV. Tarantella
18. V. Toccata. Allegro
19. VI. Gavotta (con due variazioni). Allegro moderato – Allegretto – Allegro più tosto moderato
20. VII. Vivo
21. VIII. Minuetto. Molto moderato
22. IX. Finale. Allegro assai
The three works on this CD evoke the worlds of commedia dell’arte (Pulcinella), Don Quixote (El retablo de maese Pedro) and picaresque Spain (the Harpsichord Concerto). Telling their stories with colour, rhythm and humour, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Pablo Heras-Casado and Benjamin Alard (playing a sumptuous Pleyel harpsichord) invite us to an exhilarating firework display.