De Falla: Noches en los Jardines de España & El Sombrero de Tres Picos

Featuring

Kazuki Yamada
Mari Kodama
Sophie Harmsen
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Manuel de Falla

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Composer Biography

Manuel de Falla, born in 1876 in Cádiz, Spain, received piano and harmony lessons as a child and began composing at an early age.

Composer Biography

Manuel de Falla spent seven years in Paris, where he absorbed impressionistic influences and developed close friendships with composers Paul Dukas and Claude Debussy.

Compositional Technique

Manuel de Falla's music incorporates various Spanish traditions, particularly Andalusian influences focusing on the rhythms of fandango, polo, and malagueña, and elements of canto jondo.

Composition History

Manuel de Falla's opera La vida breve won a competition for the promotion of Spanish national opera and was considered his first mature work.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Manuel de Falla believed that music should be experienced, not just comprehended, stating this view in 1917.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Manuel de Falla aimed to create a highly civilized and modern Spanish musical idiom with strong folkloristic influences, avoiding kitsch and artistic triviality.

Performer Biography

Mari Kodama, the pianist on this album, was born in Osaka and studied piano at the Conservatoire National de Paris, the Salzburg Mozarteum, and with Alfred Brendel.