Performer: Ensemble La Ninfea
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Perfect Noise
Catalogue: PN2404
Release: 2024
Size: 624 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Pandolfo: Violatango
02. Lully, Monteverdi, Michel de la Barre, Marin Marais: Ciaccona & Chaconne
03. Gardel, Bilbao, Forqueray: Collage ‘Chaconne à l´argentine’
04. Praetorius: Volta
05. Praetorius: Sarabande
06. Locke, Aieta: Collage ‘Lockriollo’
07. Handel: Sarabande from Almira
08. Handel: Lascia ch´io pianga
09. Bellinzani, Martín y Coll, Vivaldi, Marais: Folia di Spagna
10. Piazzólla: Oblivion
11. Mozart: Dance Scene from Don Giovanni
12. Traditional 16th / 17th century: Folias criollas
13. Traditional, Soler: Fandango
14. Mancini: Amoroso: from Sonata 1 for recorder and b.c.
15. Firpo: El Amanecer
16. Firpo, Mancini: Collage ‘Amanoroso’
17. Rodríguez, Gerardo: La cumparsita
A daring album: Inspired by once forbidden dances, Ensemble La Ninfea combines things that don’t actually belong together – tango & chaconne, sarabande & waltz, from Monteverdi to Mozart, from Handel to Piazzolla. These dances have never been heard like this before! This Anniversary Album celebrates 15 years of Ensemble La Ninfea!
DANZAS – from Taboo to Triumph: Initially frowned upon and forbidden, then socially accepted and the height of fashion: the infectious rhythms of dances imported from Latin America conquered all of Europe and led to a kind of dance mania. This arrived in several waves – around 1600 for the sarabande and ciaccona, then around 1900 for the tango. Some celebrated this liberation of the body, others saw it as the downfall of the West. Despite being at times banned by the authorities, their popularity was not reduced. In this “crossover” project by La Ninfea, the genres and dances meet and mix. Historical dances suddenly turn into tangos, while a tango shows itself in baroque dress – a musical bridge spanning centuries and social conventions.