Spanish Romances

When Pilar Lorengar died, a little over 20 years ago, at the age of 68 in her adopted city of Berlin, the tributes were unanimous for ‘one of the most beautiful voices heard in the post-war era’ (The Independent). She had grown up in Zaragoza, and always treasured her introduction to the musical stage, practically as an infant, in a zarzuela troupe. Thus she learnt how to hold a stage, deliver a line and captivate an audience almost with her mother’s milk. Those lyric-dramatic qualities distinguish the two albums compiled here. Issued originally on a DG Archiv LP, new to CD and freshly remastered are the Spanish ballads on CD1, arranged by the guitarist Siegfried Behrend for himself and Lorengar. These are vivid musical postcards, variously pastoral, sacred or vernacular in tone, with melodies which have become well-known in other contexts such as Falla’s Siete canciones populares españolas and his Harpsichord Concerto. Complementing the folksongs is a genuine Handelian rarity: No se emenderá jamás, an early cantata with an original Spanish text, where Lorengar and Behrend are joined by the gambist Richard Klemm. A decade on from the album of folksongs, Lorengar had become a Decca artist, making delightful contributions to complete opera sets such as Mozart’s Così fan tutte and Die Zauberflöte (conducted by Solti). With the label’s ‘house’ Spanish pianist, Alicia de Larrocha, she recorded an album of tonadillas by Granados in which native wit and warmth shines from every bar,

Tracks

1~1~Milán: Romanze 'durandarte'
1~2~Anonymous: Tres Morillas M'enamoran
1~3~Milarte: A La Sombra De Mis Cabellos
1~4~Daza: Enfermo Estaba Antioco
1~5~Pisador: Guarte El Rey Don Sancho
1~6~Bermuda: Mira Nero
1~7~Vasquez: De Los Álamos Vengo
1~8~Mudarra: Isabel, Perdiste La Tu Faxa
1~9~Narváez: Con Qué La Lavare
1~10~Handel: No Se Emenderá Jamás
1~11~Nine Spanish Folk Songs: Zorongo
1~12~Nine Spanish Folk Songs: Las Tres Hojas
1~13~Nine Spanish Folk Songs: El Café De Chinitas
1~14~Nine Spanish Folk Songs: Anda, Jaleo
1~15~Nine Spanish Folk Songs: Los Cuatro Muleros
1~16~Nine Spanish Folk Songs: Los Reyes De La Baraja
1~17~Nine Spanish Folk Songs: Romance De Don Boiso
1~18~Nine Spanish Folk Songs: Los Pelegrinitos
1~19~Nine Spanish Folk Songs: La Tarara
2~1~Granados - Tonadillas En Estilo Antiguo: La Maja De Goya
2~2~Granados - Tonadillas En Estilo Antiguo: Amor Y Odio
2~3~Granados - Tonadillas En Estilo Antiguo: El Tra-La-La Y El Punteado
2~4~Granados - Tonadillas En Estilo Antiguo: El Majo Olvidado
2~5~Granados - Tonadillas En Estilo Antiguo: El Majo Tímido
2~6~Granados - Tonadillas En Estilo Antiguo: Callejeo
2~7~Granados - Tonadillas En Estilo Antiguo: El Mirar De La Maja
2~8~Granados - Tonadillas En Estilo Antiguo: Las Currutacas Modestas
2~9~Granados - Tonadillas En Estilo Antiguo: El Majo Discreto
2~10~Granados - Tonadillas En Estilo Antiguo: La Maja Dolorosa 1
2~11~Granados - Tonadillas En Estilo Antiguo: La Maja Dolorosa 2
2~12~Granados - Tonadillas En Estilo Antiguo: La Maja Dolorosa 3
2~13~Colección De Canciónes Amatorias: Mira Que Soy Niña
2~14~Colección De Canciónes Amatorias: Iban Al Pinar
2~15~Colección De Canciónes Amatorias: Mañanica Era
2~16~Colección De Canciónes Amatorias: No Lloreís, Ojuelos
2~17~Colección De Canciónes Amatorias: Llorad, Corazón
2~18~Colección De Canciónes Amatorias: Gracia Mía

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Pilar Lorengar
Release Date: 14 April 2017
Genre: Classical Music
Label: ELOQUENCE / D.G.
Distributor: Universal Music