Composer: Percy Faith, Ernesto Lecuona, Enrique Granados, Arthur Benjamin
Orchestra: Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra
Conductor: Frederick Fennell
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: APE (image+cue)
Label: Mercury
Size: 327 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Brazilian Sleigh Bells
02. Andalucia
03. Malaguena
04. Goyescas: Intermezzo
05. Jamaican Rumba
06. Batuque
07. Amparito Roca
08. El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance
09. The Bullfighter’s Prayer (La Oracion del Torero)
10. Brazilian Dance (Dansa Brasiliera)
11. Hora Staccato
12. Liebestraum
13. Love’s Dream After The Ball
14. Finlandia
15. Clair De Lune
16. The Golden Age: Polka
An amazing record, sonically and musically
This is a great collection of various Spanish-flavored pieces from the heyday of Mercury Living Presence. Highly recommended light classical music. The recording is amazing; how did they get those sleighbells to sound so lifelike in the opening piece, “Brazilian Sleighbells?”
I grew up listening to the LP version of this, long out of print, and I loved it. It was a joy to listen to the CD. Also, for anyone interested in the history of the music on this CD, there is a thorough set of liner notes, as provided on all the Living Presence CDs.
Highly recommended.