Falla: Amor Brujo (El) / El Sombrero De Tres Picos

Featuring

Alicia Nafé
Maximiano Valdés
María José Martos
Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias
Manuel de Falla

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Composer Biography

Manuel de Falla, widely recognized as the leading figure in 20th-century Spanish music, initially aspired to be a writer as a boy.

Recording & Production

This recording was made in the Auditorio Príncipe Felipe, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain, in February and October 2002.

Composer Biography

After the Spanish Civil War and the murder of his friend, poet Federico García Lorca, Falla left Spain in 1939 for Argentina, where he died in 1946.

Composer's Artistic Vision

These two ballets, El amor brujo and El sombrero de tres picos, represent Falla's genius by exploring dark human forces and satirizing corrupt officialdom within a social setting, respectively.

Performer Biography

Maximiano Valdés, the conductor, was born in Santiago, Chile, of Asturian ancestry, and studied at the National Conservatory and Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome.

Composition History

Falla moved to Paris in 1905 after winning a competition for Spanish opera because his prize-winning work, La vida breve, was not offered a public performance in Spain.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Falla was influenced by Felipe Pedrell, a Catalan musicologist and composer, who encouraged his students to appreciate Spanish folk music and its relevance to contemporary composition.