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Manuel de Falla (1876 – 1946) Part 2 8 Danza de los vecinos (Seguidillas) 3. 22 Noches en los jardines de España Dance of the Neighbours Nights in the Gardens of Spain 9 Danza del molinero (Farruca) 7. 56 1 En el Generalife 9. 58 Dance of the Miller In the Generalife 10 Danza del Corregidor 6. 37 2 Danza lejana 4. 51 Dance of the Corregidor A Distant Dance 11 Danza final (Jota) 6. 01 3 En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba 8. 38 Final Dance In the Gardens of the Sierra de Córdoba

La vida breve El sombrero de tres picos Life is Short ← ← The Three-cornered Hat 12 Interlude & Dance 6. 37 4 Introducción 1. 29 Introduction El amor brujo The Bewitched Love Part 1 13 Danza ritual del fuego 4. 14 5 La tarde 5. 23 Ritual Fire Dance Afternoon 6 Danza de la molinera (Fandango) 3. 26 Total playing time: 72. 59 Dance of the Miller’s Wife Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 7 Las uvas 3. 58 Conducted by Kazuki Yamada The Grapes Mari Kodama, piano (in Nights in the Gardens of Spain) Sophie Harmsen, mezzo-soprano (in The Three-cornered Hat)

Mari Kodama Orchestre de la Manuel de Falla (1876 – 1946) Part 2 Kazuki Yamada A Spaniard in Paris – through various detours, forcing him to private lessons he had received from French capital were highly influential acclaimed Spanish première, following relatively small: however, in no way did that was too smooth from his music; De Falla wrote his Noches en los jardines the range of a minor third, like a canto persuade de Falla to rearrange the de Falla portrayed the various levels of guidance of Dukas and Debussy. In revisions were to follow. The story tells USA and Japan she has consistently festival of chamber music presented the Teatro Real Madrid, she celebrated for Early Music Berlin, Anima Eterna Nazionale della RAI Torino and 2012 he conducted a semi-staged Orchestre de la Suisse Piano Suisse Romande © Marco Borggreve 8 Danza de los vecinos (Seguidillas) 3. 22 Manuel de Falla’s path depart from Spain not only in mind – he Felipe Pedrell, who was considered the on his further development as a its first performance the previous this negatively affect his reputation and, if necessary, by incorporating de España (= nights in the gardens jondo – without quoting an existing work for ballet. But de Falla, on the humour by means of onomatopoeia order to connect the scenes, de Falla of the young Sinti girl Candela, who is demonstrated the profound aesthetics together with her husband Kent Nagano great successes as Annio in “La , Capella Augustina, Collegium Tonkünstler-Orchester at the Vienna production of Honegger’s ‘Jeanne Romande Sophie Harmsen Noches en los jardines de España Dance of the Neighbours was aware that he would have to leave founding father of Spain’s national composer. “Without Paris, I would have year in Nice. He had accomplished his either during his lifetime or after his sharp angles and rough edges. And of Spain) between 1909 and 1916. He example. Then he freely develops other hand, convinced Diaghilev to and genteel stylization. The highlight of composed the Interlude, linked here to haunted by the spirit of her deceased of her very personal and unique style. near their home in San Francisco. The clemenza di Tito”. Under the direction of 1704, Concerto Köln, Freiburger Musikverein. d´arc’, with Saito-Kinen Orchestra. The Mezzo-soprano Kazuki Yamada Nights in the Gardens of Spain 9 Danza del molinero (Farruca) 7. 56 to Spanish music his home town, and possibly even his music. In 1904, de Falla wrote his opera been buried in Madrid, forgotten, and breakthrough. In 1916, his work Noches death. De Falla always kept his objective thus, his music appears to be much dedicated this peculiarly iridescent work and varies this melodically specific agree to the transformation of his the ballet is the final jota, in which de the powerful Danza española. Although lover. Magic and witchcraft dominate pianist has played with such orchestras René Jacobs, she was a Dorabella with Barockorchester as well as Pygmalion. ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ project was also a huge Founded in 1918 by Ernest Ansermet, Conductor 1 En el Generalife 9. 58 Dance of the Miller native country, in order to achieve his La vida breve (= life is short), with which chained to a miserable existence,” he en los jardines de España as a composer in view – regardless of more brittle and fragile than that for piano and orchestra to the Catalan language in the guise of late-romantic farcical pantomime, El corregidor y la Falla integrated elements from several both pieces have a clearly Andalusian the scene, as does the Andalusian- In Japan, Kodama is a regular guest as the Berlin Philharmonic, London the Freiburger Barockorchester on tour She regularly performs at festivals He is the incoming Principal Conductor hit in spring 2015 in Côme de Bellescize’s permanent conductor until 1967, the In the Generalife 10 Danza del Corregidor 6. 37 Towards the end of the 19th century goal: a national musical idiom for Spain. he not only won a competition for the remarked later. He developed a close (= nights in the gardens of Spain) was whether he was staying in a cultural of his contemporaries Granados or pianist Ricardo Viñes, whom he had and impressionist music. Although the molinera (= the magistrate and the regions in Spain in order to give a character, the tonality could hardly Arabian character of de Falla’s music. of major Japanese orchestras, most Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, through Europe and Asia. such as the Salzburg Festival, the and Artistic Director of the Orchestre staged version at the new Philharmonie Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, with 2 Danza lejana 4. 51 Dance of the Corregidor and the beginning of the 20th, many promotion of Spanish national opera, friendship with both Paul Dukas and enthusiastically received. That year, backwater in Spain, or performing Albéniz. De Falla formulated his views met in Paris. It is subtitled “impresiones piano has a virtuoso role, it is integrated miller’s wife), into a full-length ballet. precise characterization of the persons be more contradictory: against the recently the Tokyo Metropolitan Hallé Orchestra, the Montreal Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, as hall in Paris, with Orchestre de Paris, its 112 permanent musicians, ensures A Distant Dance 11 Danza final (Jota) 6. 01 composers throughout Europe were De Falla was born in 1876 in the but which he also considered to be his Claude Debussy, and his name became de Falla also completed his farcical on the international cultural stage of on music in 1917 in a crystal-clear and sinfónicas”. At the first glance, these within the orchestral ensemble. In the And thus came about El sombrero according to their origin. There is no late-romantic mood of the Interlude, Mari Kodama, Orchestra and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, the NDR Symphony She sees the collaboration with large Rheingau Musikfestival and Bachfest well as maintaining his role as Principal and Marion Cotillard narrating the role subscription concerts in Geneva and NOCHES EN 3 En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba 8. 38 Final Dance primarily devoting themselves to the southern Andalusian town of Cádiz. As first mature work. more prominent within artistic circles. pantomime El corregidor y la molinera, Paris. His main desire was to create a unambiguous manner: “Music is not “symphonic impressions” appear to second movement (Danza lejana, = de tres picos (= the three-cornered longer any trace of Impressionism: here, the sharp rhythms and the crystal-clear Piano Orchestra in Tokyo. A brilliantly well- Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Los symphony orchestras such as the Leipzig. Sophie Harmsen studied at the Guest Conductor of Orchestre de la of Jeanne. Lausanne, the City of Geneva symphony In the Gardens of the Sierra de Córdoba search for a national identity: for a child, he received piano lessons and He was profoundly influenced by the based on Alarcón’s novel El sombrero highly civilized and modern Spanish created and never should be created in be a classical, three-movement piano distant dance), the changing note hat), which received its première in traditional music prevails and evokes a harmonies of the Danza stand out received performance of the complete Angeles Philharmonic and the Berkeley Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the University of Cape Town and as well in Suisse Romande. In Japan, he holds concerts, the annual concert for the LOS JARDINES La vida breve instance, in Finland there was Sibelius; theory of harmony, making his first The next step in his career led de Ballets Russes and the works written de tres picos (= the three-cornered musical idiom, without losing sight of order to be comprehended, but to be concerto; however, after reviewing the motif from the beginning reappears – London in 1919 with sets and costumes “sophisticated simplicity” (Voss). clearly. Born in Osaka, Mari Kodama was Beethoven Sonata cycle in Los Angeles Symphony, among others. Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Radio- Germany under Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens. further titles of Principal Conductor of Yamada was the winner of the 51st UN, as well as opera performances DE ESPAÑA El sombrero de tres picos Life is Short in Hungary, Bartók and Kodály; and attempts at composition at an early Falla, full of hope for a breakthrough by Stravinsky for this splendid and, at hat); and three years later in London it its authenticity. However, he came experienced.” Various Spanish musical structure of the work, the general effect flamenco-like tonality is clearly audible. designed by Pablo Picasso. Although raised in Germany, Switzerland, France, launched Kodama’s United States of Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Besancon International Competition at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Its The Three-cornered Hat 12 Interlude & Dance 6. 37 in Spain, Albéniz and Granados. They age. In 1896, he moved to Madrid to and success, to the European cultural the same time, revolutionary dance was given its world première, under the across various problematic issues on his traditions are to be found in his work, is more that of a symphonic poem. The final movement (En los jardines de the plot revolves around love and De Falla’s award-winning opera La vida The Danza ritual del fuego (= ritual and England. She studied piano with America reputation, and was followed Sophie Harmsen the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, Kazuki Yamada Partner with Sendai Philharmonic and for young conductors. Born in reputation has been built up over the 4 Introducción 1. 29 were examining the melodic national continue his piano studies with José metropolis par excellence: Paris, where ensemble; and thus he did not return same title, by the Ballets Russes. In 1920, artistic path: for instance, how to mask including most especially the influences Hansjuergen Schaefer has pointed out la Sierra de Córdoba, = in the gardens of jealousy, as in El amor brujo, the coarse breve has already been mentioned fire dance) from El amor brujo is one Germaine Mounier and chamber music by acclaimed recital appearances in Soprano and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is Conductor Music Director of Yokohama Sinfonietta. Kanagawa, Japan, in 1979, he is now years thanks to its historic recordings EL SOMBRERO Introduction El amor brujo treasures of their homeland, hunting for Tragó. Three years later, he completed Spanish music was then all the rage. to his homeland until confronted by the de Falla moved to Granada, and in 1939 the authenticity of Spanish traditional of Andalusian music, which focus on that “the musical design (...) is not the Sierra de Cordoba) begins with the peasant humour adds a lively note to briefly. Although he wrote the work of de Falla’s best-known works. In with Geneviève Joy-Dutilleux at the New York, Paris, London, as well as an integral part of her artistic journey. resident in Berlin. As a student, he and its interpretation of 20th-century The Bewitched Love novel and, above all, authentic artistic his studies in the capital, graduating Albéniz was working on his Iberia, drama of the incipient World War I in – at the end of the Spanish Civil War – he music by means of a highly cultural “free inspiration based on the rhythms determined by tonal effects, tints and celebration of a resounding nocturnal the proceedings. De Falla revised the in 1904-1905, it did not receive its this “gitanería” (= gypsy music) from Conservatoire National de Paris, later throughout Japan, Spain and Germany, Having already travelled the world at a Yamada appears with such orchestras Forthcoming debuts include Melbourne formed Yokohama Sinfonietta, where French and Russian repertoire. DE TRES PICOS Part 1 13 Danza ritual del fuego 4. 14 inspiration. In his own rather slender, yet with distinction. The zarzuelas (= Ravel busy composing his Rapsodie August 1914. It would be fair to describe emigrated to Argentina, where he was disguise. Or how to avoid lapsing into of the fandango, the polo and the shades that can conjure up a southern feast, after which the piano takes over original work, adding rousing dancing première until 1913, when it finally took 1915, he planned nothing less than studying with Tatiana Nikolaeva at the and much of the rest of the U.S.A. young age as the daughter of German Sophie Harmsen has worked with as Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonia Symphony and Houston Symphony he remains Music Director. In 2011 he 5 La tarde 5. 23 Ritual Fire Dance valuable oeuvre Manuel de Falla (1876- Spanish operettas), on which he had espagnole – an absolute Spanish music the seven years de Falla spent in Paris to experience serious financial problems artistic trivia due to the concentration malagueña” (Christoforidis). Elements night in the garden or the countryside.” with a fandango. At the end, the music melodies. The plot – reminiscent of place in Nice thanks to the support a “reinterpretation of the flamenco Salzburg Mozarteum and with Alfred The Los Angeles Times pronounced her diplomats, Sophie Harmsen studied at conductors such as Philipp Ahmann, Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, and he recently made his debut in received the Idemitsu Music Prize for The orchestra’s Music and Artistic Afternoon 1946) also devised a national style, with been working since 1900, did not meet renaissance held Paris in its grip. as his “French school”, as it was thanks due to the absence of royalties from on purely folk-music examples, which of the ornately embellished canto jondo Instead, de Falla is highly specific in the subsides into the tranquillity of the Falstaff – provides plenty of opportunity of his Parisian friends. Previously, de in the light of contemporary designs Brendel as a private pupil. performances of the Prokofiev Third the University of Cape Town and with Frieder Bernius, Adàm Fischer, Philippe Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, a European opera house, at Grand young artists in Japan. Director is Jonathan Nott. Its Principal 6 Danza de la molinera (Fandango) 3. 26 Total playing time: 72. 59 strong folkloristic influences: however, with success. At the time, the aesthetic Nevertheless, de Falla was forced to to the fashionable “Hispanisms”, which Europe, finally dying there in 1946. are by nature rather simplistic. Or even can also be found; but rhythmic and structure of his music from the very night. for total confusion, as well as dressing Falla revised the work extensively, the of musical primitivism, a new vision Piano Concerto “commanding and Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens and now lives in Herreweghe, Thomas Hengelbrock, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Helsinki Théâtre de Genève. He is active in Guest Conductor is Japanese maestro Dance of the Miller’s Wife Orchestre de la Suisse Romande one that excluded the characteristics to background on which de Falla drew was struggle along as best he could, giving were perceived in the capital as artfully more problematic, how to come up with melodic structures from dances and beginning (En el Generalife, = at the up in disguises and seduction on the most important changes being the of the Spain of the gitano (= gypsy)” She has established an international electrifying.” Berlin with her family. Manfred Honeck, Marek Janowski, Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, the field of opera, and performs ‘La Kazuki Yamada. 7 Las uvas 3. 58 Conducted by Kazuki Yamada be found on a kitschy-looking postcard. based on the work L’acoustique nouvelle piano lessons and concerts. However, exotic, that he was able to reflect on As de Falla had a highly conscientious, purely ethnic music as a compositional songs from other Spanish regions can Generalife), he precisely reproduces Sergei Diaghilev, the impresario of stage. The music received unequivocal division of the formerly one-act opera (Christoforidis). El amor brujo is a reputation for her musical sensitivity Andrea Marcon, Helmuth Rilling, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Traviata’, ‘Carmen’ and ‘Rusalka’ in The Grapes Mari Kodama, piano (in Nights in the Gardens of Spain) The path to “Spanish music” was not by the French musical theorist Louis the impressionistic influences and his own national musical roots. Now, in indeed scrupulous approach to result. De Falla circumvented these also be encountered in the mix. the presentation of the Andalusian folk the Ballet Russes, was so enthusiastic praise from the critics of the day. They into two separate acts, and a radical distillate of the music of the Sinti and and outstanding virtuosity. In Mari is also a founding artistic director The mezzo-soprano is particularly in Christophe Rousset, Steven Sloane Stockholm Philharmonic, Bergen Japan in coming seasons. He is strongly Under the guidance of its founding Sophie Harmsen, mezzo-soprano (in The Three-cornered Hat) a straight one for de Falla: it led him Lucas, but above all on the intensive impulses that de Falla absorbed in the 1914, his opera La vida breve received its composition, his entire output remained many traps by cutting out anything song with its second-interval steps in about the Noches that he tried to emphasized the techniques with which revision of the orchestration under the Roma tribes in Andalusia. A number of © Orchestre de la Suisse Romande performances throughout Europe, of the Musical Days at Forest Hill, a demand as a Mozart interpreter. 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directors (Paul Kletzki 1967- 1970, Suisse Romande has been broadcast Ein Spanier in Paris – verlief für de Falla allerdings keineswegs Musiktheoretikers Louis Lucas, vor Aber die vor allem impressionistischen künstlich-exotisch wahrgenommenen Da de Falla ein sehr gewissenhafter, kompositorisches Ergebnis eine reine aus Tänzen und Liedern aus anderen vermag“. Vielmehr wird de Falla von Sergei Diaghilev, der Impresario der jene Techniken hervor, mit denen de Dukas’ und Debussys. Zur Verbindung folgten. Erzählt wird die Geschichte des Acknowledgments Wolfgang Sawallisch 1970-1980, Horst on radio around the world, enabling Manuel de Fallas Wege geradlinig, sondern über Umwege, die allem aber durch den intensiven Einflüsse und Impulse, die de Falla in „Hispanismen“ konnte er sich auf seine geradezu skrupulös arbeitender Folklore zu schaffen. De Falla umging spanischen Regionen verarbeitet. Anfang an (Im Generalife) in seiner Ballet Russes, war von den Noches Falla über Lautmalerei und galante der Szenen komponierte de Fallas das jungen Sintimädchens Candela, das Premium Sound Stein 1980-1985, Armin Jordan 1985- millions of listeners to tune in. The ihn nicht nur gedanklich aus Spanien Privatunterricht bei Felipe Pedrell, der der französischen Hauptstadt geradezu eigenen nationalen musikalischen Komponist war, blieb sein Gesamtwerk all diese Fallstricke, indem er seiner musikalischen Ausgestaltung sehr derart begeistert, dass er versuchte, de Stilisierung die verschiedenen Ebenen Interlude, das hier mit dem kräftigen vom Geist ihres verstorbenen Geliebten PRODUCTION TEAM 1997, Fabio Luisi 1997-2002, Pinchas orchestra has developed a privileged zur spanischen Musik herausführen sollten. De Falla war sich als Begründer der nationalspanischen in sich aufsog, wirkten maßgeblich Wurzeln besinnen. Seine 1913 in Nizza relativ klein. Was dem Ruhm zu Musik das allzu Glatte austrieb, ihr, Die Noches en los jardines de konkret, er baut die Vorlage des Falla zu überreden, das Werk für Ballett des Humors zeichnete. Höhepunkt des Danse espagnole verbunden ist. verfolgt wird. Magie und Zauber Executive producer Job Maarse | Recording producer & balance engineer Erdo Groot and Outstanding Steinberg 2002-2005, Marek Janowski partnership with Pentatone, recording dessen bewusst, dass er Heimatstadt Musik gilt. 1904 entstand dann de auf seine weitere Entwicklung als uraufgeführte Oper La vida breve erlebte Lebzeiten und dem Nachruhm bis wo nötig, Ecken und Kanten geradezu España (Nächte in Spaniens Gärten) andalusischen Volksgesanges mit neu zu fassen. Doch de Falla seinerseits Balletts ist die abschließende jota, in Obwohl beide Stücke andalusischen beherrschen die Szenerie und auch die Recording engineer & editor Karel Bruggeman | Liner notes Jörg Peter Urbach Artists 2005-2012, Neeme Järvi, 2012-2015), up to two to three discs per season. Gegen Ende des 19. und zu Beginn und vielleicht auch Heimatland würde Fallas veristische Züge tragende Oper Komponist. „Ohne Paris wäre ich nun 1914 ihre umjubelte spanische heute allerdings keinen Abbruch einarbeitete. Und so wirkt seine Musik entstanden zwischen 1909 und 1916. dessen Sekundschritten im Umfang überzeugte Diaghilev, seine mimische der de Falla Elemente aus mehreren Charakters sind, könnte die Tonalität arabisch-andalusisch gefärbte Musik de English translation Fiona J. Stroker-Gale | Design Joost de Boo | Product the world-famous Orchestre de la des 20. Jahrhunderts widmeten sich verlassen müssen, um sein Ziel zu La vida breve (Ein kurzes Leben), mit in Madrid begraben geblieben, Erstaufführung. Der Durchbruch war tat. De Falla hatte das Ziel stets deutlich brüchiger und mürber als Dieses eigentümlich changierende einer kleinen Terz wie einen canto jondo Farce El corregidor y la molinera in ein spanischen Regionen einsetzte, um die gegensätzlicher kaum sein: Aus der Fallas. management Max Tiel Suisse Romande is an active contributor The OSR’s international tours have led zahlreiche Komponisten in ganz erreichen. Das spanische Idiom in der der er nicht nur einen Wettbewerb zur vergessen und an ein armseliges geschafft. 1916 wurden die Noches vor seinem kompositorischen Auge. die seiner Zeitgenossen Granados Werk für Klavier und Orchester exakt nach – ohne aus einer realen abendfüllendes Ballett zu verwandeln. Personen ihrer Herkunft nach genau spätromantischen Stimmung des to the history of music through them to perform in the most prestigious Europa vor allem einer Thematik - der Musik. Förderung der spanischen Nationaloper Dasein gebunden“, äußerte er sich en los jardines de España begeistert Ganz gleich, ob er sich in Spanien auf oder Albéniz. De Falla formulierte widmete de Falla dem katalanischen Vorlage zu zitieren. Diese melodisch- Es entstand El sombrero de tres picos zu charakterisieren. Keine Spur mehr Interlude heben sich die scharfen This album was recorded at Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland in July 2016. PENTATONE. Today’s music is evolving Together with our talented artists, the discovery or support of leading venues in Europe (Berlin, London, Suche einer nationalen Identität. gewann, sondern das er auch als sein später einmal. Zu Paul Dukas und aufgenommen und in jenem Jahr stellte einem kulturellen Nebenschauplatz sein Verständnis von Musik im Jahr Pianisten Ricardo Viñes, den er in konkrete Sprache entwickelt de Falla (Der Dreispitz), der 1919 in London in von Impressionismus, hier herrscht die Rhythmen und die glasklare Harmonik and forever changing, but classical we take pride in our work, providing contemporary composers. The pieces Vienna, Salzburg, Paris, Budapest and Sibelius tat dies in Finnland, Bartók Der 1876 im südandalusischen Cádiz erstes reifes Werk akzeptierte. Claude Debussy entwickelte er ein de Falla auch die mimische Farce El oder in Paris, auf der zentralen 1917 glasklar und ohne Umschweife: Paris kennengelernt hatte. Untertitelt dann im Gewand spätromantisch- der Ausstattung von Pablo Picasso Volksmusik und evoziert eine „Raffinesse des Danse deutlich ab. music remains true in creating harmony an impeccable means of experiencing by Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, Amsterdam), Asia (Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, und Kodály in Ungarn, Albéniz und geborene de Falla erhielt als Kind enges, freundschaftliches Band und corregidor y la molinera auf Basis von Schaubühne der Kultur, befand. Er „Musik wird nicht gemacht und sie ist es als „impresiones sinfónicas“. impressionistischer Klänge frei und uraufgeführt wurde. Die Handlung der Einfachheit“ (Voss). among the instruments. Classical music classical music. For all their diversity, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Shanghai), as well as in major cities on Granados in Spanien. Sie fahndeten Klavier- und Harmonielehreunterricht Der nächste Karriereschritt führte de in Künstlerkreisen gewann de Fallas Alarcóns Roman El sombrero de tres wollte eine moderne, spanische Musik sollte nie gemacht werden, damit man Diese „symphonischen Impressionen“ variierend weiter. Das Klavier wird zwar dreht sich zwar wie in El amor brujo Die „Danza ritual del fuego“ is as time-honoured as it is timeless. our artists have one thing in common. Frank Martin, Benjamin Britten, Heinz the American continent (Boston, New in den melodischen Bodenschätzen und machte sich früh an die ersten Falla voller Hoffnung auf Durchbruch Name an Bedeutung. Auch die Balletts picos (Der Dreispitz) fertig. Die dann der Hochkultur schaffen, ohne dabei sie versteht, sondern damit man sie wirken auf den ersten Blick wie ein virtuos geführt, integriert sich aber um Liebe und Eifersucht, erfährt aber Von La vida breve war bereits kurz die (Feuertanz) aus El amor brujo zählt zu And so also should the experience be. They all put their heart and soul into Holliger, Peter Eötvös, James MacMillan, York, San Francisco, Washington, São ihrer Heimat nach neuer, vor allem kompositorischen Gehversuche. 1896 und Erfolg in die europäische Russes und Stravinskys Werke für dieses drei Jahre später als Ballett unter dem deren Originalität zu verleugnen. Auf erlebt.“ In seinen Werken finden sich klassisch-dreisätziges Klavierkonzert, weitestgehend in den Orchesterapparat. durch den derb-bäuerlichen Humor Rede. Jener 1904/05 entstandenen den bekanntesten Werken de Fallas. We take listening to classical music the music, drawing on every last drop Pascal Dusapin or Michael Jarrell were Paulo, Buenos Aires and Montevideo). aber nach authentischer künstlerischer ging er nach Madrid, um bei José Tragó Kulturmetropole schlechthin. Nach glanzvolle und zugleich revolutionäre gleichen Titel in London von den Balletts seinem künstlerischen Weg drohten zahlreiche spanische Musiktraditionen, stellen sich aber beim Betrachten der Im zweiten Satz (Ferner Tanz) taucht eine ausgelassene Note. De Falla preisgekrönten Oper de Fallas. Die Er nahm in dieser „gitanería“ aus to a whole new level, using the best of creativity, skill, and determination Sit back and enjoy premiered in Geneva by the OSR. It is Inspiration. Auch Manuel de Falla seine Klavierstudien fortzusetzen. Drei Paris. Wo spanische Musik gerade en Tanz-Ensemble beeinflussten de Russes uraufgeführt wurde. 1920 zog es ihm allerdings Stolpersteine; etwa die darunter insbesondere Einflüsse Satzfaktur eher als symphonisches die Wechselnotenmotivik des Beginns arbeitete das ursprüngliches Werk um allerdings erst 1913 mit Unterstützung dem Jahr 1915 nicht weniger als eine PUBLISHERS technology to produce a high-quality to perfect their contribution. one of its important mission: supporting (1876-1946) entwickelte in seinem Jahre später schloss er das Studium vogue war. Albéniz arbeitete an „Iberia“, Falla tiefgreifend. Erst das Drama de Falla nach Granada. 1939 ging er, mit Authentizität der spanischen Traditionen der andalusischen Musik mit dem Poem dar. Hansjuergen Schaefer wieder auf – flamencoartige Tonalität und fügte zündende Tanzmelodien seiner Pariser Freunde zur Uraufführung „Neuinterpretation des Flamenco im The Three-cornered Hat Chester Music, London | Nights in the Gardens of Spain Editions Max Eschig, Paris recording, in whichever format it may the symphonic creation, and particularly recht schmalen, aber doch wertvollen in der Hauptstadt mit Auszeichnung Ravel komponierte seine „Rapsodie des beginnenden Ersten Weltkriegs dem Ende des spanischen Bürgerkrieges, durch das Gewand der Hochkultur Fokus auf „freie Inspiration durch die hat darauf hingewiesen, dass „die erklingt. Im Schlusssatz (In den Gärten hinzu. Die an „Falstaff“ gemahnenden in Nizza kam. Vorher arbeitete de Lichte zeitgenössischer Entwürfe des La vida breve Editions Max Eschig, Paris | El amor brujo Chester Music, London come, in whichever format it may be Find out more: the Swiss one. Œuvre einen von folkloristischen Zügen ab. Seinen ab 1900 entstandenen espagnole“ - eine regelrechte spanische veranlasste ihn im August 1914, wieder nach Argentinien, wo er nach dem zu verschleiern. Oder auch, durch die Rhythmen des fandango, des polo und musikalische Gestaltung (...) nun nicht der Sierra de Cordoba) wird anfänglich Handlungszüge liefern jede Menge Falla das Werk tiefgreifend um, die musikalischen Primitivismus, eine neue released. www.pentatonemusic.com geprägten Nationalstil. Allerdings Zarzuela-Kompositionen blieb der Erfolg Musikrenaissance hatte Paris erfasst. in seine Heimat zurückzukehren. Die Ausbleiben der Tantiemen aus Europa Konzentration auf rein volksmusikalische der malagueña“ (Christoforidis). Auch durch die Farbwirkungen, Tönungen ein rauschendes, nächtliches Fest Anlass für totale Verwirrung, Verkleidung wichtigsten Änderungen waren die Vision eines Spaniens der gitanos“ PENTATONE TEAM From its very early days and in close ohne eine auch nur halbwegs kitschig verwehrt. 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Kazuki Yamada A Spaniard in Paris – through various detours, forcing him to © Marco Borggreve Manuel de Falla’s path depart from Spain not only in mind – he was aware that he would have to leave to Spanish music his home town, and possibly even his native country, in order to achieve his Towards the end of the 19th century goal: a national musical idiom for Spain. and the beginning of the 20th, many composers throughout Europe were De Falla was born in 1876 in the primarily devoting themselves to the southern Andalusian town of Cádiz. As search for a national identity: for a child, he received piano lessons and

instance, in Finland there was Sibelius; theory of harmony, making his first in Hungary, Bartók and Kodály; and attempts at composition at an early ← ← in Spain, Albéniz and Granados. They age. In 1896, he moved to Madrid to were examining the melodic national continue his piano studies with José treasures of their homeland, hunting for Tragó. Three years later, he completed novel and, above all, authentic artistic his studies in the capital, graduating inspiration. In his own rather slender, yet with distinction. The zarzuelas (= valuable oeuvre Manuel de Falla (1876- Spanish operettas), on which he had 1946) also devised a national style, with been working since 1900, did not meet strong folkloristic influences: however, with success. At the time, the aesthetic one that excluded the characteristics to background on which de Falla drew was be found on a kitschy-looking postcard. based on the work L’acoustique nouvelle The path to “Spanish music” was not by the French musical theorist Louis a straight one for de Falla: it led him Lucas, but above all on the intensive

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Mari Kodama Orchestre de la Manuel de Falla (1876 – 1946) Part 2 Kazuki Yamada A Spaniard in Paris – through various detours, forcing him to private lessons he had received from French capital were highly influential acclaimed Spanish première, following relatively small: however, in no way did that was too smooth from his music; De Falla wrote his Noches en los jardines the range of a minor third, like a canto persuade de Falla to rearrange the de Falla portrayed the various levels of guidance of Dukas and Debussy. In revisions were to follow. The story tells USA and Japan she has consistently festival of chamber music presented the Teatro Real Madrid, she celebrated for Early Music Berlin, Anima Eterna Nazionale della RAI Torino and 2012 he conducted a semi-staged Orchestre de la Suisse Piano Suisse Romande © Marco Borggreve 8 Danza de los vecinos (Seguidillas) 3. 22 Manuel de Falla’s path depart from Spain not only in mind – he Felipe Pedrell, who was considered the on his further development as a its first performance the previous this negatively affect his reputation and, if necessary, by incorporating de España (= nights in the gardens jondo – without quoting an existing work for ballet. But de Falla, on the humour by means of onomatopoeia order to connect the scenes, de Falla of the young Sinti girl Candela, who is demonstrated the profound aesthetics together with her husband Kent Nagano great successes as Annio in “La , Capella Augustina, Collegium Tonkünstler-Orchester at the Vienna production of Honegger’s ‘Jeanne Romande Sophie Harmsen Noches en los jardines de España Dance of the Neighbours was aware that he would have to leave founding father of Spain’s national composer. “Without Paris, I would have year in Nice. He had accomplished his either during his lifetime or after his sharp angles and rough edges. And of Spain) between 1909 and 1916. He example. Then he freely develops other hand, convinced Diaghilev to and genteel stylization. The highlight of composed the Interlude, linked here to haunted by the spirit of her deceased of her very personal and unique style. near their home in San Francisco. The clemenza di Tito”. Under the direction of 1704, Concerto Köln, Freiburger Musikverein. d´arc’, with Saito-Kinen Orchestra. The Mezzo-soprano Kazuki Yamada Nights in the Gardens of Spain 9 Danza del molinero (Farruca) 7. 56 to Spanish music his home town, and possibly even his music. In 1904, de Falla wrote his opera been buried in Madrid, forgotten, and breakthrough. In 1916, his work Noches death. De Falla always kept his objective thus, his music appears to be much dedicated this peculiarly iridescent work and varies this melodically specific agree to the transformation of his the ballet is the final jota, in which de the powerful Danza española. Although lover. Magic and witchcraft dominate pianist has played with such orchestras René Jacobs, she was a Dorabella with Barockorchester as well as Pygmalion. ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ project was also a huge Founded in 1918 by Ernest Ansermet, Conductor 1 En el Generalife 9. 58 Dance of the Miller native country, in order to achieve his La vida breve (= life is short), with which chained to a miserable existence,” he en los jardines de España as a composer in view – regardless of more brittle and fragile than that for piano and orchestra to the Catalan language in the guise of late-romantic farcical pantomime, El corregidor y la Falla integrated elements from several both pieces have a clearly Andalusian the scene, as does the Andalusian- In Japan, Kodama is a regular guest as the Berlin Philharmonic, London the Freiburger Barockorchester on tour She regularly performs at festivals He is the incoming Principal Conductor hit in spring 2015 in Côme de Bellescize’s permanent conductor until 1967, the In the Generalife 10 Danza del Corregidor 6. 37 Towards the end of the 19th century goal: a national musical idiom for Spain. he not only won a competition for the remarked later. He developed a close (= nights in the gardens of Spain) was whether he was staying in a cultural of his contemporaries Granados or pianist Ricardo Viñes, whom he had and impressionist music. Although the molinera (= the magistrate and the regions in Spain in order to give a character, the tonality could hardly Arabian character of de Falla’s music. of major Japanese orchestras, most Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, through Europe and Asia. such as the Salzburg Festival, the and Artistic Director of the Orchestre staged version at the new Philharmonie Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, with 2 Danza lejana 4. 51 Dance of the Corregidor and the beginning of the 20th, many promotion of Spanish national opera, friendship with both Paul Dukas and enthusiastically received. That year, backwater in Spain, or performing Albéniz. De Falla formulated his views met in Paris. It is subtitled “impresiones piano has a virtuoso role, it is integrated miller’s wife), into a full-length ballet. precise characterization of the persons be more contradictory: against the recently the Tokyo Metropolitan Hallé Orchestra, the Montreal Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, as hall in Paris, with Orchestre de Paris, its 112 permanent musicians, ensures A Distant Dance 11 Danza final (Jota) 6. 01 composers throughout Europe were De Falla was born in 1876 in the but which he also considered to be his Claude Debussy, and his name became de Falla also completed his farcical on the international cultural stage of on music in 1917 in a crystal-clear and sinfónicas”. At the first glance, these within the orchestral ensemble. In the And thus came about El sombrero according to their origin. There is no late-romantic mood of the Interlude, Mari Kodama, Orchestra and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, the NDR Symphony She sees the collaboration with large Rheingau Musikfestival and Bachfest well as maintaining his role as Principal and Marion Cotillard narrating the role subscription concerts in Geneva and NOCHES EN 3 En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba 8. 38 Final Dance primarily devoting themselves to the southern Andalusian town of Cádiz. As first mature work. more prominent within artistic circles. pantomime El corregidor y la molinera, Paris. His main desire was to create a unambiguous manner: “Music is not “symphonic impressions” appear to second movement (Danza lejana, = de tres picos (= the three-cornered longer any trace of Impressionism: here, the sharp rhythms and the crystal-clear Piano Orchestra in Tokyo. A brilliantly well- Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Los symphony orchestras such as the Leipzig. Sophie Harmsen studied at the Guest Conductor of Orchestre de la of Jeanne. Lausanne, the City of Geneva symphony In the Gardens of the Sierra de Córdoba search for a national identity: for a child, he received piano lessons and He was profoundly influenced by the based on Alarcón’s novel El sombrero highly civilized and modern Spanish created and never should be created in be a classical, three-movement piano distant dance), the changing note hat), which received its première in traditional music prevails and evokes a harmonies of the Danza stand out received performance of the complete Angeles Philharmonic and the Berkeley Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the University of Cape Town and as well in Suisse Romande. In Japan, he holds concerts, the annual concert for the LOS JARDINES La vida breve instance, in Finland there was Sibelius; theory of harmony, making his first The next step in his career led de Ballets Russes and the works written de tres picos (= the three-cornered musical idiom, without losing sight of order to be comprehended, but to be concerto; however, after reviewing the motif from the beginning reappears – London in 1919 with sets and costumes “sophisticated simplicity” (Voss). clearly. Born in Osaka, Mari Kodama was Beethoven Sonata cycle in Los Angeles Symphony, among others. Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Radio- Germany under Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens. further titles of Principal Conductor of Yamada was the winner of the 51st UN, as well as opera performances DE ESPAÑA El sombrero de tres picos Life is Short in Hungary, Bartók and Kodály; and attempts at composition at an early Falla, full of hope for a breakthrough by Stravinsky for this splendid and, at hat); and three years later in London it its authenticity. However, he came experienced.” Various Spanish musical structure of the work, the general effect flamenco-like tonality is clearly audible. designed by Pablo Picasso. Although raised in Germany, Switzerland, France, launched Kodama’s United States of Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Besancon International Competition at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Its The Three-cornered Hat 12 Interlude & Dance 6. 37 in Spain, Albéniz and Granados. They age. In 1896, he moved to Madrid to and success, to the European cultural the same time, revolutionary dance was given its world première, under the across various problematic issues on his traditions are to be found in his work, is more that of a symphonic poem. The final movement (En los jardines de the plot revolves around love and De Falla’s award-winning opera La vida The Danza ritual del fuego (= ritual and England. She studied piano with America reputation, and was followed Sophie Harmsen the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, Kazuki Yamada Partner with Sendai Philharmonic and for young conductors. Born in reputation has been built up over the 4 Introducción 1. 29 were examining the melodic national continue his piano studies with José metropolis par excellence: Paris, where ensemble; and thus he did not return same title, by the Ballets Russes. In 1920, artistic path: for instance, how to mask including most especially the influences Hansjuergen Schaefer has pointed out la Sierra de Córdoba, = in the gardens of jealousy, as in El amor brujo, the coarse breve has already been mentioned fire dance) from El amor brujo is one Germaine Mounier and chamber music by acclaimed recital appearances in Soprano and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is Conductor Music Director of Yokohama Sinfonietta. Kanagawa, Japan, in 1979, he is now years thanks to its historic recordings EL SOMBRERO Introduction El amor brujo treasures of their homeland, hunting for Tragó. Three years later, he completed Spanish music was then all the rage. to his homeland until confronted by the de Falla moved to Granada, and in 1939 the authenticity of Spanish traditional of Andalusian music, which focus on that “the musical design (...) is not the Sierra de Cordoba) begins with the peasant humour adds a lively note to briefly. Although he wrote the work of de Falla’s best-known works. In with Geneviève Joy-Dutilleux at the New York, Paris, London, as well as an integral part of her artistic journey. resident in Berlin. As a student, he and its interpretation of 20th-century The Bewitched Love novel and, above all, authentic artistic his studies in the capital, graduating Albéniz was working on his Iberia, drama of the incipient World War I in – at the end of the Spanish Civil War – he music by means of a highly cultural “free inspiration based on the rhythms determined by tonal effects, tints and celebration of a resounding nocturnal the proceedings. De Falla revised the in 1904-1905, it did not receive its this “gitanería” (= gypsy music) from Conservatoire National de Paris, later throughout Japan, Spain and Germany, Having already travelled the world at a Yamada appears with such orchestras Forthcoming debuts include Melbourne formed Yokohama Sinfonietta, where French and Russian repertoire. DE TRES PICOS Part 1 13 Danza ritual del fuego 4. 14 inspiration. In his own rather slender, yet with distinction. The zarzuelas (= Ravel busy composing his Rapsodie August 1914. It would be fair to describe emigrated to Argentina, where he was disguise. Or how to avoid lapsing into of the fandango, the polo and the shades that can conjure up a southern feast, after which the piano takes over original work, adding rousing dancing première until 1913, when it finally took 1915, he planned nothing less than studying with Tatiana Nikolaeva at the and much of the rest of the U.S.A. young age as the daughter of German Sophie Harmsen has worked with as Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonia Symphony and Houston Symphony he remains Music Director. In 2011 he 5 La tarde 5. 23 Ritual Fire Dance valuable oeuvre Manuel de Falla (1876- Spanish operettas), on which he had espagnole – an absolute Spanish music the seven years de Falla spent in Paris to experience serious financial problems artistic trivia due to the concentration malagueña” (Christoforidis). Elements night in the garden or the countryside.” with a fandango. At the end, the music melodies. The plot – reminiscent of place in Nice thanks to the support a “reinterpretation of the flamenco Salzburg Mozarteum and with Alfred The Los Angeles Times pronounced her diplomats, Sophie Harmsen studied at conductors such as Philipp Ahmann, Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, and he recently made his debut in received the Idemitsu Music Prize for The orchestra’s Music and Artistic Afternoon 1946) also devised a national style, with been working since 1900, did not meet renaissance held Paris in its grip. as his “French school”, as it was thanks due to the absence of royalties from on purely folk-music examples, which of the ornately embellished canto jondo Instead, de Falla is highly specific in the subsides into the tranquillity of the Falstaff – provides plenty of opportunity of his Parisian friends. Previously, de in the light of contemporary designs Brendel as a private pupil. performances of the Prokofiev Third the University of Cape Town and with Frieder Bernius, Adàm Fischer, Philippe Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, a European opera house, at Grand young artists in Japan. Director is Jonathan Nott. Its Principal 6 Danza de la molinera (Fandango) 3. 26 Total playing time: 72. 59 strong folkloristic influences: however, with success. At the time, the aesthetic Nevertheless, de Falla was forced to to the fashionable “Hispanisms”, which Europe, finally dying there in 1946. are by nature rather simplistic. Or even can also be found; but rhythmic and structure of his music from the very night. for total confusion, as well as dressing Falla revised the work extensively, the of musical primitivism, a new vision Piano Concerto “commanding and Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens and now lives in Herreweghe, Thomas Hengelbrock, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Helsinki Théâtre de Genève. He is active in Guest Conductor is Japanese maestro Dance of the Miller’s Wife Orchestre de la Suisse Romande one that excluded the characteristics to background on which de Falla drew was struggle along as best he could, giving were perceived in the capital as artfully more problematic, how to come up with melodic structures from dances and beginning (En el Generalife, = at the up in disguises and seduction on the most important changes being the of the Spain of the gitano (= gypsy)” She has established an international electrifying.” Berlin with her family. Manfred Honeck, Marek Janowski, Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, the field of opera, and performs ‘La Kazuki Yamada. 7 Las uvas 3. 58 Conducted by Kazuki Yamada be found on a kitschy-looking postcard. based on the work L’acoustique nouvelle piano lessons and concerts. However, exotic, that he was able to reflect on As de Falla had a highly conscientious, purely ethnic music as a compositional songs from other Spanish regions can Generalife), he precisely reproduces Sergei Diaghilev, the impresario of stage. The music received unequivocal division of the formerly one-act opera (Christoforidis). El amor brujo is a reputation for her musical sensitivity Andrea Marcon, Helmuth Rilling, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Traviata’, ‘Carmen’ and ‘Rusalka’ in The Grapes Mari Kodama, piano (in Nights in the Gardens of Spain) The path to “Spanish music” was not by the French musical theorist Louis the impressionistic influences and his own national musical roots. Now, in indeed scrupulous approach to result. De Falla circumvented these also be encountered in the mix. the presentation of the Andalusian folk the Ballet Russes, was so enthusiastic praise from the critics of the day. They into two separate acts, and a radical distillate of the music of the Sinti and and outstanding virtuosity. In Mari is also a founding artistic director The mezzo-soprano is particularly in Christophe Rousset, Steven Sloane Stockholm Philharmonic, Bergen Japan in coming seasons. He is strongly Under the guidance of its founding Sophie Harmsen, mezzo-soprano (in The Three-cornered Hat) a straight one for de Falla: it led him Lucas, but above all on the intensive impulses that de Falla absorbed in the 1914, his opera La vida breve received its composition, his entire output remained many traps by cutting out anything song with its second-interval steps in about the Noches that he tried to emphasized the techniques with which revision of the orchestration under the Roma tribes in Andalusia. A number of © Orchestre de la Suisse Romande performances throughout Europe, of the Musical Days at Forest Hill, a demand as a Mozart interpreter. At and with ensembles such as: Academy Philharmonic, Orchestra Sinfonica supported by Seiji Ozawa and in August conductor and subsequent music

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directors (Paul Kletzki 1967- 1970, Suisse Romande has been broadcast Ein Spanier in Paris – verlief für de Falla allerdings keineswegs Musiktheoretikers Louis Lucas, vor Aber die vor allem impressionistischen künstlich-exotisch wahrgenommenen Da de Falla ein sehr gewissenhafter, kompositorisches Ergebnis eine reine aus Tänzen und Liedern aus anderen vermag“. Vielmehr wird de Falla von Sergei Diaghilev, der Impresario der jene Techniken hervor, mit denen de Dukas’ und Debussys. Zur Verbindung folgten. Erzählt wird die Geschichte des Acknowledgments Wolfgang Sawallisch 1970-1980, Horst on radio around the world, enabling Manuel de Fallas Wege geradlinig, sondern über Umwege, die allem aber durch den intensiven Einflüsse und Impulse, die de Falla in „Hispanismen“ konnte er sich auf seine geradezu skrupulös arbeitender Folklore zu schaffen. De Falla umging spanischen Regionen verarbeitet. Anfang an (Im Generalife) in seiner Ballet Russes, war von den Noches Falla über Lautmalerei und galante der Szenen komponierte de Fallas das jungen Sintimädchens Candela, das Premium Sound Stein 1980-1985, Armin Jordan 1985- millions of listeners to tune in. The ihn nicht nur gedanklich aus Spanien Privatunterricht bei Felipe Pedrell, der der französischen Hauptstadt geradezu eigenen nationalen musikalischen Komponist war, blieb sein Gesamtwerk all diese Fallstricke, indem er seiner musikalischen Ausgestaltung sehr derart begeistert, dass er versuchte, de Stilisierung die verschiedenen Ebenen Interlude, das hier mit dem kräftigen vom Geist ihres verstorbenen Geliebten PRODUCTION TEAM 1997, Fabio Luisi 1997-2002, Pinchas orchestra has developed a privileged zur spanischen Musik herausführen sollten. De Falla war sich als Begründer der nationalspanischen in sich aufsog, wirkten maßgeblich Wurzeln besinnen. Seine 1913 in Nizza relativ klein. Was dem Ruhm zu Musik das allzu Glatte austrieb, ihr, Die Noches en los jardines de konkret, er baut die Vorlage des Falla zu überreden, das Werk für Ballett des Humors zeichnete. Höhepunkt des Danse espagnole verbunden ist. verfolgt wird. Magie und Zauber Executive producer Job Maarse | Recording producer & balance engineer Erdo Groot and Outstanding Steinberg 2002-2005, Marek Janowski partnership with Pentatone, recording dessen bewusst, dass er Heimatstadt Musik gilt. 1904 entstand dann de auf seine weitere Entwicklung als uraufgeführte Oper La vida breve erlebte Lebzeiten und dem Nachruhm bis wo nötig, Ecken und Kanten geradezu España (Nächte in Spaniens Gärten) andalusischen Volksgesanges mit neu zu fassen. Doch de Falla seinerseits Balletts ist die abschließende jota, in Obwohl beide Stücke andalusischen beherrschen die Szenerie und auch die Recording engineer & editor Karel Bruggeman | Liner notes Jörg Peter Urbach Artists 2005-2012, Neeme Järvi, 2012-2015), up to two to three discs per season. Gegen Ende des 19. und zu Beginn und vielleicht auch Heimatland würde Fallas veristische Züge tragende Oper Komponist. „Ohne Paris wäre ich nun 1914 ihre umjubelte spanische heute allerdings keinen Abbruch einarbeitete. Und so wirkt seine Musik entstanden zwischen 1909 und 1916. dessen Sekundschritten im Umfang überzeugte Diaghilev, seine mimische der de Falla Elemente aus mehreren Charakters sind, könnte die Tonalität arabisch-andalusisch gefärbte Musik de English translation Fiona J. Stroker-Gale | Design Joost de Boo | Product the world-famous Orchestre de la des 20. Jahrhunderts widmeten sich verlassen müssen, um sein Ziel zu La vida breve (Ein kurzes Leben), mit in Madrid begraben geblieben, Erstaufführung. Der Durchbruch war tat. De Falla hatte das Ziel stets deutlich brüchiger und mürber als Dieses eigentümlich changierende einer kleinen Terz wie einen canto jondo Farce El corregidor y la molinera in ein spanischen Regionen einsetzte, um die gegensätzlicher kaum sein: Aus der Fallas. management Max Tiel Suisse Romande is an active contributor The OSR’s international tours have led zahlreiche Komponisten in ganz erreichen. Das spanische Idiom in der der er nicht nur einen Wettbewerb zur vergessen und an ein armseliges geschafft. 1916 wurden die Noches vor seinem kompositorischen Auge. die seiner Zeitgenossen Granados Werk für Klavier und Orchester exakt nach – ohne aus einer realen abendfüllendes Ballett zu verwandeln. Personen ihrer Herkunft nach genau spätromantischen Stimmung des to the history of music through them to perform in the most prestigious Europa vor allem einer Thematik - der Musik. Förderung der spanischen Nationaloper Dasein gebunden“, äußerte er sich en los jardines de España begeistert Ganz gleich, ob er sich in Spanien auf oder Albéniz. De Falla formulierte widmete de Falla dem katalanischen Vorlage zu zitieren. Diese melodisch- Es entstand El sombrero de tres picos zu charakterisieren. Keine Spur mehr Interlude heben sich die scharfen This album was recorded at Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland in July 2016. PENTATONE. Today’s music is evolving Together with our talented artists, the discovery or support of leading venues in Europe (Berlin, London, Suche einer nationalen Identität. gewann, sondern das er auch als sein später einmal. Zu Paul Dukas und aufgenommen und in jenem Jahr stellte einem kulturellen Nebenschauplatz sein Verständnis von Musik im Jahr Pianisten Ricardo Viñes, den er in konkrete Sprache entwickelt de Falla (Der Dreispitz), der 1919 in London in von Impressionismus, hier herrscht die Rhythmen und die glasklare Harmonik and forever changing, but classical we take pride in our work, providing contemporary composers. The pieces Vienna, Salzburg, Paris, Budapest and Sibelius tat dies in Finnland, Bartók Der 1876 im südandalusischen Cádiz erstes reifes Werk akzeptierte. Claude Debussy entwickelte er ein de Falla auch die mimische Farce El oder in Paris, auf der zentralen 1917 glasklar und ohne Umschweife: Paris kennengelernt hatte. Untertitelt dann im Gewand spätromantisch- der Ausstattung von Pablo Picasso Volksmusik und evoziert eine „Raffinesse des Danse deutlich ab. music remains true in creating harmony an impeccable means of experiencing by Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, Amsterdam), Asia (Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, und Kodály in Ungarn, Albéniz und geborene de Falla erhielt als Kind enges, freundschaftliches Band und corregidor y la molinera auf Basis von Schaubühne der Kultur, befand. Er „Musik wird nicht gemacht und sie ist es als „impresiones sinfónicas“. impressionistischer Klänge frei und uraufgeführt wurde. Die Handlung der Einfachheit“ (Voss). among the instruments. Classical music classical music. For all their diversity, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Shanghai), as well as in major cities on Granados in Spanien. Sie fahndeten Klavier- und Harmonielehreunterricht Der nächste Karriereschritt führte de in Künstlerkreisen gewann de Fallas Alarcóns Roman El sombrero de tres wollte eine moderne, spanische Musik sollte nie gemacht werden, damit man Diese „symphonischen Impressionen“ variierend weiter. Das Klavier wird zwar dreht sich zwar wie in El amor brujo Die „Danza ritual del fuego“ is as time-honoured as it is timeless. our artists have one thing in common. Frank Martin, Benjamin Britten, Heinz the American continent (Boston, New in den melodischen Bodenschätzen und machte sich früh an die ersten Falla voller Hoffnung auf Durchbruch Name an Bedeutung. Auch die Balletts picos (Der Dreispitz) fertig. Die dann der Hochkultur schaffen, ohne dabei sie versteht, sondern damit man sie wirken auf den ersten Blick wie ein virtuos geführt, integriert sich aber um Liebe und Eifersucht, erfährt aber Von La vida breve war bereits kurz die (Feuertanz) aus El amor brujo zählt zu And so also should the experience be. They all put their heart and soul into Holliger, Peter Eötvös, James MacMillan, York, San Francisco, Washington, São ihrer Heimat nach neuer, vor allem kompositorischen Gehversuche. 1896 und Erfolg in die europäische Russes und Stravinskys Werke für dieses drei Jahre später als Ballett unter dem deren Originalität zu verleugnen. Auf erlebt.“ In seinen Werken finden sich klassisch-dreisätziges Klavierkonzert, weitestgehend in den Orchesterapparat. durch den derb-bäuerlichen Humor Rede. Jener 1904/05 entstandenen den bekanntesten Werken de Fallas. We take listening to classical music the music, drawing on every last drop Pascal Dusapin or Michael Jarrell were Paulo, Buenos Aires and Montevideo). aber nach authentischer künstlerischer ging er nach Madrid, um bei José Tragó Kulturmetropole schlechthin. Nach glanzvolle und zugleich revolutionäre gleichen Titel in London von den Balletts seinem künstlerischen Weg drohten zahlreiche spanische Musiktraditionen, stellen sich aber beim Betrachten der Im zweiten Satz (Ferner Tanz) taucht eine ausgelassene Note. De Falla preisgekrönten Oper de Fallas. Die Er nahm in dieser „gitanería“ aus to a whole new level, using the best of creativity, skill, and determination Sit back and enjoy premiered in Geneva by the OSR. It is Inspiration. Auch Manuel de Falla seine Klavierstudien fortzusetzen. Drei Paris. Wo spanische Musik gerade en Tanz-Ensemble beeinflussten de Russes uraufgeführt wurde. 1920 zog es ihm allerdings Stolpersteine; etwa die darunter insbesondere Einflüsse Satzfaktur eher als symphonisches die Wechselnotenmotivik des Beginns arbeitete das ursprüngliches Werk um allerdings erst 1913 mit Unterstützung dem Jahr 1915 nicht weniger als eine PUBLISHERS technology to produce a high-quality to perfect their contribution. one of its important mission: supporting (1876-1946) entwickelte in seinem Jahre später schloss er das Studium vogue war. Albéniz arbeitete an „Iberia“, Falla tiefgreifend. Erst das Drama de Falla nach Granada. 1939 ging er, mit Authentizität der spanischen Traditionen der andalusischen Musik mit dem Poem dar. Hansjuergen Schaefer wieder auf – flamencoartige Tonalität und fügte zündende Tanzmelodien seiner Pariser Freunde zur Uraufführung „Neuinterpretation des Flamenco im The Three-cornered Hat Chester Music, London | Nights in the Gardens of Spain Editions Max Eschig, Paris recording, in whichever format it may the symphonic creation, and particularly recht schmalen, aber doch wertvollen in der Hauptstadt mit Auszeichnung Ravel komponierte seine „Rapsodie des beginnenden Ersten Weltkriegs dem Ende des spanischen Bürgerkrieges, durch das Gewand der Hochkultur Fokus auf „freie Inspiration durch die hat darauf hingewiesen, dass „die erklingt. Im Schlusssatz (In den Gärten hinzu. Die an „Falstaff“ gemahnenden in Nizza kam. Vorher arbeitete de Lichte zeitgenössischer Entwürfe des La vida breve Editions Max Eschig, Paris | El amor brujo Chester Music, London come, in whichever format it may be Find out more: the Swiss one. Œuvre einen von folkloristischen Zügen ab. Seinen ab 1900 entstandenen espagnole“ - eine regelrechte spanische veranlasste ihn im August 1914, wieder nach Argentinien, wo er nach dem zu verschleiern. Oder auch, durch die Rhythmen des fandango, des polo und musikalische Gestaltung (...) nun nicht der Sierra de Cordoba) wird anfänglich Handlungszüge liefern jede Menge Falla das Werk tiefgreifend um, die musikalischen Primitivismus, eine neue released. www.pentatonemusic.com geprägten Nationalstil. Allerdings Zarzuela-Kompositionen blieb der Erfolg Musikrenaissance hatte Paris erfasst. in seine Heimat zurückzukehren. Die Ausbleiben der Tantiemen aus Europa Konzentration auf rein volksmusikalische der malagueña“ (Christoforidis). Auch durch die Farbwirkungen, Tönungen ein rauschendes, nächtliches Fest Anlass für totale Verwirrung, Verkleidung wichtigsten Änderungen waren die Vision eines Spaniens der gitanos“ PENTATONE TEAM From its very early days and in close ohne eine auch nur halbwegs kitschig verwehrt. 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private lessons he had received from French capital were highly influential acclaimed Spanish première, following relatively small: however, in no way did Felipe Pedrell, who was considered the on his further development as a its first performance the previous this negatively affect his reputation founding father of Spain’s national composer. “Without Paris, I would have year in Nice. He had accomplished his either during his lifetime or after his music. In 1904, de Falla wrote his opera been buried in Madrid, forgotten, and breakthrough. In 1916, his work Noches death. De Falla always kept his objective La vida breve (= life is short), with which chained to a miserable existence,” he en los jardines de España as a composer in view – regardless of he not only won a competition for the remarked later. He developed a close (= nights in the gardens of Spain) was whether he was staying in a cultural promotion of Spanish national opera, friendship with both Paul Dukas and enthusiastically received. That year, backwater in Spain, or performing but which he also considered to be his Claude Debussy, and his name became de Falla also completed his farcical on the international cultural stage of first mature work. more prominent within artistic circles. pantomime El corregidor y la molinera, Paris. His main desire was to create a He was profoundly influenced by the based on Alarcón’s novel El sombrero highly civilized and modern Spanish

The next step in his career led de Ballets Russes and the works written de tres picos (= the three-cornered musical idiom, without losing sight of Falla, full of hope for a breakthrough by Stravinsky for this splendid and, at hat); and three years later in London it its authenticity. However, he came ← ← and success, to the European cultural the same time, revolutionary dance was given its world première, under the across various problematic issues on his metropolis par excellence: Paris, where ensemble; and thus he did not return same title, by the Ballets Russes. In 1920, artistic path: for instance, how to mask Spanish music was then all the rage. to his homeland until confronted by the de Falla moved to Granada, and in 1939 the authenticity of Spanish traditional Albéniz was working on his Iberia, drama of the incipient World War I in – at the end of the Spanish Civil War – he music by means of a highly cultural Ravel busy composing his Rapsodie August 1914. It would be fair to describe emigrated to Argentina, where he was disguise. Or how to avoid lapsing into espagnole – an absolute Spanish music the seven years de Falla spent in Paris to experience serious financial problems artistic trivia due to the concentration renaissance held Paris in its grip. as his “French school”, as it was thanks due to the absence of royalties from on purely folk-music examples, which Nevertheless, de Falla was forced to to the fashionable “Hispanisms”, which Europe, finally dying there in 1946. are by nature rather simplistic. Or even struggle along as best he could, giving were perceived in the capital as artfully more problematic, how to come up with piano lessons and concerts. However, exotic, that he was able to reflect on As de Falla had a highly conscientious, purely ethnic music as a compositional the impressionistic influences and his own national musical roots. Now, in indeed scrupulous approach to result. De Falla circumvented these impulses that de Falla absorbed in the 1914, his opera La vida breve received its composition, his entire output remained many traps by cutting out anything

Mari Kodama Orchestre de la Manuel de Falla (1876 – 1946) Part 2 Kazuki Yamada A Spaniard in Paris – through various detours, forcing him to private lessons he had received from French capital were highly influential acclaimed Spanish première, following relatively small: however, in no way did that was too smooth from his music; De Falla wrote his Noches en los jardines the range of a minor third, like a canto persuade de Falla to rearrange the de Falla portrayed the various levels of guidance of Dukas and Debussy. In revisions were to follow. The story tells USA and Japan she has consistently festival of chamber music presented the Teatro Real Madrid, she celebrated for Early Music Berlin, Anima Eterna Nazionale della RAI Torino and 2012 he conducted a semi-staged Orchestre de la Suisse Piano Suisse Romande © Marco Borggreve 8 Danza de los vecinos (Seguidillas) 3. 22 Manuel de Falla’s path depart from Spain not only in mind – he Felipe Pedrell, who was considered the on his further development as a its first performance the previous this negatively affect his reputation and, if necessary, by incorporating de España (= nights in the gardens jondo – without quoting an existing work for ballet. But de Falla, on the humour by means of onomatopoeia order to connect the scenes, de Falla of the young Sinti girl Candela, who is demonstrated the profound aesthetics together with her husband Kent Nagano great successes as Annio in “La , Capella Augustina, Collegium Tonkünstler-Orchester at the Vienna production of Honegger’s ‘Jeanne Romande Sophie Harmsen Noches en los jardines de España Dance of the Neighbours was aware that he would have to leave founding father of Spain’s national composer. “Without Paris, I would have year in Nice. He had accomplished his either during his lifetime or after his sharp angles and rough edges. And of Spain) between 1909 and 1916. He example. Then he freely develops other hand, convinced Diaghilev to and genteel stylization. The highlight of composed the Interlude, linked here to haunted by the spirit of her deceased of her very personal and unique style. near their home in San Francisco. The clemenza di Tito”. Under the direction of 1704, Concerto Köln, Freiburger Musikverein. d´arc’, with Saito-Kinen Orchestra. The Mezzo-soprano Kazuki Yamada Nights in the Gardens of Spain 9 Danza del molinero (Farruca) 7. 56 to Spanish music his home town, and possibly even his music. In 1904, de Falla wrote his opera been buried in Madrid, forgotten, and breakthrough. In 1916, his work Noches death. De Falla always kept his objective thus, his music appears to be much dedicated this peculiarly iridescent work and varies this melodically specific agree to the transformation of his the ballet is the final jota, in which de the powerful Danza española. Although lover. Magic and witchcraft dominate pianist has played with such orchestras René Jacobs, she was a Dorabella with Barockorchester as well as Pygmalion. ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ project was also a huge Founded in 1918 by Ernest Ansermet, Conductor 1 En el Generalife 9. 58 Dance of the Miller native country, in order to achieve his La vida breve (= life is short), with which chained to a miserable existence,” he en los jardines de España as a composer in view – regardless of more brittle and fragile than that for piano and orchestra to the Catalan language in the guise of late-romantic farcical pantomime, El corregidor y la Falla integrated elements from several both pieces have a clearly Andalusian the scene, as does the Andalusian- In Japan, Kodama is a regular guest as the Berlin Philharmonic, London the Freiburger Barockorchester on tour She regularly performs at festivals He is the incoming Principal Conductor hit in spring 2015 in Côme de Bellescize’s permanent conductor until 1967, the In the Generalife 10 Danza del Corregidor 6. 37 Towards the end of the 19th century goal: a national musical idiom for Spain. he not only won a competition for the remarked later. He developed a close (= nights in the gardens of Spain) was whether he was staying in a cultural of his contemporaries Granados or pianist Ricardo Viñes, whom he had and impressionist music. Although the molinera (= the magistrate and the regions in Spain in order to give a character, the tonality could hardly Arabian character of de Falla’s music. of major Japanese orchestras, most Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, through Europe and Asia. such as the Salzburg Festival, the and Artistic Director of the Orchestre staged version at the new Philharmonie Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, with 2 Danza lejana 4. 51 Dance of the Corregidor and the beginning of the 20th, many promotion of Spanish national opera, friendship with both Paul Dukas and enthusiastically received. That year, backwater in Spain, or performing Albéniz. De Falla formulated his views met in Paris. It is subtitled “impresiones piano has a virtuoso role, it is integrated miller’s wife), into a full-length ballet. precise characterization of the persons be more contradictory: against the recently the Tokyo Metropolitan Hallé Orchestra, the Montreal Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, as hall in Paris, with Orchestre de Paris, its 112 permanent musicians, ensures A Distant Dance 11 Danza final (Jota) 6. 01 composers throughout Europe were De Falla was born in 1876 in the but which he also considered to be his Claude Debussy, and his name became de Falla also completed his farcical on the international cultural stage of on music in 1917 in a crystal-clear and sinfónicas”. At the first glance, these within the orchestral ensemble. In the And thus came about El sombrero according to their origin. There is no late-romantic mood of the Interlude, Mari Kodama, Orchestra and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, the NDR Symphony She sees the collaboration with large Rheingau Musikfestival and Bachfest well as maintaining his role as Principal and Marion Cotillard narrating the role subscription concerts in Geneva and NOCHES EN 3 En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba 8. 38 Final Dance primarily devoting themselves to the southern Andalusian town of Cádiz. As first mature work. more prominent within artistic circles. pantomime El corregidor y la molinera, Paris. His main desire was to create a unambiguous manner: “Music is not “symphonic impressions” appear to second movement (Danza lejana, = de tres picos (= the three-cornered longer any trace of Impressionism: here, the sharp rhythms and the crystal-clear Piano Orchestra in Tokyo. A brilliantly well- Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Los symphony orchestras such as the Leipzig. Sophie Harmsen studied at the Guest Conductor of Orchestre de la of Jeanne. Lausanne, the City of Geneva symphony In the Gardens of the Sierra de Córdoba search for a national identity: for a child, he received piano lessons and He was profoundly influenced by the based on Alarcón’s novel El sombrero highly civilized and modern Spanish created and never should be created in be a classical, three-movement piano distant dance), the changing note hat), which received its première in traditional music prevails and evokes a harmonies of the Danza stand out received performance of the complete Angeles Philharmonic and the Berkeley Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the University of Cape Town and as well in Suisse Romande. In Japan, he holds concerts, the annual concert for the LOS JARDINES La vida breve instance, in Finland there was Sibelius; theory of harmony, making his first The next step in his career led de Ballets Russes and the works written de tres picos (= the three-cornered musical idiom, without losing sight of order to be comprehended, but to be concerto; however, after reviewing the motif from the beginning reappears – London in 1919 with sets and costumes “sophisticated simplicity” (Voss). clearly. Born in Osaka, Mari Kodama was Beethoven Sonata cycle in Los Angeles Symphony, among others. Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Radio- Germany under Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens. further titles of Principal Conductor of Yamada was the winner of the 51st UN, as well as opera performances DE ESPAÑA El sombrero de tres picos Life is Short in Hungary, Bartók and Kodály; and attempts at composition at an early Falla, full of hope for a breakthrough by Stravinsky for this splendid and, at hat); and three years later in London it its authenticity. However, he came experienced.” Various Spanish musical structure of the work, the general effect flamenco-like tonality is clearly audible. designed by Pablo Picasso. Although raised in Germany, Switzerland, France, launched Kodama’s United States of Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Besancon International Competition at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Its The Three-cornered Hat 12 Interlude & Dance 6. 37 in Spain, Albéniz and Granados. They age. In 1896, he moved to Madrid to and success, to the European cultural the same time, revolutionary dance was given its world première, under the across various problematic issues on his traditions are to be found in his work, is more that of a symphonic poem. The final movement (En los jardines de the plot revolves around love and De Falla’s award-winning opera La vida The Danza ritual del fuego (= ritual and England. She studied piano with America reputation, and was followed Sophie Harmsen the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, Kazuki Yamada Partner with Sendai Philharmonic and for young conductors. Born in reputation has been built up over the 4 Introducción 1. 29 were examining the melodic national continue his piano studies with José metropolis par excellence: Paris, where ensemble; and thus he did not return same title, by the Ballets Russes. In 1920, artistic path: for instance, how to mask including most especially the influences Hansjuergen Schaefer has pointed out la Sierra de Córdoba, = in the gardens of jealousy, as in El amor brujo, the coarse breve has already been mentioned fire dance) from El amor brujo is one Germaine Mounier and chamber music by acclaimed recital appearances in Soprano and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is Conductor Music Director of Yokohama Sinfonietta. Kanagawa, Japan, in 1979, he is now years thanks to its historic recordings EL SOMBRERO Introduction El amor brujo treasures of their homeland, hunting for Tragó. Three years later, he completed Spanish music was then all the rage. to his homeland until confronted by the de Falla moved to Granada, and in 1939 the authenticity of Spanish traditional of Andalusian music, which focus on that “the musical design (...) is not the Sierra de Cordoba) begins with the peasant humour adds a lively note to briefly. Although he wrote the work of de Falla’s best-known works. In with Geneviève Joy-Dutilleux at the New York, Paris, London, as well as an integral part of her artistic journey. resident in Berlin. As a student, he and its interpretation of 20th-century The Bewitched Love novel and, above all, authentic artistic his studies in the capital, graduating Albéniz was working on his Iberia, drama of the incipient World War I in – at the end of the Spanish Civil War – he music by means of a highly cultural “free inspiration based on the rhythms determined by tonal effects, tints and celebration of a resounding nocturnal the proceedings. De Falla revised the in 1904-1905, it did not receive its this “gitanería” (= gypsy music) from Conservatoire National de Paris, later throughout Japan, Spain and Germany, Having already travelled the world at a Yamada appears with such orchestras Forthcoming debuts include Melbourne formed Yokohama Sinfonietta, where French and Russian repertoire. DE TRES PICOS Part 1 13 Danza ritual del fuego 4. 14 inspiration. In his own rather slender, yet with distinction. The zarzuelas (= Ravel busy composing his Rapsodie August 1914. It would be fair to describe emigrated to Argentina, where he was disguise. Or how to avoid lapsing into of the fandango, the polo and the shades that can conjure up a southern feast, after which the piano takes over original work, adding rousing dancing première until 1913, when it finally took 1915, he planned nothing less than studying with Tatiana Nikolaeva at the and much of the rest of the U.S.A. young age as the daughter of German Sophie Harmsen has worked with as Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonia Symphony and Houston Symphony he remains Music Director. In 2011 he 5 La tarde 5. 23 Ritual Fire Dance valuable oeuvre Manuel de Falla (1876- Spanish operettas), on which he had espagnole – an absolute Spanish music the seven years de Falla spent in Paris to experience serious financial problems artistic trivia due to the concentration malagueña” (Christoforidis). Elements night in the garden or the countryside.” with a fandango. At the end, the music melodies. The plot – reminiscent of place in Nice thanks to the support a “reinterpretation of the flamenco Salzburg Mozarteum and with Alfred The Los Angeles Times pronounced her diplomats, Sophie Harmsen studied at conductors such as Philipp Ahmann, Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, and he recently made his debut in received the Idemitsu Music Prize for The orchestra’s Music and Artistic Afternoon 1946) also devised a national style, with been working since 1900, did not meet renaissance held Paris in its grip. as his “French school”, as it was thanks due to the absence of royalties from on purely folk-music examples, which of the ornately embellished canto jondo Instead, de Falla is highly specific in the subsides into the tranquillity of the Falstaff – provides plenty of opportunity of his Parisian friends. Previously, de in the light of contemporary designs Brendel as a private pupil. performances of the Prokofiev Third the University of Cape Town and with Frieder Bernius, Adàm Fischer, Philippe Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, a European opera house, at Grand young artists in Japan. Director is Jonathan Nott. Its Principal 6 Danza de la molinera (Fandango) 3. 26 Total playing time: 72. 59 strong folkloristic influences: however, with success. At the time, the aesthetic Nevertheless, de Falla was forced to to the fashionable “Hispanisms”, which Europe, finally dying there in 1946. are by nature rather simplistic. Or even can also be found; but rhythmic and structure of his music from the very night. for total confusion, as well as dressing Falla revised the work extensively, the of musical primitivism, a new vision Piano Concerto “commanding and Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens and now lives in Herreweghe, Thomas Hengelbrock, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Helsinki Théâtre de Genève. He is active in Guest Conductor is Japanese maestro Dance of the Miller’s Wife Orchestre de la Suisse Romande one that excluded the characteristics to background on which de Falla drew was struggle along as best he could, giving were perceived in the capital as artfully more problematic, how to come up with melodic structures from dances and beginning (En el Generalife, = at the up in disguises and seduction on the most important changes being the of the Spain of the gitano (= gypsy)” She has established an international electrifying.” Berlin with her family. Manfred Honeck, Marek Janowski, Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, the field of opera, and performs ‘La Kazuki Yamada. 7 Las uvas 3. 58 Conducted by Kazuki Yamada be found on a kitschy-looking postcard. based on the work L’acoustique nouvelle piano lessons and concerts. However, exotic, that he was able to reflect on As de Falla had a highly conscientious, purely ethnic music as a compositional songs from other Spanish regions can Generalife), he precisely reproduces Sergei Diaghilev, the impresario of stage. The music received unequivocal division of the formerly one-act opera (Christoforidis). El amor brujo is a reputation for her musical sensitivity Andrea Marcon, Helmuth Rilling, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Traviata’, ‘Carmen’ and ‘Rusalka’ in The Grapes Mari Kodama, piano (in Nights in the Gardens of Spain) The path to “Spanish music” was not by the French musical theorist Louis the impressionistic influences and his own national musical roots. Now, in indeed scrupulous approach to result. De Falla circumvented these also be encountered in the mix. the presentation of the Andalusian folk the Ballet Russes, was so enthusiastic praise from the critics of the day. They into two separate acts, and a radical distillate of the music of the Sinti and and outstanding virtuosity. In Mari is also a founding artistic director The mezzo-soprano is particularly in Christophe Rousset, Steven Sloane Stockholm Philharmonic, Bergen Japan in coming seasons. He is strongly Under the guidance of its founding Sophie Harmsen, mezzo-soprano (in The Three-cornered Hat) a straight one for de Falla: it led him Lucas, but above all on the intensive impulses that de Falla absorbed in the 1914, his opera La vida breve received its composition, his entire output remained many traps by cutting out anything song with its second-interval steps in about the Noches that he tried to emphasized the techniques with which revision of the orchestration under the Roma tribes in Andalusia. A number of © Orchestre de la Suisse Romande performances throughout Europe, of the Musical Days at Forest Hill, a demand as a Mozart interpreter. 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directors (Paul Kletzki 1967- 1970, Suisse Romande has been broadcast Ein Spanier in Paris – verlief für de Falla allerdings keineswegs Musiktheoretikers Louis Lucas, vor Aber die vor allem impressionistischen künstlich-exotisch wahrgenommenen Da de Falla ein sehr gewissenhafter, kompositorisches Ergebnis eine reine aus Tänzen und Liedern aus anderen vermag“. Vielmehr wird de Falla von Sergei Diaghilev, der Impresario der jene Techniken hervor, mit denen de Dukas’ und Debussys. Zur Verbindung folgten. Erzählt wird die Geschichte des Acknowledgments Wolfgang Sawallisch 1970-1980, Horst on radio around the world, enabling Manuel de Fallas Wege geradlinig, sondern über Umwege, die allem aber durch den intensiven Einflüsse und Impulse, die de Falla in „Hispanismen“ konnte er sich auf seine geradezu skrupulös arbeitender Folklore zu schaffen. De Falla umging spanischen Regionen verarbeitet. Anfang an (Im Generalife) in seiner Ballet Russes, war von den Noches Falla über Lautmalerei und galante der Szenen komponierte de Fallas das jungen Sintimädchens Candela, das Premium Sound Stein 1980-1985, Armin Jordan 1985- millions of listeners to tune in. The ihn nicht nur gedanklich aus Spanien Privatunterricht bei Felipe Pedrell, der der französischen Hauptstadt geradezu eigenen nationalen musikalischen Komponist war, blieb sein Gesamtwerk all diese Fallstricke, indem er seiner musikalischen Ausgestaltung sehr derart begeistert, dass er versuchte, de Stilisierung die verschiedenen Ebenen Interlude, das hier mit dem kräftigen vom Geist ihres verstorbenen Geliebten PRODUCTION TEAM 1997, Fabio Luisi 1997-2002, Pinchas orchestra has developed a privileged zur spanischen Musik herausführen sollten. De Falla war sich als Begründer der nationalspanischen in sich aufsog, wirkten maßgeblich Wurzeln besinnen. Seine 1913 in Nizza relativ klein. Was dem Ruhm zu Musik das allzu Glatte austrieb, ihr, Die Noches en los jardines de konkret, er baut die Vorlage des Falla zu überreden, das Werk für Ballett des Humors zeichnete. Höhepunkt des Danse espagnole verbunden ist. verfolgt wird. Magie und Zauber Executive producer Job Maarse | Recording producer & balance engineer Erdo Groot and Outstanding Steinberg 2002-2005, Marek Janowski partnership with Pentatone, recording dessen bewusst, dass er Heimatstadt Musik gilt. 1904 entstand dann de auf seine weitere Entwicklung als uraufgeführte Oper La vida breve erlebte Lebzeiten und dem Nachruhm bis wo nötig, Ecken und Kanten geradezu España (Nächte in Spaniens Gärten) andalusischen Volksgesanges mit neu zu fassen. Doch de Falla seinerseits Balletts ist die abschließende jota, in Obwohl beide Stücke andalusischen beherrschen die Szenerie und auch die Recording engineer & editor Karel Bruggeman | Liner notes Jörg Peter Urbach Artists 2005-2012, Neeme Järvi, 2012-2015), up to two to three discs per season. Gegen Ende des 19. und zu Beginn und vielleicht auch Heimatland würde Fallas veristische Züge tragende Oper Komponist. „Ohne Paris wäre ich nun 1914 ihre umjubelte spanische heute allerdings keinen Abbruch einarbeitete. Und so wirkt seine Musik entstanden zwischen 1909 und 1916. dessen Sekundschritten im Umfang überzeugte Diaghilev, seine mimische der de Falla Elemente aus mehreren Charakters sind, könnte die Tonalität arabisch-andalusisch gefärbte Musik de English translation Fiona J. Stroker-Gale | Design Joost de Boo | Product the world-famous Orchestre de la des 20. Jahrhunderts widmeten sich verlassen müssen, um sein Ziel zu La vida breve (Ein kurzes Leben), mit in Madrid begraben geblieben, Erstaufführung. Der Durchbruch war tat. De Falla hatte das Ziel stets deutlich brüchiger und mürber als Dieses eigentümlich changierende einer kleinen Terz wie einen canto jondo Farce El corregidor y la molinera in ein spanischen Regionen einsetzte, um die gegensätzlicher kaum sein: Aus der Fallas. management Max Tiel Suisse Romande is an active contributor The OSR’s international tours have led zahlreiche Komponisten in ganz erreichen. Das spanische Idiom in der der er nicht nur einen Wettbewerb zur vergessen und an ein armseliges geschafft. 1916 wurden die Noches vor seinem kompositorischen Auge. die seiner Zeitgenossen Granados Werk für Klavier und Orchester exakt nach – ohne aus einer realen abendfüllendes Ballett zu verwandeln. Personen ihrer Herkunft nach genau spätromantischen Stimmung des to the history of music through them to perform in the most prestigious Europa vor allem einer Thematik - der Musik. Förderung der spanischen Nationaloper Dasein gebunden“, äußerte er sich en los jardines de España begeistert Ganz gleich, ob er sich in Spanien auf oder Albéniz. De Falla formulierte widmete de Falla dem katalanischen Vorlage zu zitieren. Diese melodisch- Es entstand El sombrero de tres picos zu charakterisieren. Keine Spur mehr Interlude heben sich die scharfen This album was recorded at Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland in July 2016. PENTATONE. Today’s music is evolving Together with our talented artists, the discovery or support of leading venues in Europe (Berlin, London, Suche einer nationalen Identität. gewann, sondern das er auch als sein später einmal. Zu Paul Dukas und aufgenommen und in jenem Jahr stellte einem kulturellen Nebenschauplatz sein Verständnis von Musik im Jahr Pianisten Ricardo Viñes, den er in konkrete Sprache entwickelt de Falla (Der Dreispitz), der 1919 in London in von Impressionismus, hier herrscht die Rhythmen und die glasklare Harmonik and forever changing, but classical we take pride in our work, providing contemporary composers. The pieces Vienna, Salzburg, Paris, Budapest and Sibelius tat dies in Finnland, Bartók Der 1876 im südandalusischen Cádiz erstes reifes Werk akzeptierte. Claude Debussy entwickelte er ein de Falla auch die mimische Farce El oder in Paris, auf der zentralen 1917 glasklar und ohne Umschweife: Paris kennengelernt hatte. Untertitelt dann im Gewand spätromantisch- der Ausstattung von Pablo Picasso Volksmusik und evoziert eine „Raffinesse des Danse deutlich ab. music remains true in creating harmony an impeccable means of experiencing by Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, Amsterdam), Asia (Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, und Kodály in Ungarn, Albéniz und geborene de Falla erhielt als Kind enges, freundschaftliches Band und corregidor y la molinera auf Basis von Schaubühne der Kultur, befand. Er „Musik wird nicht gemacht und sie ist es als „impresiones sinfónicas“. impressionistischer Klänge frei und uraufgeführt wurde. Die Handlung der Einfachheit“ (Voss). among the instruments. Classical music classical music. For all their diversity, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Shanghai), as well as in major cities on Granados in Spanien. Sie fahndeten Klavier- und Harmonielehreunterricht Der nächste Karriereschritt führte de in Künstlerkreisen gewann de Fallas Alarcóns Roman El sombrero de tres wollte eine moderne, spanische Musik sollte nie gemacht werden, damit man Diese „symphonischen Impressionen“ variierend weiter. Das Klavier wird zwar dreht sich zwar wie in El amor brujo Die „Danza ritual del fuego“ is as time-honoured as it is timeless. our artists have one thing in common. Frank Martin, Benjamin Britten, Heinz the American continent (Boston, New in den melodischen Bodenschätzen und machte sich früh an die ersten Falla voller Hoffnung auf Durchbruch Name an Bedeutung. Auch die Balletts picos (Der Dreispitz) fertig. Die dann der Hochkultur schaffen, ohne dabei sie versteht, sondern damit man sie wirken auf den ersten Blick wie ein virtuos geführt, integriert sich aber um Liebe und Eifersucht, erfährt aber Von La vida breve war bereits kurz die (Feuertanz) aus El amor brujo zählt zu And so also should the experience be. They all put their heart and soul into Holliger, Peter Eötvös, James MacMillan, York, San Francisco, Washington, São ihrer Heimat nach neuer, vor allem kompositorischen Gehversuche. 1896 und Erfolg in die europäische Russes und Stravinskys Werke für dieses drei Jahre später als Ballett unter dem deren Originalität zu verleugnen. Auf erlebt.“ In seinen Werken finden sich klassisch-dreisätziges Klavierkonzert, weitestgehend in den Orchesterapparat. durch den derb-bäuerlichen Humor Rede. Jener 1904/05 entstandenen den bekanntesten Werken de Fallas. We take listening to classical music the music, drawing on every last drop Pascal Dusapin or Michael Jarrell were Paulo, Buenos Aires and Montevideo). aber nach authentischer künstlerischer ging er nach Madrid, um bei José Tragó Kulturmetropole schlechthin. Nach glanzvolle und zugleich revolutionäre gleichen Titel in London von den Balletts seinem künstlerischen Weg drohten zahlreiche spanische Musiktraditionen, stellen sich aber beim Betrachten der Im zweiten Satz (Ferner Tanz) taucht eine ausgelassene Note. De Falla preisgekrönten Oper de Fallas. Die Er nahm in dieser „gitanería“ aus to a whole new level, using the best of creativity, skill, and determination Sit back and enjoy premiered in Geneva by the OSR. It is Inspiration. Auch Manuel de Falla seine Klavierstudien fortzusetzen. Drei Paris. Wo spanische Musik gerade en Tanz-Ensemble beeinflussten de Russes uraufgeführt wurde. 1920 zog es ihm allerdings Stolpersteine; etwa die darunter insbesondere Einflüsse Satzfaktur eher als symphonisches die Wechselnotenmotivik des Beginns arbeitete das ursprüngliches Werk um allerdings erst 1913 mit Unterstützung dem Jahr 1915 nicht weniger als eine PUBLISHERS technology to produce a high-quality to perfect their contribution. one of its important mission: supporting (1876-1946) entwickelte in seinem Jahre später schloss er das Studium vogue war. Albéniz arbeitete an „Iberia“, Falla tiefgreifend. Erst das Drama de Falla nach Granada. 1939 ging er, mit Authentizität der spanischen Traditionen der andalusischen Musik mit dem Poem dar. Hansjuergen Schaefer wieder auf – flamencoartige Tonalität und fügte zündende Tanzmelodien seiner Pariser Freunde zur Uraufführung „Neuinterpretation des Flamenco im The Three-cornered Hat Chester Music, London | Nights in the Gardens of Spain Editions Max Eschig, Paris recording, in whichever format it may the symphonic creation, and particularly recht schmalen, aber doch wertvollen in der Hauptstadt mit Auszeichnung Ravel komponierte seine „Rapsodie des beginnenden Ersten Weltkriegs dem Ende des spanischen Bürgerkrieges, durch das Gewand der Hochkultur Fokus auf „freie Inspiration durch die hat darauf hingewiesen, dass „die erklingt. Im Schlusssatz (In den Gärten hinzu. Die an „Falstaff“ gemahnenden in Nizza kam. Vorher arbeitete de Lichte zeitgenössischer Entwürfe des La vida breve Editions Max Eschig, Paris | El amor brujo Chester Music, London come, in whichever format it may be Find out more: the Swiss one. Œuvre einen von folkloristischen Zügen ab. Seinen ab 1900 entstandenen espagnole“ - eine regelrechte spanische veranlasste ihn im August 1914, wieder nach Argentinien, wo er nach dem zu verschleiern. Oder auch, durch die Rhythmen des fandango, des polo und musikalische Gestaltung (...) nun nicht der Sierra de Cordoba) wird anfänglich Handlungszüge liefern jede Menge Falla das Werk tiefgreifend um, die musikalischen Primitivismus, eine neue released. www.pentatonemusic.com geprägten Nationalstil. Allerdings Zarzuela-Kompositionen blieb der Erfolg Musikrenaissance hatte Paris erfasst. in seine Heimat zurückzukehren. Die Ausbleiben der Tantiemen aus Europa Konzentration auf rein volksmusikalische der malagueña“ (Christoforidis). Auch durch die Farbwirkungen, Tönungen ein rauschendes, nächtliches Fest Anlass für totale Verwirrung, Verkleidung wichtigsten Änderungen waren die Vision eines Spaniens der gitanos“ PENTATONE TEAM From its very early days and in close ohne eine auch nur halbwegs kitschig verwehrt. Ästhetisch geformt wurde Dennoch musste sich de Falla eher sieben Jahre in Paris könnte man in ernsthafte finanzielle Schwierigkeiten Vorbilder, die per se simpel gestrickt Elemente des verzierten canto jondo und Schattierungen bestimmt (wird), gefeiert, bevor das Klavier einen und Verführung auf der Bühne. Die Aufteilung des Einakters auf zwei (Christoforidis) vor. El amor brujo ist ein Vice President A&R Renaud Loranger | Managing Director Dirk Jan Vink

collaboration with the Radio-Télévision Mari Kodama anmutende Postkarten-Folklore. Der de Falla zu dieser Zeit durch das Werk schlecht als recht mit Klavierunterricht als „französische Schule“ de Fallas geriet, und 1946 starb. sind, ins künstlerisch Triviale abzugleiten. finden sich. Aber gleichfalls werden die eine südliche Nacht im Garten Sophie Harmsen fandango anstimmt. Am Ende kehrt Musik wurde von den zeitgenössischen Szenen sowie eine radikale Neufassung Destillat der Musik andalusischer Sinti Director Product, Marketing & Distribution Simon M. Eder | A&R Kate Rockett Suisse Romande, the Orchestre de la © Vincent Garnier Weg zum „Spanischen in der Musik“ L’acoustique nouvelle des französischen und Konzertieren durchschlagen. bezeichnen, denn erst durch die dort als Oder noch problematischer, als rhythmische und melodische Strukturen und in der Landschaft zu zaubern © Tatjana Dachsel dann wieder nächtliche Ruhe ein. Kritikern ausdrücklich gelobt. Man hob der Orchestration unter Anleitung und Roma. Verschiedene Bearbeitungen Marketing & PR Silvia Pietrosanti | Distribution Veronica Neo

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that was too smooth from his music; De Falla wrote his Noches en los jardines the range of a minor third, like a canto persuade de Falla to rearrange the and, if necessary, by incorporating de España (= nights in the gardens jondo – without quoting an existing work for ballet. But de Falla, on the sharp angles and rough edges. And of Spain) between 1909 and 1916. He example. Then he freely develops other hand, convinced Diaghilev to thus, his music appears to be much dedicated this peculiarly iridescent work and varies this melodically specific agree to the transformation of his more brittle and fragile than that for piano and orchestra to the Catalan language in the guise of late-romantic farcical pantomime, El corregidor y la of his contemporaries Granados or pianist Ricardo Viñes, whom he had and impressionist music. Although the molinera (= the magistrate and the Albéniz. De Falla formulated his views met in Paris. It is subtitled “impresiones piano has a virtuoso role, it is integrated miller’s wife), into a full-length ballet. on music in 1917 in a crystal-clear and sinfónicas”. At the first glance, these within the orchestral ensemble. In the And thus came about El sombrero unambiguous manner: “Music is not “symphonic impressions” appear to second movement (Danza lejana, = de tres picos (= the three-cornered created and never should be created in be a classical, three-movement piano distant dance), the changing note hat), which received its première in

order to be comprehended, but to be concerto; however, after reviewing the motif from the beginning reappears – London in 1919 with sets and costumes experienced.” Various Spanish musical structure of the work, the general effect flamenco-like tonality is clearly audible. designed by Pablo Picasso. Although ← ← traditions are to be found in his work, is more that of a symphonic poem. The final movement (En los jardines de the plot revolves around love and including most especially the influences Hansjuergen Schaefer has pointed out la Sierra de Córdoba, = in the gardens of jealousy, as in El amor brujo, the coarse of Andalusian music, which focus on that “the musical design (...) is not the Sierra de Cordoba) begins with the peasant humour adds a lively note to “free inspiration based on the rhythms determined by tonal effects, tints and celebration of a resounding nocturnal the proceedings. De Falla revised the of the fandango, the polo and the shades that can conjure up a southern feast, after which the piano takes over original work, adding rousing dancing malagueña” (Christoforidis). Elements night in the garden or the countryside.” with a fandango. At the end, the music melodies. The plot – reminiscent of of the ornately embellished canto jondo Instead, de Falla is highly specific in the subsides into the tranquillity of the Falstaff – provides plenty of opportunity can also be found; but rhythmic and structure of his music from the very night. for total confusion, as well as dressing melodic structures from dances and beginning (En el Generalife, = at the up in disguises and seduction on the songs from other Spanish regions can Generalife), he precisely reproduces Sergei Diaghilev, the impresario of stage. The music received unequivocal also be encountered in the mix. the presentation of the Andalusian folk the Ballet Russes, was so enthusiastic praise from the critics of the day. They song with its second-interval steps in about the Noches that he tried to emphasized the techniques with which

Mari Kodama Orchestre de la Manuel de Falla (1876 – 1946) Part 2 Kazuki Yamada A Spaniard in Paris – through various detours, forcing him to private lessons he had received from French capital were highly influential acclaimed Spanish première, following relatively small: however, in no way did that was too smooth from his music; De Falla wrote his Noches en los jardines the range of a minor third, like a canto persuade de Falla to rearrange the de Falla portrayed the various levels of guidance of Dukas and Debussy. In revisions were to follow. The story tells USA and Japan she has consistently festival of chamber music presented the Teatro Real Madrid, she celebrated for Early Music Berlin, Anima Eterna Nazionale della RAI Torino and 2012 he conducted a semi-staged Orchestre de la Suisse Piano Suisse Romande © Marco Borggreve 8 Danza de los vecinos (Seguidillas) 3. 22 Manuel de Falla’s path depart from Spain not only in mind – he Felipe Pedrell, who was considered the on his further development as a its first performance the previous this negatively affect his reputation and, if necessary, by incorporating de España (= nights in the gardens jondo – without quoting an existing work for ballet. But de Falla, on the humour by means of onomatopoeia order to connect the scenes, de Falla of the young Sinti girl Candela, who is demonstrated the profound aesthetics together with her husband Kent Nagano great successes as Annio in “La , Capella Augustina, Collegium Tonkünstler-Orchester at the Vienna production of Honegger’s ‘Jeanne Romande Sophie Harmsen Noches en los jardines de España Dance of the Neighbours was aware that he would have to leave founding father of Spain’s national composer. “Without Paris, I would have year in Nice. He had accomplished his either during his lifetime or after his sharp angles and rough edges. And of Spain) between 1909 and 1916. He example. Then he freely develops other hand, convinced Diaghilev to and genteel stylization. The highlight of composed the Interlude, linked here to haunted by the spirit of her deceased of her very personal and unique style. near their home in San Francisco. The clemenza di Tito”. Under the direction of 1704, Concerto Köln, Freiburger Musikverein. d´arc’, with Saito-Kinen Orchestra. The Mezzo-soprano Kazuki Yamada Nights in the Gardens of Spain 9 Danza del molinero (Farruca) 7. 56 to Spanish music his home town, and possibly even his music. In 1904, de Falla wrote his opera been buried in Madrid, forgotten, and breakthrough. In 1916, his work Noches death. De Falla always kept his objective thus, his music appears to be much dedicated this peculiarly iridescent work and varies this melodically specific agree to the transformation of his the ballet is the final jota, in which de the powerful Danza española. Although lover. Magic and witchcraft dominate pianist has played with such orchestras René Jacobs, she was a Dorabella with Barockorchester as well as Pygmalion. ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ project was also a huge Founded in 1918 by Ernest Ansermet, Conductor 1 En el Generalife 9. 58 Dance of the Miller native country, in order to achieve his La vida breve (= life is short), with which chained to a miserable existence,” he en los jardines de España as a composer in view – regardless of more brittle and fragile than that for piano and orchestra to the Catalan language in the guise of late-romantic farcical pantomime, El corregidor y la Falla integrated elements from several both pieces have a clearly Andalusian the scene, as does the Andalusian- In Japan, Kodama is a regular guest as the Berlin Philharmonic, London the Freiburger Barockorchester on tour She regularly performs at festivals He is the incoming Principal Conductor hit in spring 2015 in Côme de Bellescize’s permanent conductor until 1967, the In the Generalife 10 Danza del Corregidor 6. 37 Towards the end of the 19th century goal: a national musical idiom for Spain. he not only won a competition for the remarked later. He developed a close (= nights in the gardens of Spain) was whether he was staying in a cultural of his contemporaries Granados or pianist Ricardo Viñes, whom he had and impressionist music. Although the molinera (= the magistrate and the regions in Spain in order to give a character, the tonality could hardly Arabian character of de Falla’s music. of major Japanese orchestras, most Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, through Europe and Asia. such as the Salzburg Festival, the and Artistic Director of the Orchestre staged version at the new Philharmonie Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, with 2 Danza lejana 4. 51 Dance of the Corregidor and the beginning of the 20th, many promotion of Spanish national opera, friendship with both Paul Dukas and enthusiastically received. That year, backwater in Spain, or performing Albéniz. De Falla formulated his views met in Paris. It is subtitled “impresiones piano has a virtuoso role, it is integrated miller’s wife), into a full-length ballet. precise characterization of the persons be more contradictory: against the recently the Tokyo Metropolitan Hallé Orchestra, the Montreal Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, as hall in Paris, with Orchestre de Paris, its 112 permanent musicians, ensures A Distant Dance 11 Danza final (Jota) 6. 01 composers throughout Europe were De Falla was born in 1876 in the but which he also considered to be his Claude Debussy, and his name became de Falla also completed his farcical on the international cultural stage of on music in 1917 in a crystal-clear and sinfónicas”. At the first glance, these within the orchestral ensemble. In the And thus came about El sombrero according to their origin. There is no late-romantic mood of the Interlude, Mari Kodama, Orchestra and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, the NDR Symphony She sees the collaboration with large Rheingau Musikfestival and Bachfest well as maintaining his role as Principal and Marion Cotillard narrating the role subscription concerts in Geneva and NOCHES EN 3 En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba 8. 38 Final Dance primarily devoting themselves to the southern Andalusian town of Cádiz. As first mature work. more prominent within artistic circles. pantomime El corregidor y la molinera, Paris. His main desire was to create a unambiguous manner: “Music is not “symphonic impressions” appear to second movement (Danza lejana, = de tres picos (= the three-cornered longer any trace of Impressionism: here, the sharp rhythms and the crystal-clear Piano Orchestra in Tokyo. A brilliantly well- Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Los symphony orchestras such as the Leipzig. Sophie Harmsen studied at the Guest Conductor of Orchestre de la of Jeanne. Lausanne, the City of Geneva symphony In the Gardens of the Sierra de Córdoba search for a national identity: for a child, he received piano lessons and He was profoundly influenced by the based on Alarcón’s novel El sombrero highly civilized and modern Spanish created and never should be created in be a classical, three-movement piano distant dance), the changing note hat), which received its première in traditional music prevails and evokes a harmonies of the Danza stand out received performance of the complete Angeles Philharmonic and the Berkeley Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the University of Cape Town and as well in Suisse Romande. In Japan, he holds concerts, the annual concert for the LOS JARDINES La vida breve instance, in Finland there was Sibelius; theory of harmony, making his first The next step in his career led de Ballets Russes and the works written de tres picos (= the three-cornered musical idiom, without losing sight of order to be comprehended, but to be concerto; however, after reviewing the motif from the beginning reappears – London in 1919 with sets and costumes “sophisticated simplicity” (Voss). clearly. Born in Osaka, Mari Kodama was Beethoven Sonata cycle in Los Angeles Symphony, among others. Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Radio- Germany under Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens. further titles of Principal Conductor of Yamada was the winner of the 51st UN, as well as opera performances DE ESPAÑA El sombrero de tres picos Life is Short in Hungary, Bartók and Kodály; and attempts at composition at an early Falla, full of hope for a breakthrough by Stravinsky for this splendid and, at hat); and three years later in London it its authenticity. However, he came experienced.” Various Spanish musical structure of the work, the general effect flamenco-like tonality is clearly audible. designed by Pablo Picasso. Although raised in Germany, Switzerland, France, launched Kodama’s United States of Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Besancon International Competition at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Its The Three-cornered Hat 12 Interlude & Dance 6. 37 in Spain, Albéniz and Granados. They age. In 1896, he moved to Madrid to and success, to the European cultural the same time, revolutionary dance was given its world première, under the across various problematic issues on his traditions are to be found in his work, is more that of a symphonic poem. The final movement (En los jardines de the plot revolves around love and De Falla’s award-winning opera La vida The Danza ritual del fuego (= ritual and England. She studied piano with America reputation, and was followed Sophie Harmsen the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, Kazuki Yamada Partner with Sendai Philharmonic and for young conductors. Born in reputation has been built up over the 4 Introducción 1. 29 were examining the melodic national continue his piano studies with José metropolis par excellence: Paris, where ensemble; and thus he did not return same title, by the Ballets Russes. In 1920, artistic path: for instance, how to mask including most especially the influences Hansjuergen Schaefer has pointed out la Sierra de Córdoba, = in the gardens of jealousy, as in El amor brujo, the coarse breve has already been mentioned fire dance) from El amor brujo is one Germaine Mounier and chamber music by acclaimed recital appearances in Soprano and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is Conductor Music Director of Yokohama Sinfonietta. Kanagawa, Japan, in 1979, he is now years thanks to its historic recordings EL SOMBRERO Introduction El amor brujo treasures of their homeland, hunting for Tragó. Three years later, he completed Spanish music was then all the rage. to his homeland until confronted by the de Falla moved to Granada, and in 1939 the authenticity of Spanish traditional of Andalusian music, which focus on that “the musical design (...) is not the Sierra de Cordoba) begins with the peasant humour adds a lively note to briefly. Although he wrote the work of de Falla’s best-known works. In with Geneviève Joy-Dutilleux at the New York, Paris, London, as well as an integral part of her artistic journey. resident in Berlin. As a student, he and its interpretation of 20th-century The Bewitched Love novel and, above all, authentic artistic his studies in the capital, graduating Albéniz was working on his Iberia, drama of the incipient World War I in – at the end of the Spanish Civil War – he music by means of a highly cultural “free inspiration based on the rhythms determined by tonal effects, tints and celebration of a resounding nocturnal the proceedings. De Falla revised the in 1904-1905, it did not receive its this “gitanería” (= gypsy music) from Conservatoire National de Paris, later throughout Japan, Spain and Germany, Having already travelled the world at a Yamada appears with such orchestras Forthcoming debuts include Melbourne formed Yokohama Sinfonietta, where French and Russian repertoire. DE TRES PICOS Part 1 13 Danza ritual del fuego 4. 14 inspiration. In his own rather slender, yet with distinction. The zarzuelas (= Ravel busy composing his Rapsodie August 1914. It would be fair to describe emigrated to Argentina, where he was disguise. Or how to avoid lapsing into of the fandango, the polo and the shades that can conjure up a southern feast, after which the piano takes over original work, adding rousing dancing première until 1913, when it finally took 1915, he planned nothing less than studying with Tatiana Nikolaeva at the and much of the rest of the U.S.A. young age as the daughter of German Sophie Harmsen has worked with as Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonia Symphony and Houston Symphony he remains Music Director. In 2011 he 5 La tarde 5. 23 Ritual Fire Dance valuable oeuvre Manuel de Falla (1876- Spanish operettas), on which he had espagnole – an absolute Spanish music the seven years de Falla spent in Paris to experience serious financial problems artistic trivia due to the concentration malagueña” (Christoforidis). Elements night in the garden or the countryside.” with a fandango. At the end, the music melodies. The plot – reminiscent of place in Nice thanks to the support a “reinterpretation of the flamenco Salzburg Mozarteum and with Alfred The Los Angeles Times pronounced her diplomats, Sophie Harmsen studied at conductors such as Philipp Ahmann, Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, and he recently made his debut in received the Idemitsu Music Prize for The orchestra’s Music and Artistic Afternoon 1946) also devised a national style, with been working since 1900, did not meet renaissance held Paris in its grip. as his “French school”, as it was thanks due to the absence of royalties from on purely folk-music examples, which of the ornately embellished canto jondo Instead, de Falla is highly specific in the subsides into the tranquillity of the Falstaff – provides plenty of opportunity of his Parisian friends. Previously, de in the light of contemporary designs Brendel as a private pupil. performances of the Prokofiev Third the University of Cape Town and with Frieder Bernius, Adàm Fischer, Philippe Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, a European opera house, at Grand young artists in Japan. Director is Jonathan Nott. Its Principal 6 Danza de la molinera (Fandango) 3. 26 Total playing time: 72. 59 strong folkloristic influences: however, with success. At the time, the aesthetic Nevertheless, de Falla was forced to to the fashionable “Hispanisms”, which Europe, finally dying there in 1946. are by nature rather simplistic. Or even can also be found; but rhythmic and structure of his music from the very night. for total confusion, as well as dressing Falla revised the work extensively, the of musical primitivism, a new vision Piano Concerto “commanding and Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens and now lives in Herreweghe, Thomas Hengelbrock, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Helsinki Théâtre de Genève. He is active in Guest Conductor is Japanese maestro Dance of the Miller’s Wife Orchestre de la Suisse Romande one that excluded the characteristics to background on which de Falla drew was struggle along as best he could, giving were perceived in the capital as artfully more problematic, how to come up with melodic structures from dances and beginning (En el Generalife, = at the up in disguises and seduction on the most important changes being the of the Spain of the gitano (= gypsy)” She has established an international electrifying.” Berlin with her family. Manfred Honeck, Marek Janowski, Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, the field of opera, and performs ‘La Kazuki Yamada. 7 Las uvas 3. 58 Conducted by Kazuki Yamada be found on a kitschy-looking postcard. based on the work L’acoustique nouvelle piano lessons and concerts. However, exotic, that he was able to reflect on As de Falla had a highly conscientious, purely ethnic music as a compositional songs from other Spanish regions can Generalife), he precisely reproduces Sergei Diaghilev, the impresario of stage. The music received unequivocal division of the formerly one-act opera (Christoforidis). El amor brujo is a reputation for her musical sensitivity Andrea Marcon, Helmuth Rilling, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Traviata’, ‘Carmen’ and ‘Rusalka’ in The Grapes Mari Kodama, piano (in Nights in the Gardens of Spain) The path to “Spanish music” was not by the French musical theorist Louis the impressionistic influences and his own national musical roots. Now, in indeed scrupulous approach to result. De Falla circumvented these also be encountered in the mix. the presentation of the Andalusian folk the Ballet Russes, was so enthusiastic praise from the critics of the day. They into two separate acts, and a radical distillate of the music of the Sinti and and outstanding virtuosity. In Mari is also a founding artistic director The mezzo-soprano is particularly in Christophe Rousset, Steven Sloane Stockholm Philharmonic, Bergen Japan in coming seasons. He is strongly Under the guidance of its founding Sophie Harmsen, mezzo-soprano (in The Three-cornered Hat) a straight one for de Falla: it led him Lucas, but above all on the intensive impulses that de Falla absorbed in the 1914, his opera La vida breve received its composition, his entire output remained many traps by cutting out anything song with its second-interval steps in about the Noches that he tried to emphasized the techniques with which revision of the orchestration under the Roma tribes in Andalusia. A number of © Orchestre de la Suisse Romande performances throughout Europe, of the Musical Days at Forest Hill, a demand as a Mozart interpreter. 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directors (Paul Kletzki 1967- 1970, Suisse Romande has been broadcast Ein Spanier in Paris – verlief für de Falla allerdings keineswegs Musiktheoretikers Louis Lucas, vor Aber die vor allem impressionistischen künstlich-exotisch wahrgenommenen Da de Falla ein sehr gewissenhafter, kompositorisches Ergebnis eine reine aus Tänzen und Liedern aus anderen vermag“. Vielmehr wird de Falla von Sergei Diaghilev, der Impresario der jene Techniken hervor, mit denen de Dukas’ und Debussys. Zur Verbindung folgten. Erzählt wird die Geschichte des Acknowledgments Wolfgang Sawallisch 1970-1980, Horst on radio around the world, enabling Manuel de Fallas Wege geradlinig, sondern über Umwege, die allem aber durch den intensiven Einflüsse und Impulse, die de Falla in „Hispanismen“ konnte er sich auf seine geradezu skrupulös arbeitender Folklore zu schaffen. De Falla umging spanischen Regionen verarbeitet. Anfang an (Im Generalife) in seiner Ballet Russes, war von den Noches Falla über Lautmalerei und galante der Szenen komponierte de Fallas das jungen Sintimädchens Candela, das Premium Sound Stein 1980-1985, Armin Jordan 1985- millions of listeners to tune in. The ihn nicht nur gedanklich aus Spanien Privatunterricht bei Felipe Pedrell, der der französischen Hauptstadt geradezu eigenen nationalen musikalischen Komponist war, blieb sein Gesamtwerk all diese Fallstricke, indem er seiner musikalischen Ausgestaltung sehr derart begeistert, dass er versuchte, de Stilisierung die verschiedenen Ebenen Interlude, das hier mit dem kräftigen vom Geist ihres verstorbenen Geliebten PRODUCTION TEAM 1997, Fabio Luisi 1997-2002, Pinchas orchestra has developed a privileged zur spanischen Musik herausführen sollten. De Falla war sich als Begründer der nationalspanischen in sich aufsog, wirkten maßgeblich Wurzeln besinnen. Seine 1913 in Nizza relativ klein. Was dem Ruhm zu Musik das allzu Glatte austrieb, ihr, Die Noches en los jardines de konkret, er baut die Vorlage des Falla zu überreden, das Werk für Ballett des Humors zeichnete. Höhepunkt des Danse espagnole verbunden ist. verfolgt wird. Magie und Zauber Executive producer Job Maarse | Recording producer & balance engineer Erdo Groot and Outstanding Steinberg 2002-2005, Marek Janowski partnership with Pentatone, recording dessen bewusst, dass er Heimatstadt Musik gilt. 1904 entstand dann de auf seine weitere Entwicklung als uraufgeführte Oper La vida breve erlebte Lebzeiten und dem Nachruhm bis wo nötig, Ecken und Kanten geradezu España (Nächte in Spaniens Gärten) andalusischen Volksgesanges mit neu zu fassen. Doch de Falla seinerseits Balletts ist die abschließende jota, in Obwohl beide Stücke andalusischen beherrschen die Szenerie und auch die Recording engineer & editor Karel Bruggeman | Liner notes Jörg Peter Urbach Artists 2005-2012, Neeme Järvi, 2012-2015), up to two to three discs per season. Gegen Ende des 19. und zu Beginn und vielleicht auch Heimatland würde Fallas veristische Züge tragende Oper Komponist. „Ohne Paris wäre ich nun 1914 ihre umjubelte spanische heute allerdings keinen Abbruch einarbeitete. Und so wirkt seine Musik entstanden zwischen 1909 und 1916. dessen Sekundschritten im Umfang überzeugte Diaghilev, seine mimische der de Falla Elemente aus mehreren Charakters sind, könnte die Tonalität arabisch-andalusisch gefärbte Musik de English translation Fiona J. Stroker-Gale | Design Joost de Boo | Product the world-famous Orchestre de la des 20. Jahrhunderts widmeten sich verlassen müssen, um sein Ziel zu La vida breve (Ein kurzes Leben), mit in Madrid begraben geblieben, Erstaufführung. Der Durchbruch war tat. De Falla hatte das Ziel stets deutlich brüchiger und mürber als Dieses eigentümlich changierende einer kleinen Terz wie einen canto jondo Farce El corregidor y la molinera in ein spanischen Regionen einsetzte, um die gegensätzlicher kaum sein: Aus der Fallas. management Max Tiel Suisse Romande is an active contributor The OSR’s international tours have led zahlreiche Komponisten in ganz erreichen. Das spanische Idiom in der der er nicht nur einen Wettbewerb zur vergessen und an ein armseliges geschafft. 1916 wurden die Noches vor seinem kompositorischen Auge. die seiner Zeitgenossen Granados Werk für Klavier und Orchester exakt nach – ohne aus einer realen abendfüllendes Ballett zu verwandeln. Personen ihrer Herkunft nach genau spätromantischen Stimmung des to the history of music through them to perform in the most prestigious Europa vor allem einer Thematik - der Musik. Förderung der spanischen Nationaloper Dasein gebunden“, äußerte er sich en los jardines de España begeistert Ganz gleich, ob er sich in Spanien auf oder Albéniz. De Falla formulierte widmete de Falla dem katalanischen Vorlage zu zitieren. Diese melodisch- Es entstand El sombrero de tres picos zu charakterisieren. Keine Spur mehr Interlude heben sich die scharfen This album was recorded at Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland in July 2016. PENTATONE. Today’s music is evolving Together with our talented artists, the discovery or support of leading venues in Europe (Berlin, London, Suche einer nationalen Identität. gewann, sondern das er auch als sein später einmal. Zu Paul Dukas und aufgenommen und in jenem Jahr stellte einem kulturellen Nebenschauplatz sein Verständnis von Musik im Jahr Pianisten Ricardo Viñes, den er in konkrete Sprache entwickelt de Falla (Der Dreispitz), der 1919 in London in von Impressionismus, hier herrscht die Rhythmen und die glasklare Harmonik and forever changing, but classical we take pride in our work, providing contemporary composers. The pieces Vienna, Salzburg, Paris, Budapest and Sibelius tat dies in Finnland, Bartók Der 1876 im südandalusischen Cádiz erstes reifes Werk akzeptierte. Claude Debussy entwickelte er ein de Falla auch die mimische Farce El oder in Paris, auf der zentralen 1917 glasklar und ohne Umschweife: Paris kennengelernt hatte. Untertitelt dann im Gewand spätromantisch- der Ausstattung von Pablo Picasso Volksmusik und evoziert eine „Raffinesse des Danse deutlich ab. music remains true in creating harmony an impeccable means of experiencing by Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, Amsterdam), Asia (Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, und Kodály in Ungarn, Albéniz und geborene de Falla erhielt als Kind enges, freundschaftliches Band und corregidor y la molinera auf Basis von Schaubühne der Kultur, befand. Er „Musik wird nicht gemacht und sie ist es als „impresiones sinfónicas“. impressionistischer Klänge frei und uraufgeführt wurde. Die Handlung der Einfachheit“ (Voss). among the instruments. Classical music classical music. For all their diversity, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Shanghai), as well as in major cities on Granados in Spanien. Sie fahndeten Klavier- und Harmonielehreunterricht Der nächste Karriereschritt führte de in Künstlerkreisen gewann de Fallas Alarcóns Roman El sombrero de tres wollte eine moderne, spanische Musik sollte nie gemacht werden, damit man Diese „symphonischen Impressionen“ variierend weiter. Das Klavier wird zwar dreht sich zwar wie in El amor brujo Die „Danza ritual del fuego“ is as time-honoured as it is timeless. our artists have one thing in common. Frank Martin, Benjamin Britten, Heinz the American continent (Boston, New in den melodischen Bodenschätzen und machte sich früh an die ersten Falla voller Hoffnung auf Durchbruch Name an Bedeutung. Auch die Balletts picos (Der Dreispitz) fertig. Die dann der Hochkultur schaffen, ohne dabei sie versteht, sondern damit man sie wirken auf den ersten Blick wie ein virtuos geführt, integriert sich aber um Liebe und Eifersucht, erfährt aber Von La vida breve war bereits kurz die (Feuertanz) aus El amor brujo zählt zu And so also should the experience be. They all put their heart and soul into Holliger, Peter Eötvös, James MacMillan, York, San Francisco, Washington, São ihrer Heimat nach neuer, vor allem kompositorischen Gehversuche. 1896 und Erfolg in die europäische Russes und Stravinskys Werke für dieses drei Jahre später als Ballett unter dem deren Originalität zu verleugnen. Auf erlebt.“ In seinen Werken finden sich klassisch-dreisätziges Klavierkonzert, weitestgehend in den Orchesterapparat. durch den derb-bäuerlichen Humor Rede. Jener 1904/05 entstandenen den bekanntesten Werken de Fallas. We take listening to classical music the music, drawing on every last drop Pascal Dusapin or Michael Jarrell were Paulo, Buenos Aires and Montevideo). aber nach authentischer künstlerischer ging er nach Madrid, um bei José Tragó Kulturmetropole schlechthin. Nach glanzvolle und zugleich revolutionäre gleichen Titel in London von den Balletts seinem künstlerischen Weg drohten zahlreiche spanische Musiktraditionen, stellen sich aber beim Betrachten der Im zweiten Satz (Ferner Tanz) taucht eine ausgelassene Note. De Falla preisgekrönten Oper de Fallas. Die Er nahm in dieser „gitanería“ aus to a whole new level, using the best of creativity, skill, and determination Sit back and enjoy premiered in Geneva by the OSR. It is Inspiration. Auch Manuel de Falla seine Klavierstudien fortzusetzen. Drei Paris. Wo spanische Musik gerade en Tanz-Ensemble beeinflussten de Russes uraufgeführt wurde. 1920 zog es ihm allerdings Stolpersteine; etwa die darunter insbesondere Einflüsse Satzfaktur eher als symphonisches die Wechselnotenmotivik des Beginns arbeitete das ursprüngliches Werk um allerdings erst 1913 mit Unterstützung dem Jahr 1915 nicht weniger als eine PUBLISHERS technology to produce a high-quality to perfect their contribution. one of its important mission: supporting (1876-1946) entwickelte in seinem Jahre später schloss er das Studium vogue war. Albéniz arbeitete an „Iberia“, Falla tiefgreifend. Erst das Drama de Falla nach Granada. 1939 ging er, mit Authentizität der spanischen Traditionen der andalusischen Musik mit dem Poem dar. Hansjuergen Schaefer wieder auf – flamencoartige Tonalität und fügte zündende Tanzmelodien seiner Pariser Freunde zur Uraufführung „Neuinterpretation des Flamenco im The Three-cornered Hat Chester Music, London | Nights in the Gardens of Spain Editions Max Eschig, Paris recording, in whichever format it may the symphonic creation, and particularly recht schmalen, aber doch wertvollen in der Hauptstadt mit Auszeichnung Ravel komponierte seine „Rapsodie des beginnenden Ersten Weltkriegs dem Ende des spanischen Bürgerkrieges, durch das Gewand der Hochkultur Fokus auf „freie Inspiration durch die hat darauf hingewiesen, dass „die erklingt. Im Schlusssatz (In den Gärten hinzu. Die an „Falstaff“ gemahnenden in Nizza kam. Vorher arbeitete de Lichte zeitgenössischer Entwürfe des La vida breve Editions Max Eschig, Paris | El amor brujo Chester Music, London come, in whichever format it may be Find out more: the Swiss one. Œuvre einen von folkloristischen Zügen ab. Seinen ab 1900 entstandenen espagnole“ - eine regelrechte spanische veranlasste ihn im August 1914, wieder nach Argentinien, wo er nach dem zu verschleiern. Oder auch, durch die Rhythmen des fandango, des polo und musikalische Gestaltung (...) nun nicht der Sierra de Cordoba) wird anfänglich Handlungszüge liefern jede Menge Falla das Werk tiefgreifend um, die musikalischen Primitivismus, eine neue released. www.pentatonemusic.com geprägten Nationalstil. Allerdings Zarzuela-Kompositionen blieb der Erfolg Musikrenaissance hatte Paris erfasst. in seine Heimat zurückzukehren. Die Ausbleiben der Tantiemen aus Europa Konzentration auf rein volksmusikalische der malagueña“ (Christoforidis). Auch durch die Farbwirkungen, Tönungen ein rauschendes, nächtliches Fest Anlass für totale Verwirrung, Verkleidung wichtigsten Änderungen waren die Vision eines Spaniens der gitanos“ PENTATONE TEAM From its very early days and in close ohne eine auch nur halbwegs kitschig verwehrt. Ästhetisch geformt wurde Dennoch musste sich de Falla eher sieben Jahre in Paris könnte man in ernsthafte finanzielle Schwierigkeiten Vorbilder, die per se simpel gestrickt Elemente des verzierten canto jondo und Schattierungen bestimmt (wird), gefeiert, bevor das Klavier einen und Verführung auf der Bühne. Die Aufteilung des Einakters auf zwei (Christoforidis) vor. El amor brujo ist ein Vice President A&R Renaud Loranger | Managing Director Dirk Jan Vink

collaboration with the Radio-Télévision Mari Kodama anmutende Postkarten-Folklore. Der de Falla zu dieser Zeit durch das Werk schlecht als recht mit Klavierunterricht als „französische Schule“ de Fallas geriet, und 1946 starb. sind, ins künstlerisch Triviale abzugleiten. finden sich. Aber gleichfalls werden die eine südliche Nacht im Garten Sophie Harmsen fandango anstimmt. Am Ende kehrt Musik wurde von den zeitgenössischen Szenen sowie eine radikale Neufassung Destillat der Musik andalusischer Sinti Director Product, Marketing & Distribution Simon M. Eder | A&R Kate Rockett Suisse Romande, the Orchestre de la © Vincent Garnier Weg zum „Spanischen in der Musik“ L’acoustique nouvelle des französischen und Konzertieren durchschlagen. bezeichnen, denn erst durch die dort als Oder noch problematischer, als rhythmische und melodische Strukturen und in der Landschaft zu zaubern © Tatjana Dachsel dann wieder nächtliche Ruhe ein. Kritikern ausdrücklich gelobt. Man hob der Orchestration unter Anleitung und Roma. Verschiedene Bearbeitungen Marketing & PR Silvia Pietrosanti | Distribution Veronica Neo

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de Falla portrayed the various levels of guidance of Dukas and Debussy. In humour by means of onomatopoeia order to connect the scenes, de Falla and genteel stylization. The highlight of composed the Interlude, linked here to the ballet is the final jota, in which de the powerful Danza española. Although Falla integrated elements from several both pieces have a clearly Andalusian regions in Spain in order to give a character, the tonality could hardly precise characterization of the persons be more contradictory: against the according to their origin. There is no late-romantic mood of the Interlude, longer any trace of Impressionism: here, the sharp rhythms and the crystal-clear traditional music prevails and evokes a harmonies of the Danza stand out

“sophisticated simplicity” (Voss). clearly. ←

← De Falla’s award-winning opera La vida The Danza ritual del fuego (= ritual breve has already been mentioned fire dance) from El amor brujo is one briefly. Although he wrote the work of de Falla’s best-known works. In in 1904-1905, it did not receive its this “gitanería” (= gypsy music) from première until 1913, when it finally took 1915, he planned nothing less than place in Nice thanks to the support a “reinterpretation of the flamenco of his Parisian friends. Previously, de in the light of contemporary designs Falla revised the work extensively, the of musical primitivism, a new vision most important changes being the of the Spain of the gitano (= gypsy)” division of the formerly one-act opera (Christoforidis). El amor brujo is a into two separate acts, and a radical distillate of the music of the Sinti and revision of the orchestration under the Roma tribes in Andalusia. A number of © Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Mari Kodama Orchestre de la Manuel de Falla (1876 – 1946) Part 2 Kazuki Yamada A Spaniard in Paris – through various detours, forcing him to private lessons he had received from French capital were highly influential acclaimed Spanish première, following relatively small: however, in no way did that was too smooth from his music; De Falla wrote his Noches en los jardines the range of a minor third, like a canto persuade de Falla to rearrange the de Falla portrayed the various levels of guidance of Dukas and Debussy. In revisions were to follow. The story tells USA and Japan she has consistently festival of chamber music presented the Teatro Real Madrid, she celebrated for Early Music Berlin, Anima Eterna Nazionale della RAI Torino and 2012 he conducted a semi-staged Orchestre de la Suisse Piano Suisse Romande © Marco Borggreve 8 Danza de los vecinos (Seguidillas) 3. 22 Manuel de Falla’s path depart from Spain not only in mind – he Felipe Pedrell, who was considered the on his further development as a its first performance the previous this negatively affect his reputation and, if necessary, by incorporating de España (= nights in the gardens jondo – without quoting an existing work for ballet. But de Falla, on the humour by means of onomatopoeia order to connect the scenes, de Falla of the young Sinti girl Candela, who is demonstrated the profound aesthetics together with her husband Kent Nagano great successes as Annio in “La , Capella Augustina, Collegium Tonkünstler-Orchester at the Vienna production of Honegger’s ‘Jeanne Romande Sophie Harmsen Noches en los jardines de España Dance of the Neighbours was aware that he would have to leave founding father of Spain’s national composer. “Without Paris, I would have year in Nice. He had accomplished his either during his lifetime or after his sharp angles and rough edges. And of Spain) between 1909 and 1916. He example. Then he freely develops other hand, convinced Diaghilev to and genteel stylization. The highlight of composed the Interlude, linked here to haunted by the spirit of her deceased of her very personal and unique style. near their home in San Francisco. The clemenza di Tito”. Under the direction of 1704, Concerto Köln, Freiburger Musikverein. d´arc’, with Saito-Kinen Orchestra. The Mezzo-soprano Kazuki Yamada Nights in the Gardens of Spain 9 Danza del molinero (Farruca) 7. 56 to Spanish music his home town, and possibly even his music. In 1904, de Falla wrote his opera been buried in Madrid, forgotten, and breakthrough. In 1916, his work Noches death. De Falla always kept his objective thus, his music appears to be much dedicated this peculiarly iridescent work and varies this melodically specific agree to the transformation of his the ballet is the final jota, in which de the powerful Danza española. Although lover. Magic and witchcraft dominate pianist has played with such orchestras René Jacobs, she was a Dorabella with Barockorchester as well as Pygmalion. ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ project was also a huge Founded in 1918 by Ernest Ansermet, Conductor 1 En el Generalife 9. 58 Dance of the Miller native country, in order to achieve his La vida breve (= life is short), with which chained to a miserable existence,” he en los jardines de España as a composer in view – regardless of more brittle and fragile than that for piano and orchestra to the Catalan language in the guise of late-romantic farcical pantomime, El corregidor y la Falla integrated elements from several both pieces have a clearly Andalusian the scene, as does the Andalusian- In Japan, Kodama is a regular guest as the Berlin Philharmonic, London the Freiburger Barockorchester on tour She regularly performs at festivals He is the incoming Principal Conductor hit in spring 2015 in Côme de Bellescize’s permanent conductor until 1967, the In the Generalife 10 Danza del Corregidor 6. 37 Towards the end of the 19th century goal: a national musical idiom for Spain. he not only won a competition for the remarked later. He developed a close (= nights in the gardens of Spain) was whether he was staying in a cultural of his contemporaries Granados or pianist Ricardo Viñes, whom he had and impressionist music. Although the molinera (= the magistrate and the regions in Spain in order to give a character, the tonality could hardly Arabian character of de Falla’s music. of major Japanese orchestras, most Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, through Europe and Asia. such as the Salzburg Festival, the and Artistic Director of the Orchestre staged version at the new Philharmonie Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, with 2 Danza lejana 4. 51 Dance of the Corregidor and the beginning of the 20th, many promotion of Spanish national opera, friendship with both Paul Dukas and enthusiastically received. That year, backwater in Spain, or performing Albéniz. De Falla formulated his views met in Paris. It is subtitled “impresiones piano has a virtuoso role, it is integrated miller’s wife), into a full-length ballet. precise characterization of the persons be more contradictory: against the recently the Tokyo Metropolitan Hallé Orchestra, the Montreal Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, as hall in Paris, with Orchestre de Paris, its 112 permanent musicians, ensures A Distant Dance 11 Danza final (Jota) 6. 01 composers throughout Europe were De Falla was born in 1876 in the but which he also considered to be his Claude Debussy, and his name became de Falla also completed his farcical on the international cultural stage of on music in 1917 in a crystal-clear and sinfónicas”. At the first glance, these within the orchestral ensemble. In the And thus came about El sombrero according to their origin. There is no late-romantic mood of the Interlude, Mari Kodama, Orchestra and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, the NDR Symphony She sees the collaboration with large Rheingau Musikfestival and Bachfest well as maintaining his role as Principal and Marion Cotillard narrating the role subscription concerts in Geneva and NOCHES EN 3 En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba 8. 38 Final Dance primarily devoting themselves to the southern Andalusian town of Cádiz. As first mature work. more prominent within artistic circles. pantomime El corregidor y la molinera, Paris. His main desire was to create a unambiguous manner: “Music is not “symphonic impressions” appear to second movement (Danza lejana, = de tres picos (= the three-cornered longer any trace of Impressionism: here, the sharp rhythms and the crystal-clear Piano Orchestra in Tokyo. A brilliantly well- Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Los symphony orchestras such as the Leipzig. Sophie Harmsen studied at the Guest Conductor of Orchestre de la of Jeanne. Lausanne, the City of Geneva symphony In the Gardens of the Sierra de Córdoba search for a national identity: for a child, he received piano lessons and He was profoundly influenced by the based on Alarcón’s novel El sombrero highly civilized and modern Spanish created and never should be created in be a classical, three-movement piano distant dance), the changing note hat), which received its première in traditional music prevails and evokes a harmonies of the Danza stand out received performance of the complete Angeles Philharmonic and the Berkeley Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the University of Cape Town and as well in Suisse Romande. In Japan, he holds concerts, the annual concert for the LOS JARDINES La vida breve instance, in Finland there was Sibelius; theory of harmony, making his first The next step in his career led de Ballets Russes and the works written de tres picos (= the three-cornered musical idiom, without losing sight of order to be comprehended, but to be concerto; however, after reviewing the motif from the beginning reappears – London in 1919 with sets and costumes “sophisticated simplicity” (Voss). clearly. Born in Osaka, Mari Kodama was Beethoven Sonata cycle in Los Angeles Symphony, among others. Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Radio- Germany under Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens. further titles of Principal Conductor of Yamada was the winner of the 51st UN, as well as opera performances DE ESPAÑA El sombrero de tres picos Life is Short in Hungary, Bartók and Kodály; and attempts at composition at an early Falla, full of hope for a breakthrough by Stravinsky for this splendid and, at hat); and three years later in London it its authenticity. However, he came experienced.” Various Spanish musical structure of the work, the general effect flamenco-like tonality is clearly audible. designed by Pablo Picasso. Although raised in Germany, Switzerland, France, launched Kodama’s United States of Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Besancon International Competition at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Its The Three-cornered Hat 12 Interlude & Dance 6. 37 in Spain, Albéniz and Granados. They age. In 1896, he moved to Madrid to and success, to the European cultural the same time, revolutionary dance was given its world première, under the across various problematic issues on his traditions are to be found in his work, is more that of a symphonic poem. The final movement (En los jardines de the plot revolves around love and De Falla’s award-winning opera La vida The Danza ritual del fuego (= ritual and England. She studied piano with America reputation, and was followed Sophie Harmsen the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, Kazuki Yamada Partner with Sendai Philharmonic and for young conductors. Born in reputation has been built up over the 4 Introducción 1. 29 were examining the melodic national continue his piano studies with José metropolis par excellence: Paris, where ensemble; and thus he did not return same title, by the Ballets Russes. In 1920, artistic path: for instance, how to mask including most especially the influences Hansjuergen Schaefer has pointed out la Sierra de Córdoba, = in the gardens of jealousy, as in El amor brujo, the coarse breve has already been mentioned fire dance) from El amor brujo is one Germaine Mounier and chamber music by acclaimed recital appearances in Soprano and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is Conductor Music Director of Yokohama Sinfonietta. Kanagawa, Japan, in 1979, he is now years thanks to its historic recordings EL SOMBRERO Introduction El amor brujo treasures of their homeland, hunting for Tragó. Three years later, he completed Spanish music was then all the rage. to his homeland until confronted by the de Falla moved to Granada, and in 1939 the authenticity of Spanish traditional of Andalusian music, which focus on that “the musical design (...) is not the Sierra de Cordoba) begins with the peasant humour adds a lively note to briefly. Although he wrote the work of de Falla’s best-known works. In with Geneviève Joy-Dutilleux at the New York, Paris, London, as well as an integral part of her artistic journey. resident in Berlin. As a student, he and its interpretation of 20th-century The Bewitched Love novel and, above all, authentic artistic his studies in the capital, graduating Albéniz was working on his Iberia, drama of the incipient World War I in – at the end of the Spanish Civil War – he music by means of a highly cultural “free inspiration based on the rhythms determined by tonal effects, tints and celebration of a resounding nocturnal the proceedings. De Falla revised the in 1904-1905, it did not receive its this “gitanería” (= gypsy music) from Conservatoire National de Paris, later throughout Japan, Spain and Germany, Having already travelled the world at a Yamada appears with such orchestras Forthcoming debuts include Melbourne formed Yokohama Sinfonietta, where French and Russian repertoire. DE TRES PICOS Part 1 13 Danza ritual del fuego 4. 14 inspiration. In his own rather slender, yet with distinction. The zarzuelas (= Ravel busy composing his Rapsodie August 1914. It would be fair to describe emigrated to Argentina, where he was disguise. Or how to avoid lapsing into of the fandango, the polo and the shades that can conjure up a southern feast, after which the piano takes over original work, adding rousing dancing première until 1913, when it finally took 1915, he planned nothing less than studying with Tatiana Nikolaeva at the and much of the rest of the U.S.A. young age as the daughter of German Sophie Harmsen has worked with as Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonia Symphony and Houston Symphony he remains Music Director. In 2011 he 5 La tarde 5. 23 Ritual Fire Dance valuable oeuvre Manuel de Falla (1876- Spanish operettas), on which he had espagnole – an absolute Spanish music the seven years de Falla spent in Paris to experience serious financial problems artistic trivia due to the concentration malagueña” (Christoforidis). Elements night in the garden or the countryside.” with a fandango. At the end, the music melodies. The plot – reminiscent of place in Nice thanks to the support a “reinterpretation of the flamenco Salzburg Mozarteum and with Alfred The Los Angeles Times pronounced her diplomats, Sophie Harmsen studied at conductors such as Philipp Ahmann, Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, and he recently made his debut in received the Idemitsu Music Prize for The orchestra’s Music and Artistic Afternoon 1946) also devised a national style, with been working since 1900, did not meet renaissance held Paris in its grip. as his “French school”, as it was thanks due to the absence of royalties from on purely folk-music examples, which of the ornately embellished canto jondo Instead, de Falla is highly specific in the subsides into the tranquillity of the Falstaff – provides plenty of opportunity of his Parisian friends. Previously, de in the light of contemporary designs Brendel as a private pupil. performances of the Prokofiev Third the University of Cape Town and with Frieder Bernius, Adàm Fischer, Philippe Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, a European opera house, at Grand young artists in Japan. Director is Jonathan Nott. Its Principal 6 Danza de la molinera (Fandango) 3. 26 Total playing time: 72. 59 strong folkloristic influences: however, with success. At the time, the aesthetic Nevertheless, de Falla was forced to to the fashionable “Hispanisms”, which Europe, finally dying there in 1946. are by nature rather simplistic. Or even can also be found; but rhythmic and structure of his music from the very night. for total confusion, as well as dressing Falla revised the work extensively, the of musical primitivism, a new vision Piano Concerto “commanding and Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens and now lives in Herreweghe, Thomas Hengelbrock, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Helsinki Théâtre de Genève. He is active in Guest Conductor is Japanese maestro Dance of the Miller’s Wife Orchestre de la Suisse Romande one that excluded the characteristics to background on which de Falla drew was struggle along as best he could, giving were perceived in the capital as artfully more problematic, how to come up with melodic structures from dances and beginning (En el Generalife, = at the up in disguises and seduction on the most important changes being the of the Spain of the gitano (= gypsy)” She has established an international electrifying.” Berlin with her family. Manfred Honeck, Marek Janowski, Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, the field of opera, and performs ‘La Kazuki Yamada. 7 Las uvas 3. 58 Conducted by Kazuki Yamada be found on a kitschy-looking postcard. based on the work L’acoustique nouvelle piano lessons and concerts. However, exotic, that he was able to reflect on As de Falla had a highly conscientious, purely ethnic music as a compositional songs from other Spanish regions can Generalife), he precisely reproduces Sergei Diaghilev, the impresario of stage. The music received unequivocal division of the formerly one-act opera (Christoforidis). El amor brujo is a reputation for her musical sensitivity Andrea Marcon, Helmuth Rilling, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Traviata’, ‘Carmen’ and ‘Rusalka’ in The Grapes Mari Kodama, piano (in Nights in the Gardens of Spain) The path to “Spanish music” was not by the French musical theorist Louis the impressionistic influences and his own national musical roots. Now, in indeed scrupulous approach to result. De Falla circumvented these also be encountered in the mix. the presentation of the Andalusian folk the Ballet Russes, was so enthusiastic praise from the critics of the day. They into two separate acts, and a radical distillate of the music of the Sinti and and outstanding virtuosity. In Mari is also a founding artistic director The mezzo-soprano is particularly in Christophe Rousset, Steven Sloane Stockholm Philharmonic, Bergen Japan in coming seasons. He is strongly Under the guidance of its founding Sophie Harmsen, mezzo-soprano (in The Three-cornered Hat) a straight one for de Falla: it led him Lucas, but above all on the intensive impulses that de Falla absorbed in the 1914, his opera La vida breve received its composition, his entire output remained many traps by cutting out anything song with its second-interval steps in about the Noches that he tried to emphasized the techniques with which revision of the orchestration under the Roma tribes in Andalusia. A number of © Orchestre de la Suisse Romande performances throughout Europe, of the Musical Days at Forest Hill, a demand as a Mozart interpreter. 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directors (Paul Kletzki 1967- 1970, Suisse Romande has been broadcast Ein Spanier in Paris – verlief für de Falla allerdings keineswegs Musiktheoretikers Louis Lucas, vor Aber die vor allem impressionistischen künstlich-exotisch wahrgenommenen Da de Falla ein sehr gewissenhafter, kompositorisches Ergebnis eine reine aus Tänzen und Liedern aus anderen vermag“. Vielmehr wird de Falla von Sergei Diaghilev, der Impresario der jene Techniken hervor, mit denen de Dukas’ und Debussys. Zur Verbindung folgten. Erzählt wird die Geschichte des Acknowledgments Wolfgang Sawallisch 1970-1980, Horst on radio around the world, enabling Manuel de Fallas Wege geradlinig, sondern über Umwege, die allem aber durch den intensiven Einflüsse und Impulse, die de Falla in „Hispanismen“ konnte er sich auf seine geradezu skrupulös arbeitender Folklore zu schaffen. De Falla umging spanischen Regionen verarbeitet. Anfang an (Im Generalife) in seiner Ballet Russes, war von den Noches Falla über Lautmalerei und galante der Szenen komponierte de Fallas das jungen Sintimädchens Candela, das Premium Sound Stein 1980-1985, Armin Jordan 1985- millions of listeners to tune in. The ihn nicht nur gedanklich aus Spanien Privatunterricht bei Felipe Pedrell, der der französischen Hauptstadt geradezu eigenen nationalen musikalischen Komponist war, blieb sein Gesamtwerk all diese Fallstricke, indem er seiner musikalischen Ausgestaltung sehr derart begeistert, dass er versuchte, de Stilisierung die verschiedenen Ebenen Interlude, das hier mit dem kräftigen vom Geist ihres verstorbenen Geliebten PRODUCTION TEAM 1997, Fabio Luisi 1997-2002, Pinchas orchestra has developed a privileged zur spanischen Musik herausführen sollten. De Falla war sich als Begründer der nationalspanischen in sich aufsog, wirkten maßgeblich Wurzeln besinnen. Seine 1913 in Nizza relativ klein. Was dem Ruhm zu Musik das allzu Glatte austrieb, ihr, Die Noches en los jardines de konkret, er baut die Vorlage des Falla zu überreden, das Werk für Ballett des Humors zeichnete. Höhepunkt des Danse espagnole verbunden ist. verfolgt wird. Magie und Zauber Executive producer Job Maarse | Recording producer & balance engineer Erdo Groot and Outstanding Steinberg 2002-2005, Marek Janowski partnership with Pentatone, recording dessen bewusst, dass er Heimatstadt Musik gilt. 1904 entstand dann de auf seine weitere Entwicklung als uraufgeführte Oper La vida breve erlebte Lebzeiten und dem Nachruhm bis wo nötig, Ecken und Kanten geradezu España (Nächte in Spaniens Gärten) andalusischen Volksgesanges mit neu zu fassen. Doch de Falla seinerseits Balletts ist die abschließende jota, in Obwohl beide Stücke andalusischen beherrschen die Szenerie und auch die Recording engineer & editor Karel Bruggeman | Liner notes Jörg Peter Urbach Artists 2005-2012, Neeme Järvi, 2012-2015), up to two to three discs per season. Gegen Ende des 19. und zu Beginn und vielleicht auch Heimatland würde Fallas veristische Züge tragende Oper Komponist. „Ohne Paris wäre ich nun 1914 ihre umjubelte spanische heute allerdings keinen Abbruch einarbeitete. Und so wirkt seine Musik entstanden zwischen 1909 und 1916. dessen Sekundschritten im Umfang überzeugte Diaghilev, seine mimische der de Falla Elemente aus mehreren Charakters sind, könnte die Tonalität arabisch-andalusisch gefärbte Musik de English translation Fiona J. Stroker-Gale | Design Joost de Boo | Product the world-famous Orchestre de la des 20. Jahrhunderts widmeten sich verlassen müssen, um sein Ziel zu La vida breve (Ein kurzes Leben), mit in Madrid begraben geblieben, Erstaufführung. Der Durchbruch war tat. De Falla hatte das Ziel stets deutlich brüchiger und mürber als Dieses eigentümlich changierende einer kleinen Terz wie einen canto jondo Farce El corregidor y la molinera in ein spanischen Regionen einsetzte, um die gegensätzlicher kaum sein: Aus der Fallas. management Max Tiel Suisse Romande is an active contributor The OSR’s international tours have led zahlreiche Komponisten in ganz erreichen. Das spanische Idiom in der der er nicht nur einen Wettbewerb zur vergessen und an ein armseliges geschafft. 1916 wurden die Noches vor seinem kompositorischen Auge. die seiner Zeitgenossen Granados Werk für Klavier und Orchester exakt nach – ohne aus einer realen abendfüllendes Ballett zu verwandeln. Personen ihrer Herkunft nach genau spätromantischen Stimmung des to the history of music through them to perform in the most prestigious Europa vor allem einer Thematik - der Musik. Förderung der spanischen Nationaloper Dasein gebunden“, äußerte er sich en los jardines de España begeistert Ganz gleich, ob er sich in Spanien auf oder Albéniz. De Falla formulierte widmete de Falla dem katalanischen Vorlage zu zitieren. Diese melodisch- Es entstand El sombrero de tres picos zu charakterisieren. Keine Spur mehr Interlude heben sich die scharfen This album was recorded at Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland in July 2016. PENTATONE. Today’s music is evolving Together with our talented artists, the discovery or support of leading venues in Europe (Berlin, London, Suche einer nationalen Identität. gewann, sondern das er auch als sein später einmal. Zu Paul Dukas und aufgenommen und in jenem Jahr stellte einem kulturellen Nebenschauplatz sein Verständnis von Musik im Jahr Pianisten Ricardo Viñes, den er in konkrete Sprache entwickelt de Falla (Der Dreispitz), der 1919 in London in von Impressionismus, hier herrscht die Rhythmen und die glasklare Harmonik and forever changing, but classical we take pride in our work, providing contemporary composers. The pieces Vienna, Salzburg, Paris, Budapest and Sibelius tat dies in Finnland, Bartók Der 1876 im südandalusischen Cádiz erstes reifes Werk akzeptierte. Claude Debussy entwickelte er ein de Falla auch die mimische Farce El oder in Paris, auf der zentralen 1917 glasklar und ohne Umschweife: Paris kennengelernt hatte. Untertitelt dann im Gewand spätromantisch- der Ausstattung von Pablo Picasso Volksmusik und evoziert eine „Raffinesse des Danse deutlich ab. music remains true in creating harmony an impeccable means of experiencing by Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, Amsterdam), Asia (Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, und Kodály in Ungarn, Albéniz und geborene de Falla erhielt als Kind enges, freundschaftliches Band und corregidor y la molinera auf Basis von Schaubühne der Kultur, befand. Er „Musik wird nicht gemacht und sie ist es als „impresiones sinfónicas“. impressionistischer Klänge frei und uraufgeführt wurde. Die Handlung der Einfachheit“ (Voss). among the instruments. Classical music classical music. For all their diversity, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Shanghai), as well as in major cities on Granados in Spanien. Sie fahndeten Klavier- und Harmonielehreunterricht Der nächste Karriereschritt führte de in Künstlerkreisen gewann de Fallas Alarcóns Roman El sombrero de tres wollte eine moderne, spanische Musik sollte nie gemacht werden, damit man Diese „symphonischen Impressionen“ variierend weiter. Das Klavier wird zwar dreht sich zwar wie in El amor brujo Die „Danza ritual del fuego“ is as time-honoured as it is timeless. our artists have one thing in common. Frank Martin, Benjamin Britten, Heinz the American continent (Boston, New in den melodischen Bodenschätzen und machte sich früh an die ersten Falla voller Hoffnung auf Durchbruch Name an Bedeutung. Auch die Balletts picos (Der Dreispitz) fertig. Die dann der Hochkultur schaffen, ohne dabei sie versteht, sondern damit man sie wirken auf den ersten Blick wie ein virtuos geführt, integriert sich aber um Liebe und Eifersucht, erfährt aber Von La vida breve war bereits kurz die (Feuertanz) aus El amor brujo zählt zu And so also should the experience be. They all put their heart and soul into Holliger, Peter Eötvös, James MacMillan, York, San Francisco, Washington, São ihrer Heimat nach neuer, vor allem kompositorischen Gehversuche. 1896 und Erfolg in die europäische Russes und Stravinskys Werke für dieses drei Jahre später als Ballett unter dem deren Originalität zu verleugnen. Auf erlebt.“ In seinen Werken finden sich klassisch-dreisätziges Klavierkonzert, weitestgehend in den Orchesterapparat. durch den derb-bäuerlichen Humor Rede. Jener 1904/05 entstandenen den bekanntesten Werken de Fallas. We take listening to classical music the music, drawing on every last drop Pascal Dusapin or Michael Jarrell were Paulo, Buenos Aires and Montevideo). aber nach authentischer künstlerischer ging er nach Madrid, um bei José Tragó Kulturmetropole schlechthin. Nach glanzvolle und zugleich revolutionäre gleichen Titel in London von den Balletts seinem künstlerischen Weg drohten zahlreiche spanische Musiktraditionen, stellen sich aber beim Betrachten der Im zweiten Satz (Ferner Tanz) taucht eine ausgelassene Note. De Falla preisgekrönten Oper de Fallas. Die Er nahm in dieser „gitanería“ aus to a whole new level, using the best of creativity, skill, and determination Sit back and enjoy premiered in Geneva by the OSR. It is Inspiration. Auch Manuel de Falla seine Klavierstudien fortzusetzen. Drei Paris. Wo spanische Musik gerade en Tanz-Ensemble beeinflussten de Russes uraufgeführt wurde. 1920 zog es ihm allerdings Stolpersteine; etwa die darunter insbesondere Einflüsse Satzfaktur eher als symphonisches die Wechselnotenmotivik des Beginns arbeitete das ursprüngliches Werk um allerdings erst 1913 mit Unterstützung dem Jahr 1915 nicht weniger als eine PUBLISHERS technology to produce a high-quality to perfect their contribution. one of its important mission: supporting (1876-1946) entwickelte in seinem Jahre später schloss er das Studium vogue war. Albéniz arbeitete an „Iberia“, Falla tiefgreifend. Erst das Drama de Falla nach Granada. 1939 ging er, mit Authentizität der spanischen Traditionen der andalusischen Musik mit dem Poem dar. Hansjuergen Schaefer wieder auf – flamencoartige Tonalität und fügte zündende Tanzmelodien seiner Pariser Freunde zur Uraufführung „Neuinterpretation des Flamenco im The Three-cornered Hat Chester Music, London | Nights in the Gardens of Spain Editions Max Eschig, Paris recording, in whichever format it may the symphonic creation, and particularly recht schmalen, aber doch wertvollen in der Hauptstadt mit Auszeichnung Ravel komponierte seine „Rapsodie des beginnenden Ersten Weltkriegs dem Ende des spanischen Bürgerkrieges, durch das Gewand der Hochkultur Fokus auf „freie Inspiration durch die hat darauf hingewiesen, dass „die erklingt. Im Schlusssatz (In den Gärten hinzu. Die an „Falstaff“ gemahnenden in Nizza kam. Vorher arbeitete de Lichte zeitgenössischer Entwürfe des La vida breve Editions Max Eschig, Paris | El amor brujo Chester Music, London come, in whichever format it may be Find out more: the Swiss one. Œuvre einen von folkloristischen Zügen ab. Seinen ab 1900 entstandenen espagnole“ - eine regelrechte spanische veranlasste ihn im August 1914, wieder nach Argentinien, wo er nach dem zu verschleiern. Oder auch, durch die Rhythmen des fandango, des polo und musikalische Gestaltung (...) nun nicht der Sierra de Cordoba) wird anfänglich Handlungszüge liefern jede Menge Falla das Werk tiefgreifend um, die musikalischen Primitivismus, eine neue released. www.pentatonemusic.com geprägten Nationalstil. Allerdings Zarzuela-Kompositionen blieb der Erfolg Musikrenaissance hatte Paris erfasst. in seine Heimat zurückzukehren. Die Ausbleiben der Tantiemen aus Europa Konzentration auf rein volksmusikalische der malagueña“ (Christoforidis). Auch durch die Farbwirkungen, Tönungen ein rauschendes, nächtliches Fest Anlass für totale Verwirrung, Verkleidung wichtigsten Änderungen waren die Vision eines Spaniens der gitanos“ PENTATONE TEAM From its very early days and in close ohne eine auch nur halbwegs kitschig verwehrt. Ästhetisch geformt wurde Dennoch musste sich de Falla eher sieben Jahre in Paris könnte man in ernsthafte finanzielle Schwierigkeiten Vorbilder, die per se simpel gestrickt Elemente des verzierten canto jondo und Schattierungen bestimmt (wird), gefeiert, bevor das Klavier einen und Verführung auf der Bühne. Die Aufteilung des Einakters auf zwei (Christoforidis) vor. El amor brujo ist ein Vice President A&R Renaud Loranger | Managing Director Dirk Jan Vink

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revisions were to follow. The story tells USA and Japan she has consistently festival of chamber music presented the Teatro Real Madrid, she celebrated of the young Sinti girl Candela, who is demonstrated the profound aesthetics together with her husband Kent Nagano great successes as Annio in “La haunted by the spirit of her deceased of her very personal and unique style. near their home in San Francisco. The clemenza di Tito”. Under the direction of lover. Magic and witchcraft dominate pianist has played with such orchestras René Jacobs, she was a Dorabella with the scene, as does the Andalusian- In Japan, Kodama is a regular guest as the Berlin Philharmonic, London the Freiburger Barockorchester on tour Arabian character of de Falla’s music. of major Japanese orchestras, most Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, through Europe and Asia. recently the Tokyo Metropolitan Hallé Orchestra, the Montreal Mari Kodama, Orchestra and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, the NDR Symphony She sees the collaboration with large Piano Orchestra in Tokyo. A brilliantly well- Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Los symphony orchestras such as the received performance of the complete Angeles Philharmonic and the Berkeley Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the

Born in Osaka, Mari Kodama was Beethoven Sonata cycle in Los Angeles Symphony, among others. Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Radio- raised in Germany, Switzerland, France, launched Kodama’s United States of Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, ← ← and England. She studied piano with America reputation, and was followed Sophie Harmsen the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, Germaine Mounier and chamber music by acclaimed recital appearances in Soprano and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is with Geneviève Joy-Dutilleux at the New York, Paris, London, as well as an integral part of her artistic journey. Conservatoire National de Paris, later throughout Japan, Spain and Germany, Having already travelled the world at a studying with Tatiana Nikolaeva at the and much of the rest of the U.S.A. young age as the daughter of German Sophie Harmsen has worked with Salzburg Mozarteum and with Alfred The Los Angeles Times pronounced her diplomats, Sophie Harmsen studied at conductors such as Philipp Ahmann, Brendel as a private pupil. performances of the Prokofiev Third the University of Cape Town and with Frieder Bernius, Adàm Fischer, Philippe Piano Concerto “commanding and Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens and now lives in Herreweghe, Thomas Hengelbrock, She has established an international electrifying.” Berlin with her family. Manfred Honeck, Marek Janowski, reputation for her musical sensitivity Andrea Marcon, Helmuth Rilling, and outstanding virtuosity. In Mari is also a founding artistic director The mezzo-soprano is particularly in Christophe Rousset, Steven Sloane performances throughout Europe, of the Musical Days at Forest Hill, a demand as a Mozart interpreter. At and with ensembles such as: Academy

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Mari Kodama Orchestre de la Manuel de Falla (1876 – 1946) Part 2 Kazuki Yamada A Spaniard in Paris – through various detours, forcing him to private lessons he had received from French capital were highly influential acclaimed Spanish première, following relatively small: however, in no way did that was too smooth from his music; De Falla wrote his Noches en los jardines the range of a minor third, like a canto persuade de Falla to rearrange the de Falla portrayed the various levels of guidance of Dukas and Debussy. In revisions were to follow. The story tells USA and Japan she has consistently festival of chamber music presented the Teatro Real Madrid, she celebrated for Early Music Berlin, Anima Eterna Nazionale della RAI Torino and 2012 he conducted a semi-staged Orchestre de la Suisse Piano Suisse Romande © Marco Borggreve 8 Danza de los vecinos (Seguidillas) 3. 22 Manuel de Falla’s path depart from Spain not only in mind – he Felipe Pedrell, who was considered the on his further development as a its first performance the previous this negatively affect his reputation and, if necessary, by incorporating de España (= nights in the gardens jondo – without quoting an existing work for ballet. But de Falla, on the humour by means of onomatopoeia order to connect the scenes, de Falla of the young Sinti girl Candela, who is demonstrated the profound aesthetics together with her husband Kent Nagano great successes as Annio in “La , Capella Augustina, Collegium Tonkünstler-Orchester at the Vienna production of Honegger’s ‘Jeanne Romande Sophie Harmsen Noches en los jardines de España Dance of the Neighbours was aware that he would have to leave founding father of Spain’s national composer. “Without Paris, I would have year in Nice. He had accomplished his either during his lifetime or after his sharp angles and rough edges. And of Spain) between 1909 and 1916. He example. Then he freely develops other hand, convinced Diaghilev to and genteel stylization. The highlight of composed the Interlude, linked here to haunted by the spirit of her deceased of her very personal and unique style. near their home in San Francisco. The clemenza di Tito”. Under the direction of 1704, Concerto Köln, Freiburger Musikverein. d´arc’, with Saito-Kinen Orchestra. The Mezzo-soprano Kazuki Yamada Nights in the Gardens of Spain 9 Danza del molinero (Farruca) 7. 56 to Spanish music his home town, and possibly even his music. In 1904, de Falla wrote his opera been buried in Madrid, forgotten, and breakthrough. In 1916, his work Noches death. De Falla always kept his objective thus, his music appears to be much dedicated this peculiarly iridescent work and varies this melodically specific agree to the transformation of his the ballet is the final jota, in which de the powerful Danza española. Although lover. Magic and witchcraft dominate pianist has played with such orchestras René Jacobs, she was a Dorabella with Barockorchester as well as Pygmalion. ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ project was also a huge Founded in 1918 by Ernest Ansermet, Conductor 1 En el Generalife 9. 58 Dance of the Miller native country, in order to achieve his La vida breve (= life is short), with which chained to a miserable existence,” he en los jardines de España as a composer in view – regardless of more brittle and fragile than that for piano and orchestra to the Catalan language in the guise of late-romantic farcical pantomime, El corregidor y la Falla integrated elements from several both pieces have a clearly Andalusian the scene, as does the Andalusian- In Japan, Kodama is a regular guest as the Berlin Philharmonic, London the Freiburger Barockorchester on tour She regularly performs at festivals He is the incoming Principal Conductor hit in spring 2015 in Côme de Bellescize’s permanent conductor until 1967, the In the Generalife 10 Danza del Corregidor 6. 37 Towards the end of the 19th century goal: a national musical idiom for Spain. he not only won a competition for the remarked later. He developed a close (= nights in the gardens of Spain) was whether he was staying in a cultural of his contemporaries Granados or pianist Ricardo Viñes, whom he had and impressionist music. Although the molinera (= the magistrate and the regions in Spain in order to give a character, the tonality could hardly Arabian character of de Falla’s music. of major Japanese orchestras, most Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, through Europe and Asia. such as the Salzburg Festival, the and Artistic Director of the Orchestre staged version at the new Philharmonie Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, with 2 Danza lejana 4. 51 Dance of the Corregidor and the beginning of the 20th, many promotion of Spanish national opera, friendship with both Paul Dukas and enthusiastically received. That year, backwater in Spain, or performing Albéniz. De Falla formulated his views met in Paris. It is subtitled “impresiones piano has a virtuoso role, it is integrated miller’s wife), into a full-length ballet. precise characterization of the persons be more contradictory: against the recently the Tokyo Metropolitan Hallé Orchestra, the Montreal Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, as hall in Paris, with Orchestre de Paris, its 112 permanent musicians, ensures A Distant Dance 11 Danza final (Jota) 6. 01 composers throughout Europe were De Falla was born in 1876 in the but which he also considered to be his Claude Debussy, and his name became de Falla also completed his farcical on the international cultural stage of on music in 1917 in a crystal-clear and sinfónicas”. At the first glance, these within the orchestral ensemble. In the And thus came about El sombrero according to their origin. There is no late-romantic mood of the Interlude, Mari Kodama, Orchestra and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, the NDR Symphony She sees the collaboration with large Rheingau Musikfestival and Bachfest well as maintaining his role as Principal and Marion Cotillard narrating the role subscription concerts in Geneva and NOCHES EN 3 En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba 8. 38 Final Dance primarily devoting themselves to the southern Andalusian town of Cádiz. As first mature work. more prominent within artistic circles. pantomime El corregidor y la molinera, Paris. His main desire was to create a unambiguous manner: “Music is not “symphonic impressions” appear to second movement (Danza lejana, = de tres picos (= the three-cornered longer any trace of Impressionism: here, the sharp rhythms and the crystal-clear Piano Orchestra in Tokyo. A brilliantly well- Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Los symphony orchestras such as the Leipzig. Sophie Harmsen studied at the Guest Conductor of Orchestre de la of Jeanne. Lausanne, the City of Geneva symphony In the Gardens of the Sierra de Córdoba search for a national identity: for a child, he received piano lessons and He was profoundly influenced by the based on Alarcón’s novel El sombrero highly civilized and modern Spanish created and never should be created in be a classical, three-movement piano distant dance), the changing note hat), which received its première in traditional music prevails and evokes a harmonies of the Danza stand out received performance of the complete Angeles Philharmonic and the Berkeley Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the University of Cape Town and as well in Suisse Romande. In Japan, he holds concerts, the annual concert for the LOS JARDINES La vida breve instance, in Finland there was Sibelius; theory of harmony, making his first The next step in his career led de Ballets Russes and the works written de tres picos (= the three-cornered musical idiom, without losing sight of order to be comprehended, but to be concerto; however, after reviewing the motif from the beginning reappears – London in 1919 with sets and costumes “sophisticated simplicity” (Voss). clearly. Born in Osaka, Mari Kodama was Beethoven Sonata cycle in Los Angeles Symphony, among others. Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Radio- Germany under Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens. further titles of Principal Conductor of Yamada was the winner of the 51st UN, as well as opera performances DE ESPAÑA El sombrero de tres picos Life is Short in Hungary, Bartók and Kodály; and attempts at composition at an early Falla, full of hope for a breakthrough by Stravinsky for this splendid and, at hat); and three years later in London it its authenticity. However, he came experienced.” Various Spanish musical structure of the work, the general effect flamenco-like tonality is clearly audible. designed by Pablo Picasso. Although raised in Germany, Switzerland, France, launched Kodama’s United States of Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Besancon International Competition at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Its The Three-cornered Hat 12 Interlude & Dance 6. 37 in Spain, Albéniz and Granados. They age. In 1896, he moved to Madrid to and success, to the European cultural the same time, revolutionary dance was given its world première, under the across various problematic issues on his traditions are to be found in his work, is more that of a symphonic poem. The final movement (En los jardines de the plot revolves around love and De Falla’s award-winning opera La vida The Danza ritual del fuego (= ritual and England. She studied piano with America reputation, and was followed Sophie Harmsen the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, Kazuki Yamada Partner with Sendai Philharmonic and for young conductors. Born in reputation has been built up over the 4 Introducción 1. 29 were examining the melodic national continue his piano studies with José metropolis par excellence: Paris, where ensemble; and thus he did not return same title, by the Ballets Russes. In 1920, artistic path: for instance, how to mask including most especially the influences Hansjuergen Schaefer has pointed out la Sierra de Córdoba, = in the gardens of jealousy, as in El amor brujo, the coarse breve has already been mentioned fire dance) from El amor brujo is one Germaine Mounier and chamber music by acclaimed recital appearances in Soprano and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is Conductor Music Director of Yokohama Sinfonietta. Kanagawa, Japan, in 1979, he is now years thanks to its historic recordings EL SOMBRERO Introduction El amor brujo treasures of their homeland, hunting for Tragó. Three years later, he completed Spanish music was then all the rage. to his homeland until confronted by the de Falla moved to Granada, and in 1939 the authenticity of Spanish traditional of Andalusian music, which focus on that “the musical design (...) is not the Sierra de Cordoba) begins with the peasant humour adds a lively note to briefly. Although he wrote the work of de Falla’s best-known works. In with Geneviève Joy-Dutilleux at the New York, Paris, London, as well as an integral part of her artistic journey. resident in Berlin. As a student, he and its interpretation of 20th-century The Bewitched Love novel and, above all, authentic artistic his studies in the capital, graduating Albéniz was working on his Iberia, drama of the incipient World War I in – at the end of the Spanish Civil War – he music by means of a highly cultural “free inspiration based on the rhythms determined by tonal effects, tints and celebration of a resounding nocturnal the proceedings. De Falla revised the in 1904-1905, it did not receive its this “gitanería” (= gypsy music) from Conservatoire National de Paris, later throughout Japan, Spain and Germany, Having already travelled the world at a Yamada appears with such orchestras Forthcoming debuts include Melbourne formed Yokohama Sinfonietta, where French and Russian repertoire. DE TRES PICOS Part 1 13 Danza ritual del fuego 4. 14 inspiration. In his own rather slender, yet with distinction. The zarzuelas (= Ravel busy composing his Rapsodie August 1914. It would be fair to describe emigrated to Argentina, where he was disguise. Or how to avoid lapsing into of the fandango, the polo and the shades that can conjure up a southern feast, after which the piano takes over original work, adding rousing dancing première until 1913, when it finally took 1915, he planned nothing less than studying with Tatiana Nikolaeva at the and much of the rest of the U.S.A. young age as the daughter of German Sophie Harmsen has worked with as Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonia Symphony and Houston Symphony he remains Music Director. In 2011 he 5 La tarde 5. 23 Ritual Fire Dance valuable oeuvre Manuel de Falla (1876- Spanish operettas), on which he had espagnole – an absolute Spanish music the seven years de Falla spent in Paris to experience serious financial problems artistic trivia due to the concentration malagueña” (Christoforidis). Elements night in the garden or the countryside.” with a fandango. At the end, the music melodies. The plot – reminiscent of place in Nice thanks to the support a “reinterpretation of the flamenco Salzburg Mozarteum and with Alfred The Los Angeles Times pronounced her diplomats, Sophie Harmsen studied at conductors such as Philipp Ahmann, Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, and he recently made his debut in received the Idemitsu Music Prize for The orchestra’s Music and Artistic Afternoon 1946) also devised a national style, with been working since 1900, did not meet renaissance held Paris in its grip. as his “French school”, as it was thanks due to the absence of royalties from on purely folk-music examples, which of the ornately embellished canto jondo Instead, de Falla is highly specific in the subsides into the tranquillity of the Falstaff – provides plenty of opportunity of his Parisian friends. Previously, de in the light of contemporary designs Brendel as a private pupil. performances of the Prokofiev Third the University of Cape Town and with Frieder Bernius, Adàm Fischer, Philippe Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, a European opera house, at Grand young artists in Japan. Director is Jonathan Nott. Its Principal 6 Danza de la molinera (Fandango) 3. 26 Total playing time: 72. 59 strong folkloristic influences: however, with success. At the time, the aesthetic Nevertheless, de Falla was forced to to the fashionable “Hispanisms”, which Europe, finally dying there in 1946. are by nature rather simplistic. Or even can also be found; but rhythmic and structure of his music from the very night. for total confusion, as well as dressing Falla revised the work extensively, the of musical primitivism, a new vision Piano Concerto “commanding and Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens and now lives in Herreweghe, Thomas Hengelbrock, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Helsinki Théâtre de Genève. He is active in Guest Conductor is Japanese maestro Dance of the Miller’s Wife Orchestre de la Suisse Romande one that excluded the characteristics to background on which de Falla drew was struggle along as best he could, giving were perceived in the capital as artfully more problematic, how to come up with melodic structures from dances and beginning (En el Generalife, = at the up in disguises and seduction on the most important changes being the of the Spain of the gitano (= gypsy)” She has established an international electrifying.” Berlin with her family. Manfred Honeck, Marek Janowski, Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, the field of opera, and performs ‘La Kazuki Yamada. 7 Las uvas 3. 58 Conducted by Kazuki Yamada be found on a kitschy-looking postcard. based on the work L’acoustique nouvelle piano lessons and concerts. However, exotic, that he was able to reflect on As de Falla had a highly conscientious, purely ethnic music as a compositional songs from other Spanish regions can Generalife), he precisely reproduces Sergei Diaghilev, the impresario of stage. The music received unequivocal division of the formerly one-act opera (Christoforidis). El amor brujo is a reputation for her musical sensitivity Andrea Marcon, Helmuth Rilling, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Traviata’, ‘Carmen’ and ‘Rusalka’ in The Grapes Mari Kodama, piano (in Nights in the Gardens of Spain) The path to “Spanish music” was not by the French musical theorist Louis the impressionistic influences and his own national musical roots. Now, in indeed scrupulous approach to result. De Falla circumvented these also be encountered in the mix. the presentation of the Andalusian folk the Ballet Russes, was so enthusiastic praise from the critics of the day. They into two separate acts, and a radical distillate of the music of the Sinti and and outstanding virtuosity. In Mari is also a founding artistic director The mezzo-soprano is particularly in Christophe Rousset, Steven Sloane Stockholm Philharmonic, Bergen Japan in coming seasons. He is strongly Under the guidance of its founding Sophie Harmsen, mezzo-soprano (in The Three-cornered Hat) a straight one for de Falla: it led him Lucas, but above all on the intensive impulses that de Falla absorbed in the 1914, his opera La vida breve received its composition, his entire output remained many traps by cutting out anything song with its second-interval steps in about the Noches that he tried to emphasized the techniques with which revision of the orchestration under the Roma tribes in Andalusia. A number of © Orchestre de la Suisse Romande performances throughout Europe, of the Musical Days at Forest Hill, a demand as a Mozart interpreter. 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directors (Paul Kletzki 1967- 1970, Suisse Romande has been broadcast Ein Spanier in Paris – verlief für de Falla allerdings keineswegs Musiktheoretikers Louis Lucas, vor Aber die vor allem impressionistischen künstlich-exotisch wahrgenommenen Da de Falla ein sehr gewissenhafter, kompositorisches Ergebnis eine reine aus Tänzen und Liedern aus anderen vermag“. Vielmehr wird de Falla von Sergei Diaghilev, der Impresario der jene Techniken hervor, mit denen de Dukas’ und Debussys. Zur Verbindung folgten. Erzählt wird die Geschichte des Acknowledgments Wolfgang Sawallisch 1970-1980, Horst on radio around the world, enabling Manuel de Fallas Wege geradlinig, sondern über Umwege, die allem aber durch den intensiven Einflüsse und Impulse, die de Falla in „Hispanismen“ konnte er sich auf seine geradezu skrupulös arbeitender Folklore zu schaffen. De Falla umging spanischen Regionen verarbeitet. Anfang an (Im Generalife) in seiner Ballet Russes, war von den Noches Falla über Lautmalerei und galante der Szenen komponierte de Fallas das jungen Sintimädchens Candela, das Premium Sound Stein 1980-1985, Armin Jordan 1985- millions of listeners to tune in. The ihn nicht nur gedanklich aus Spanien Privatunterricht bei Felipe Pedrell, der der französischen Hauptstadt geradezu eigenen nationalen musikalischen Komponist war, blieb sein Gesamtwerk all diese Fallstricke, indem er seiner musikalischen Ausgestaltung sehr derart begeistert, dass er versuchte, de Stilisierung die verschiedenen Ebenen Interlude, das hier mit dem kräftigen vom Geist ihres verstorbenen Geliebten PRODUCTION TEAM 1997, Fabio Luisi 1997-2002, Pinchas orchestra has developed a privileged zur spanischen Musik herausführen sollten. De Falla war sich als Begründer der nationalspanischen in sich aufsog, wirkten maßgeblich Wurzeln besinnen. Seine 1913 in Nizza relativ klein. Was dem Ruhm zu Musik das allzu Glatte austrieb, ihr, Die Noches en los jardines de konkret, er baut die Vorlage des Falla zu überreden, das Werk für Ballett des Humors zeichnete. Höhepunkt des Danse espagnole verbunden ist. verfolgt wird. Magie und Zauber Executive producer Job Maarse | Recording producer & balance engineer Erdo Groot and Outstanding Steinberg 2002-2005, Marek Janowski partnership with Pentatone, recording dessen bewusst, dass er Heimatstadt Musik gilt. 1904 entstand dann de auf seine weitere Entwicklung als uraufgeführte Oper La vida breve erlebte Lebzeiten und dem Nachruhm bis wo nötig, Ecken und Kanten geradezu España (Nächte in Spaniens Gärten) andalusischen Volksgesanges mit neu zu fassen. Doch de Falla seinerseits Balletts ist die abschließende jota, in Obwohl beide Stücke andalusischen beherrschen die Szenerie und auch die Recording engineer & editor Karel Bruggeman | Liner notes Jörg Peter Urbach Artists 2005-2012, Neeme Järvi, 2012-2015), up to two to three discs per season. Gegen Ende des 19. und zu Beginn und vielleicht auch Heimatland würde Fallas veristische Züge tragende Oper Komponist. „Ohne Paris wäre ich nun 1914 ihre umjubelte spanische heute allerdings keinen Abbruch einarbeitete. Und so wirkt seine Musik entstanden zwischen 1909 und 1916. dessen Sekundschritten im Umfang überzeugte Diaghilev, seine mimische der de Falla Elemente aus mehreren Charakters sind, könnte die Tonalität arabisch-andalusisch gefärbte Musik de English translation Fiona J. Stroker-Gale | Design Joost de Boo | Product the world-famous Orchestre de la des 20. Jahrhunderts widmeten sich verlassen müssen, um sein Ziel zu La vida breve (Ein kurzes Leben), mit in Madrid begraben geblieben, Erstaufführung. Der Durchbruch war tat. De Falla hatte das Ziel stets deutlich brüchiger und mürber als Dieses eigentümlich changierende einer kleinen Terz wie einen canto jondo Farce El corregidor y la molinera in ein spanischen Regionen einsetzte, um die gegensätzlicher kaum sein: Aus der Fallas. management Max Tiel Suisse Romande is an active contributor The OSR’s international tours have led zahlreiche Komponisten in ganz erreichen. Das spanische Idiom in der der er nicht nur einen Wettbewerb zur vergessen und an ein armseliges geschafft. 1916 wurden die Noches vor seinem kompositorischen Auge. die seiner Zeitgenossen Granados Werk für Klavier und Orchester exakt nach – ohne aus einer realen abendfüllendes Ballett zu verwandeln. Personen ihrer Herkunft nach genau spätromantischen Stimmung des to the history of music through them to perform in the most prestigious Europa vor allem einer Thematik - der Musik. Förderung der spanischen Nationaloper Dasein gebunden“, äußerte er sich en los jardines de España begeistert Ganz gleich, ob er sich in Spanien auf oder Albéniz. De Falla formulierte widmete de Falla dem katalanischen Vorlage zu zitieren. Diese melodisch- Es entstand El sombrero de tres picos zu charakterisieren. Keine Spur mehr Interlude heben sich die scharfen This album was recorded at Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland in July 2016. PENTATONE. Today’s music is evolving Together with our talented artists, the discovery or support of leading venues in Europe (Berlin, London, Suche einer nationalen Identität. gewann, sondern das er auch als sein später einmal. Zu Paul Dukas und aufgenommen und in jenem Jahr stellte einem kulturellen Nebenschauplatz sein Verständnis von Musik im Jahr Pianisten Ricardo Viñes, den er in konkrete Sprache entwickelt de Falla (Der Dreispitz), der 1919 in London in von Impressionismus, hier herrscht die Rhythmen und die glasklare Harmonik and forever changing, but classical we take pride in our work, providing contemporary composers. The pieces Vienna, Salzburg, Paris, Budapest and Sibelius tat dies in Finnland, Bartók Der 1876 im südandalusischen Cádiz erstes reifes Werk akzeptierte. Claude Debussy entwickelte er ein de Falla auch die mimische Farce El oder in Paris, auf der zentralen 1917 glasklar und ohne Umschweife: Paris kennengelernt hatte. Untertitelt dann im Gewand spätromantisch- der Ausstattung von Pablo Picasso Volksmusik und evoziert eine „Raffinesse des Danse deutlich ab. music remains true in creating harmony an impeccable means of experiencing by Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, Amsterdam), Asia (Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, und Kodály in Ungarn, Albéniz und geborene de Falla erhielt als Kind enges, freundschaftliches Band und corregidor y la molinera auf Basis von Schaubühne der Kultur, befand. Er „Musik wird nicht gemacht und sie ist es als „impresiones sinfónicas“. impressionistischer Klänge frei und uraufgeführt wurde. Die Handlung der Einfachheit“ (Voss). among the instruments. Classical music classical music. For all their diversity, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Shanghai), as well as in major cities on Granados in Spanien. Sie fahndeten Klavier- und Harmonielehreunterricht Der nächste Karriereschritt führte de in Künstlerkreisen gewann de Fallas Alarcóns Roman El sombrero de tres wollte eine moderne, spanische Musik sollte nie gemacht werden, damit man Diese „symphonischen Impressionen“ variierend weiter. Das Klavier wird zwar dreht sich zwar wie in El amor brujo Die „Danza ritual del fuego“ is as time-honoured as it is timeless. our artists have one thing in common. Frank Martin, Benjamin Britten, Heinz the American continent (Boston, New in den melodischen Bodenschätzen und machte sich früh an die ersten Falla voller Hoffnung auf Durchbruch Name an Bedeutung. Auch die Balletts picos (Der Dreispitz) fertig. Die dann der Hochkultur schaffen, ohne dabei sie versteht, sondern damit man sie wirken auf den ersten Blick wie ein virtuos geführt, integriert sich aber um Liebe und Eifersucht, erfährt aber Von La vida breve war bereits kurz die (Feuertanz) aus El amor brujo zählt zu And so also should the experience be. They all put their heart and soul into Holliger, Peter Eötvös, James MacMillan, York, San Francisco, Washington, São ihrer Heimat nach neuer, vor allem kompositorischen Gehversuche. 1896 und Erfolg in die europäische Russes und Stravinskys Werke für dieses drei Jahre später als Ballett unter dem deren Originalität zu verleugnen. Auf erlebt.“ In seinen Werken finden sich klassisch-dreisätziges Klavierkonzert, weitestgehend in den Orchesterapparat. durch den derb-bäuerlichen Humor Rede. Jener 1904/05 entstandenen den bekanntesten Werken de Fallas. We take listening to classical music the music, drawing on every last drop Pascal Dusapin or Michael Jarrell were Paulo, Buenos Aires and Montevideo). aber nach authentischer künstlerischer ging er nach Madrid, um bei José Tragó Kulturmetropole schlechthin. Nach glanzvolle und zugleich revolutionäre gleichen Titel in London von den Balletts seinem künstlerischen Weg drohten zahlreiche spanische Musiktraditionen, stellen sich aber beim Betrachten der Im zweiten Satz (Ferner Tanz) taucht eine ausgelassene Note. De Falla preisgekrönten Oper de Fallas. Die Er nahm in dieser „gitanería“ aus to a whole new level, using the best of creativity, skill, and determination Sit back and enjoy premiered in Geneva by the OSR. It is Inspiration. Auch Manuel de Falla seine Klavierstudien fortzusetzen. Drei Paris. Wo spanische Musik gerade en Tanz-Ensemble beeinflussten de Russes uraufgeführt wurde. 1920 zog es ihm allerdings Stolpersteine; etwa die darunter insbesondere Einflüsse Satzfaktur eher als symphonisches die Wechselnotenmotivik des Beginns arbeitete das ursprüngliches Werk um allerdings erst 1913 mit Unterstützung dem Jahr 1915 nicht weniger als eine PUBLISHERS technology to produce a high-quality to perfect their contribution. one of its important mission: supporting (1876-1946) entwickelte in seinem Jahre später schloss er das Studium vogue war. Albéniz arbeitete an „Iberia“, Falla tiefgreifend. Erst das Drama de Falla nach Granada. 1939 ging er, mit Authentizität der spanischen Traditionen der andalusischen Musik mit dem Poem dar. Hansjuergen Schaefer wieder auf – flamencoartige Tonalität und fügte zündende Tanzmelodien seiner Pariser Freunde zur Uraufführung „Neuinterpretation des Flamenco im The Three-cornered Hat Chester Music, London | Nights in the Gardens of Spain Editions Max Eschig, Paris recording, in whichever format it may the symphonic creation, and particularly recht schmalen, aber doch wertvollen in der Hauptstadt mit Auszeichnung Ravel komponierte seine „Rapsodie des beginnenden Ersten Weltkriegs dem Ende des spanischen Bürgerkrieges, durch das Gewand der Hochkultur Fokus auf „freie Inspiration durch die hat darauf hingewiesen, dass „die erklingt. Im Schlusssatz (In den Gärten hinzu. Die an „Falstaff“ gemahnenden in Nizza kam. Vorher arbeitete de Lichte zeitgenössischer Entwürfe des La vida breve Editions Max Eschig, Paris | El amor brujo Chester Music, London come, in whichever format it may be Find out more: the Swiss one. Œuvre einen von folkloristischen Zügen ab. Seinen ab 1900 entstandenen espagnole“ - eine regelrechte spanische veranlasste ihn im August 1914, wieder nach Argentinien, wo er nach dem zu verschleiern. Oder auch, durch die Rhythmen des fandango, des polo und musikalische Gestaltung (...) nun nicht der Sierra de Cordoba) wird anfänglich Handlungszüge liefern jede Menge Falla das Werk tiefgreifend um, die musikalischen Primitivismus, eine neue released. www.pentatonemusic.com geprägten Nationalstil. Allerdings Zarzuela-Kompositionen blieb der Erfolg Musikrenaissance hatte Paris erfasst. in seine Heimat zurückzukehren. Die Ausbleiben der Tantiemen aus Europa Konzentration auf rein volksmusikalische der malagueña“ (Christoforidis). Auch durch die Farbwirkungen, Tönungen ein rauschendes, nächtliches Fest Anlass für totale Verwirrung, Verkleidung wichtigsten Änderungen waren die Vision eines Spaniens der gitanos“ PENTATONE TEAM From its very early days and in close ohne eine auch nur halbwegs kitschig verwehrt. Ästhetisch geformt wurde Dennoch musste sich de Falla eher sieben Jahre in Paris könnte man in ernsthafte finanzielle Schwierigkeiten Vorbilder, die per se simpel gestrickt Elemente des verzierten canto jondo und Schattierungen bestimmt (wird), gefeiert, bevor das Klavier einen und Verführung auf der Bühne. Die Aufteilung des Einakters auf zwei (Christoforidis) vor. El amor brujo ist ein Vice President A&R Renaud Loranger | Managing Director Dirk Jan Vink

collaboration with the Radio-Télévision Mari Kodama anmutende Postkarten-Folklore. Der de Falla zu dieser Zeit durch das Werk schlecht als recht mit Klavierunterricht als „französische Schule“ de Fallas geriet, und 1946 starb. sind, ins künstlerisch Triviale abzugleiten. finden sich. Aber gleichfalls werden die eine südliche Nacht im Garten Sophie Harmsen fandango anstimmt. Am Ende kehrt Musik wurde von den zeitgenössischen Szenen sowie eine radikale Neufassung Destillat der Musik andalusischer Sinti Director Product, Marketing & Distribution Simon M. Eder | A&R Kate Rockett Suisse Romande, the Orchestre de la © Vincent Garnier Weg zum „Spanischen in der Musik“ L’acoustique nouvelle des französischen und Konzertieren durchschlagen. bezeichnen, denn erst durch die dort als Oder noch problematischer, als rhythmische und melodische Strukturen und in der Landschaft zu zaubern © Tatjana Dachsel dann wieder nächtliche Ruhe ein. Kritikern ausdrücklich gelobt. Man hob der Orchestration unter Anleitung und Roma. Verschiedene Bearbeitungen Marketing & PR Silvia Pietrosanti | Distribution Veronica Neo

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for Early Music Berlin, Anima Eterna Nazionale della RAI Torino and 2012 he conducted a semi-staged Orchestre de la Suisse , Capella Augustina, Collegium Tonkünstler-Orchester at the Vienna production of Honegger’s ‘Jeanne Romande 1704, Concerto Köln, Freiburger Musikverein. d´arc’, with Saito-Kinen Orchestra. The Barockorchester as well as Pygmalion. ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ project was also a huge Founded in 1918 by Ernest Ansermet, She regularly performs at festivals He is the incoming Principal Conductor hit in spring 2015 in Côme de Bellescize’s permanent conductor until 1967, the such as the Salzburg Festival, the and Artistic Director of the Orchestre staged version at the new Philharmonie Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, with Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, as hall in Paris, with Orchestre de Paris, its 112 permanent musicians, ensures Rheingau Musikfestival and Bachfest well as maintaining his role as Principal and Marion Cotillard narrating the role subscription concerts in Geneva and Leipzig. Sophie Harmsen studied at the Guest Conductor of Orchestre de la of Jeanne. Lausanne, the City of Geneva symphony University of Cape Town and as well in Suisse Romande. In Japan, he holds concerts, the annual concert for the

Germany under Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens. further titles of Principal Conductor of Yamada was the winner of the 51st UN, as well as opera performances Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Besancon International Competition at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Its ← ← Kazuki Yamada Partner with Sendai Philharmonic and for young conductors. Born in reputation has been built up over the Conductor Music Director of Yokohama Sinfonietta. Kanagawa, Japan, in 1979, he is now years thanks to its historic recordings resident in Berlin. As a student, he and its interpretation of 20th-century Yamada appears with such orchestras Forthcoming debuts include Melbourne formed Yokohama Sinfonietta, where French and Russian repertoire. as Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonia Symphony and Houston Symphony he remains Music Director. In 2011 he Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, and he recently made his debut in received the Idemitsu Music Prize for The orchestra’s Music and Artistic Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, a European opera house, at Grand young artists in Japan. Director is Jonathan Nott. Its Principal St Petersburg Philharmonic, Helsinki Théâtre de Genève. He is active in Guest Conductor is Japanese maestro Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, the field of opera, and performs ‘La Kazuki Yamada. City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Traviata’, ‘Carmen’ and ‘Rusalka’ in Stockholm Philharmonic, Bergen Japan in coming seasons. He is strongly Under the guidance of its founding Philharmonic, Orchestra Sinfonica supported by Seiji Ozawa and in August conductor and subsequent music

Mari Kodama Orchestre de la Manuel de Falla (1876 – 1946) Part 2 Kazuki Yamada A Spaniard in Paris – through various detours, forcing him to private lessons he had received from French capital were highly influential acclaimed Spanish première, following relatively small: however, in no way did that was too smooth from his music; De Falla wrote his Noches en los jardines the range of a minor third, like a canto persuade de Falla to rearrange the de Falla portrayed the various levels of guidance of Dukas and Debussy. In revisions were to follow. The story tells USA and Japan she has consistently festival of chamber music presented the Teatro Real Madrid, she celebrated for Early Music Berlin, Anima Eterna Nazionale della RAI Torino and 2012 he conducted a semi-staged Orchestre de la Suisse Piano Suisse Romande © Marco Borggreve 8 Danza de los vecinos (Seguidillas) 3. 22 Manuel de Falla’s path depart from Spain not only in mind – he Felipe Pedrell, who was considered the on his further development as a its first performance the previous this negatively affect his reputation and, if necessary, by incorporating de España (= nights in the gardens jondo – without quoting an existing work for ballet. But de Falla, on the humour by means of onomatopoeia order to connect the scenes, de Falla of the young Sinti girl Candela, who is demonstrated the profound aesthetics together with her husband Kent Nagano great successes as Annio in “La , Capella Augustina, Collegium Tonkünstler-Orchester at the Vienna production of Honegger’s ‘Jeanne Romande Sophie Harmsen Noches en los jardines de España Dance of the Neighbours was aware that he would have to leave founding father of Spain’s national composer. “Without Paris, I would have year in Nice. He had accomplished his either during his lifetime or after his sharp angles and rough edges. And of Spain) between 1909 and 1916. He example. Then he freely develops other hand, convinced Diaghilev to and genteel stylization. The highlight of composed the Interlude, linked here to haunted by the spirit of her deceased of her very personal and unique style. near their home in San Francisco. The clemenza di Tito”. Under the direction of 1704, Concerto Köln, Freiburger Musikverein. d´arc’, with Saito-Kinen Orchestra. The Mezzo-soprano Kazuki Yamada Nights in the Gardens of Spain 9 Danza del molinero (Farruca) 7. 56 to Spanish music his home town, and possibly even his music. In 1904, de Falla wrote his opera been buried in Madrid, forgotten, and breakthrough. In 1916, his work Noches death. De Falla always kept his objective thus, his music appears to be much dedicated this peculiarly iridescent work and varies this melodically specific agree to the transformation of his the ballet is the final jota, in which de the powerful Danza española. Although lover. Magic and witchcraft dominate pianist has played with such orchestras René Jacobs, she was a Dorabella with Barockorchester as well as Pygmalion. ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ project was also a huge Founded in 1918 by Ernest Ansermet, Conductor 1 En el Generalife 9. 58 Dance of the Miller native country, in order to achieve his La vida breve (= life is short), with which chained to a miserable existence,” he en los jardines de España as a composer in view – regardless of more brittle and fragile than that for piano and orchestra to the Catalan language in the guise of late-romantic farcical pantomime, El corregidor y la Falla integrated elements from several both pieces have a clearly Andalusian the scene, as does the Andalusian- In Japan, Kodama is a regular guest as the Berlin Philharmonic, London the Freiburger Barockorchester on tour She regularly performs at festivals He is the incoming Principal Conductor hit in spring 2015 in Côme de Bellescize’s permanent conductor until 1967, the In the Generalife 10 Danza del Corregidor 6. 37 Towards the end of the 19th century goal: a national musical idiom for Spain. he not only won a competition for the remarked later. He developed a close (= nights in the gardens of Spain) was whether he was staying in a cultural of his contemporaries Granados or pianist Ricardo Viñes, whom he had and impressionist music. Although the molinera (= the magistrate and the regions in Spain in order to give a character, the tonality could hardly Arabian character of de Falla’s music. of major Japanese orchestras, most Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, through Europe and Asia. such as the Salzburg Festival, the and Artistic Director of the Orchestre staged version at the new Philharmonie Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, with 2 Danza lejana 4. 51 Dance of the Corregidor and the beginning of the 20th, many promotion of Spanish national opera, friendship with both Paul Dukas and enthusiastically received. That year, backwater in Spain, or performing Albéniz. De Falla formulated his views met in Paris. It is subtitled “impresiones piano has a virtuoso role, it is integrated miller’s wife), into a full-length ballet. precise characterization of the persons be more contradictory: against the recently the Tokyo Metropolitan Hallé Orchestra, the Montreal Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, as hall in Paris, with Orchestre de Paris, its 112 permanent musicians, ensures A Distant Dance 11 Danza final (Jota) 6. 01 composers throughout Europe were De Falla was born in 1876 in the but which he also considered to be his Claude Debussy, and his name became de Falla also completed his farcical on the international cultural stage of on music in 1917 in a crystal-clear and sinfónicas”. At the first glance, these within the orchestral ensemble. In the And thus came about El sombrero according to their origin. There is no late-romantic mood of the Interlude, Mari Kodama, Orchestra and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, the NDR Symphony She sees the collaboration with large Rheingau Musikfestival and Bachfest well as maintaining his role as Principal and Marion Cotillard narrating the role subscription concerts in Geneva and NOCHES EN 3 En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba 8. 38 Final Dance primarily devoting themselves to the southern Andalusian town of Cádiz. As first mature work. more prominent within artistic circles. pantomime El corregidor y la molinera, Paris. His main desire was to create a unambiguous manner: “Music is not “symphonic impressions” appear to second movement (Danza lejana, = de tres picos (= the three-cornered longer any trace of Impressionism: here, the sharp rhythms and the crystal-clear Piano Orchestra in Tokyo. A brilliantly well- Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Los symphony orchestras such as the Leipzig. Sophie Harmsen studied at the Guest Conductor of Orchestre de la of Jeanne. Lausanne, the City of Geneva symphony In the Gardens of the Sierra de Córdoba search for a national identity: for a child, he received piano lessons and He was profoundly influenced by the based on Alarcón’s novel El sombrero highly civilized and modern Spanish created and never should be created in be a classical, three-movement piano distant dance), the changing note hat), which received its première in traditional music prevails and evokes a harmonies of the Danza stand out received performance of the complete Angeles Philharmonic and the Berkeley Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the University of Cape Town and as well in Suisse Romande. In Japan, he holds concerts, the annual concert for the LOS JARDINES La vida breve instance, in Finland there was Sibelius; theory of harmony, making his first The next step in his career led de Ballets Russes and the works written de tres picos (= the three-cornered musical idiom, without losing sight of order to be comprehended, but to be concerto; however, after reviewing the motif from the beginning reappears – London in 1919 with sets and costumes “sophisticated simplicity” (Voss). clearly. Born in Osaka, Mari Kodama was Beethoven Sonata cycle in Los Angeles Symphony, among others. Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Radio- Germany under Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens. further titles of Principal Conductor of Yamada was the winner of the 51st UN, as well as opera performances DE ESPAÑA El sombrero de tres picos Life is Short in Hungary, Bartók and Kodály; and attempts at composition at an early Falla, full of hope for a breakthrough by Stravinsky for this splendid and, at hat); and three years later in London it its authenticity. However, he came experienced.” Various Spanish musical structure of the work, the general effect flamenco-like tonality is clearly audible. designed by Pablo Picasso. Although raised in Germany, Switzerland, France, launched Kodama’s United States of Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Besancon International Competition at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Its The Three-cornered Hat 12 Interlude & Dance 6. 37 in Spain, Albéniz and Granados. They age. In 1896, he moved to Madrid to and success, to the European cultural the same time, revolutionary dance was given its world première, under the across various problematic issues on his traditions are to be found in his work, is more that of a symphonic poem. The final movement (En los jardines de the plot revolves around love and De Falla’s award-winning opera La vida The Danza ritual del fuego (= ritual and England. She studied piano with America reputation, and was followed Sophie Harmsen the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, Kazuki Yamada Partner with Sendai Philharmonic and for young conductors. Born in reputation has been built up over the 4 Introducción 1. 29 were examining the melodic national continue his piano studies with José metropolis par excellence: Paris, where ensemble; and thus he did not return same title, by the Ballets Russes. In 1920, artistic path: for instance, how to mask including most especially the influences Hansjuergen Schaefer has pointed out la Sierra de Córdoba, = in the gardens of jealousy, as in El amor brujo, the coarse breve has already been mentioned fire dance) from El amor brujo is one Germaine Mounier and chamber music by acclaimed recital appearances in Soprano and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is Conductor Music Director of Yokohama Sinfonietta. Kanagawa, Japan, in 1979, he is now years thanks to its historic recordings EL SOMBRERO Introduction El amor brujo treasures of their homeland, hunting for Tragó. Three years later, he completed Spanish music was then all the rage. to his homeland until confronted by the de Falla moved to Granada, and in 1939 the authenticity of Spanish traditional of Andalusian music, which focus on that “the musical design (...) is not the Sierra de Cordoba) begins with the peasant humour adds a lively note to briefly. Although he wrote the work of de Falla’s best-known works. In with Geneviève Joy-Dutilleux at the New York, Paris, London, as well as an integral part of her artistic journey. resident in Berlin. As a student, he and its interpretation of 20th-century The Bewitched Love novel and, above all, authentic artistic his studies in the capital, graduating Albéniz was working on his Iberia, drama of the incipient World War I in – at the end of the Spanish Civil War – he music by means of a highly cultural “free inspiration based on the rhythms determined by tonal effects, tints and celebration of a resounding nocturnal the proceedings. De Falla revised the in 1904-1905, it did not receive its this “gitanería” (= gypsy music) from Conservatoire National de Paris, later throughout Japan, Spain and Germany, Having already travelled the world at a Yamada appears with such orchestras Forthcoming debuts include Melbourne formed Yokohama Sinfonietta, where French and Russian repertoire. DE TRES PICOS Part 1 13 Danza ritual del fuego 4. 14 inspiration. In his own rather slender, yet with distinction. The zarzuelas (= Ravel busy composing his Rapsodie August 1914. It would be fair to describe emigrated to Argentina, where he was disguise. Or how to avoid lapsing into of the fandango, the polo and the shades that can conjure up a southern feast, after which the piano takes over original work, adding rousing dancing première until 1913, when it finally took 1915, he planned nothing less than studying with Tatiana Nikolaeva at the and much of the rest of the U.S.A. young age as the daughter of German Sophie Harmsen has worked with as Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonia Symphony and Houston Symphony he remains Music Director. In 2011 he 5 La tarde 5. 23 Ritual Fire Dance valuable oeuvre Manuel de Falla (1876- Spanish operettas), on which he had espagnole – an absolute Spanish music the seven years de Falla spent in Paris to experience serious financial problems artistic trivia due to the concentration malagueña” (Christoforidis). Elements night in the garden or the countryside.” with a fandango. At the end, the music melodies. The plot – reminiscent of place in Nice thanks to the support a “reinterpretation of the flamenco Salzburg Mozarteum and with Alfred The Los Angeles Times pronounced her diplomats, Sophie Harmsen studied at conductors such as Philipp Ahmann, Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, and he recently made his debut in received the Idemitsu Music Prize for The orchestra’s Music and Artistic Afternoon 1946) also devised a national style, with been working since 1900, did not meet renaissance held Paris in its grip. as his “French school”, as it was thanks due to the absence of royalties from on purely folk-music examples, which of the ornately embellished canto jondo Instead, de Falla is highly specific in the subsides into the tranquillity of the Falstaff – provides plenty of opportunity of his Parisian friends. Previously, de in the light of contemporary designs Brendel as a private pupil. performances of the Prokofiev Third the University of Cape Town and with Frieder Bernius, Adàm Fischer, Philippe Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, a European opera house, at Grand young artists in Japan. Director is Jonathan Nott. Its Principal 6 Danza de la molinera (Fandango) 3. 26 Total playing time: 72. 59 strong folkloristic influences: however, with success. At the time, the aesthetic Nevertheless, de Falla was forced to to the fashionable “Hispanisms”, which Europe, finally dying there in 1946. are by nature rather simplistic. Or even can also be found; but rhythmic and structure of his music from the very night. for total confusion, as well as dressing Falla revised the work extensively, the of musical primitivism, a new vision Piano Concerto “commanding and Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens and now lives in Herreweghe, Thomas Hengelbrock, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Helsinki Théâtre de Genève. He is active in Guest Conductor is Japanese maestro Dance of the Miller’s Wife Orchestre de la Suisse Romande one that excluded the characteristics to background on which de Falla drew was struggle along as best he could, giving were perceived in the capital as artfully more problematic, how to come up with melodic structures from dances and beginning (En el Generalife, = at the up in disguises and seduction on the most important changes being the of the Spain of the gitano (= gypsy)” She has established an international electrifying.” Berlin with her family. Manfred Honeck, Marek Janowski, Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, the field of opera, and performs ‘La Kazuki Yamada. 7 Las uvas 3. 58 Conducted by Kazuki Yamada be found on a kitschy-looking postcard. based on the work L’acoustique nouvelle piano lessons and concerts. However, exotic, that he was able to reflect on As de Falla had a highly conscientious, purely ethnic music as a compositional songs from other Spanish regions can Generalife), he precisely reproduces Sergei Diaghilev, the impresario of stage. The music received unequivocal division of the formerly one-act opera (Christoforidis). El amor brujo is a reputation for her musical sensitivity Andrea Marcon, Helmuth Rilling, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Traviata’, ‘Carmen’ and ‘Rusalka’ in The Grapes Mari Kodama, piano (in Nights in the Gardens of Spain) The path to “Spanish music” was not by the French musical theorist Louis the impressionistic influences and his own national musical roots. Now, in indeed scrupulous approach to result. De Falla circumvented these also be encountered in the mix. the presentation of the Andalusian folk the Ballet Russes, was so enthusiastic praise from the critics of the day. They into two separate acts, and a radical distillate of the music of the Sinti and and outstanding virtuosity. In Mari is also a founding artistic director The mezzo-soprano is particularly in Christophe Rousset, Steven Sloane Stockholm Philharmonic, Bergen Japan in coming seasons. He is strongly Under the guidance of its founding Sophie Harmsen, mezzo-soprano (in The Three-cornered Hat) a straight one for de Falla: it led him Lucas, but above all on the intensive impulses that de Falla absorbed in the 1914, his opera La vida breve received its composition, his entire output remained many traps by cutting out anything song with its second-interval steps in about the Noches that he tried to emphasized the techniques with which revision of the orchestration under the Roma tribes in Andalusia. A number of © Orchestre de la Suisse Romande performances throughout Europe, of the Musical Days at Forest Hill, a demand as a Mozart interpreter. 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directors (Paul Kletzki 1967- 1970, Suisse Romande has been broadcast Ein Spanier in Paris – verlief für de Falla allerdings keineswegs Musiktheoretikers Louis Lucas, vor Aber die vor allem impressionistischen künstlich-exotisch wahrgenommenen Da de Falla ein sehr gewissenhafter, kompositorisches Ergebnis eine reine aus Tänzen und Liedern aus anderen vermag“. Vielmehr wird de Falla von Sergei Diaghilev, der Impresario der jene Techniken hervor, mit denen de Dukas’ und Debussys. Zur Verbindung folgten. Erzählt wird die Geschichte des Acknowledgments Wolfgang Sawallisch 1970-1980, Horst on radio around the world, enabling Manuel de Fallas Wege geradlinig, sondern über Umwege, die allem aber durch den intensiven Einflüsse und Impulse, die de Falla in „Hispanismen“ konnte er sich auf seine geradezu skrupulös arbeitender Folklore zu schaffen. De Falla umging spanischen Regionen verarbeitet. Anfang an (Im Generalife) in seiner Ballet Russes, war von den Noches Falla über Lautmalerei und galante der Szenen komponierte de Fallas das jungen Sintimädchens Candela, das Premium Sound Stein 1980-1985, Armin Jordan 1985- millions of listeners to tune in. The ihn nicht nur gedanklich aus Spanien Privatunterricht bei Felipe Pedrell, der der französischen Hauptstadt geradezu eigenen nationalen musikalischen Komponist war, blieb sein Gesamtwerk all diese Fallstricke, indem er seiner musikalischen Ausgestaltung sehr derart begeistert, dass er versuchte, de Stilisierung die verschiedenen Ebenen Interlude, das hier mit dem kräftigen vom Geist ihres verstorbenen Geliebten PRODUCTION TEAM 1997, Fabio Luisi 1997-2002, Pinchas orchestra has developed a privileged zur spanischen Musik herausführen sollten. De Falla war sich als Begründer der nationalspanischen in sich aufsog, wirkten maßgeblich Wurzeln besinnen. Seine 1913 in Nizza relativ klein. Was dem Ruhm zu Musik das allzu Glatte austrieb, ihr, Die Noches en los jardines de konkret, er baut die Vorlage des Falla zu überreden, das Werk für Ballett des Humors zeichnete. Höhepunkt des Danse espagnole verbunden ist. verfolgt wird. Magie und Zauber Executive producer Job Maarse | Recording producer & balance engineer Erdo Groot and Outstanding Steinberg 2002-2005, Marek Janowski partnership with Pentatone, recording dessen bewusst, dass er Heimatstadt Musik gilt. 1904 entstand dann de auf seine weitere Entwicklung als uraufgeführte Oper La vida breve erlebte Lebzeiten und dem Nachruhm bis wo nötig, Ecken und Kanten geradezu España (Nächte in Spaniens Gärten) andalusischen Volksgesanges mit neu zu fassen. Doch de Falla seinerseits Balletts ist die abschließende jota, in Obwohl beide Stücke andalusischen beherrschen die Szenerie und auch die Recording engineer & editor Karel Bruggeman | Liner notes Jörg Peter Urbach Artists 2005-2012, Neeme Järvi, 2012-2015), up to two to three discs per season. Gegen Ende des 19. und zu Beginn und vielleicht auch Heimatland würde Fallas veristische Züge tragende Oper Komponist. „Ohne Paris wäre ich nun 1914 ihre umjubelte spanische heute allerdings keinen Abbruch einarbeitete. Und so wirkt seine Musik entstanden zwischen 1909 und 1916. dessen Sekundschritten im Umfang überzeugte Diaghilev, seine mimische der de Falla Elemente aus mehreren Charakters sind, könnte die Tonalität arabisch-andalusisch gefärbte Musik de English translation Fiona J. Stroker-Gale | Design Joost de Boo | Product the world-famous Orchestre de la des 20. Jahrhunderts widmeten sich verlassen müssen, um sein Ziel zu La vida breve (Ein kurzes Leben), mit in Madrid begraben geblieben, Erstaufführung. Der Durchbruch war tat. De Falla hatte das Ziel stets deutlich brüchiger und mürber als Dieses eigentümlich changierende einer kleinen Terz wie einen canto jondo Farce El corregidor y la molinera in ein spanischen Regionen einsetzte, um die gegensätzlicher kaum sein: Aus der Fallas. management Max Tiel Suisse Romande is an active contributor The OSR’s international tours have led zahlreiche Komponisten in ganz erreichen. Das spanische Idiom in der der er nicht nur einen Wettbewerb zur vergessen und an ein armseliges geschafft. 1916 wurden die Noches vor seinem kompositorischen Auge. die seiner Zeitgenossen Granados Werk für Klavier und Orchester exakt nach – ohne aus einer realen abendfüllendes Ballett zu verwandeln. Personen ihrer Herkunft nach genau spätromantischen Stimmung des to the history of music through them to perform in the most prestigious Europa vor allem einer Thematik - der Musik. Förderung der spanischen Nationaloper Dasein gebunden“, äußerte er sich en los jardines de España begeistert Ganz gleich, ob er sich in Spanien auf oder Albéniz. De Falla formulierte widmete de Falla dem katalanischen Vorlage zu zitieren. Diese melodisch- Es entstand El sombrero de tres picos zu charakterisieren. Keine Spur mehr Interlude heben sich die scharfen This album was recorded at Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland in July 2016. PENTATONE. Today’s music is evolving Together with our talented artists, the discovery or support of leading venues in Europe (Berlin, London, Suche einer nationalen Identität. gewann, sondern das er auch als sein später einmal. Zu Paul Dukas und aufgenommen und in jenem Jahr stellte einem kulturellen Nebenschauplatz sein Verständnis von Musik im Jahr Pianisten Ricardo Viñes, den er in konkrete Sprache entwickelt de Falla (Der Dreispitz), der 1919 in London in von Impressionismus, hier herrscht die Rhythmen und die glasklare Harmonik and forever changing, but classical we take pride in our work, providing contemporary composers. The pieces Vienna, Salzburg, Paris, Budapest and Sibelius tat dies in Finnland, Bartók Der 1876 im südandalusischen Cádiz erstes reifes Werk akzeptierte. Claude Debussy entwickelte er ein de Falla auch die mimische Farce El oder in Paris, auf der zentralen 1917 glasklar und ohne Umschweife: Paris kennengelernt hatte. Untertitelt dann im Gewand spätromantisch- der Ausstattung von Pablo Picasso Volksmusik und evoziert eine „Raffinesse des Danse deutlich ab. music remains true in creating harmony an impeccable means of experiencing by Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, Amsterdam), Asia (Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, und Kodály in Ungarn, Albéniz und geborene de Falla erhielt als Kind enges, freundschaftliches Band und corregidor y la molinera auf Basis von Schaubühne der Kultur, befand. Er „Musik wird nicht gemacht und sie ist es als „impresiones sinfónicas“. impressionistischer Klänge frei und uraufgeführt wurde. Die Handlung der Einfachheit“ (Voss). among the instruments. Classical music classical music. For all their diversity, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Shanghai), as well as in major cities on Granados in Spanien. Sie fahndeten Klavier- und Harmonielehreunterricht Der nächste Karriereschritt führte de in Künstlerkreisen gewann de Fallas Alarcóns Roman El sombrero de tres wollte eine moderne, spanische Musik sollte nie gemacht werden, damit man Diese „symphonischen Impressionen“ variierend weiter. Das Klavier wird zwar dreht sich zwar wie in El amor brujo Die „Danza ritual del fuego“ is as time-honoured as it is timeless. our artists have one thing in common. Frank Martin, Benjamin Britten, Heinz the American continent (Boston, New in den melodischen Bodenschätzen und machte sich früh an die ersten Falla voller Hoffnung auf Durchbruch Name an Bedeutung. Auch die Balletts picos (Der Dreispitz) fertig. Die dann der Hochkultur schaffen, ohne dabei sie versteht, sondern damit man sie wirken auf den ersten Blick wie ein virtuos geführt, integriert sich aber um Liebe und Eifersucht, erfährt aber Von La vida breve war bereits kurz die (Feuertanz) aus El amor brujo zählt zu And so also should the experience be. They all put their heart and soul into Holliger, Peter Eötvös, James MacMillan, York, San Francisco, Washington, São ihrer Heimat nach neuer, vor allem kompositorischen Gehversuche. 1896 und Erfolg in die europäische Russes und Stravinskys Werke für dieses drei Jahre später als Ballett unter dem deren Originalität zu verleugnen. Auf erlebt.“ In seinen Werken finden sich klassisch-dreisätziges Klavierkonzert, weitestgehend in den Orchesterapparat. durch den derb-bäuerlichen Humor Rede. Jener 1904/05 entstandenen den bekanntesten Werken de Fallas. We take listening to classical music the music, drawing on every last drop Pascal Dusapin or Michael Jarrell were Paulo, Buenos Aires and Montevideo). aber nach authentischer künstlerischer ging er nach Madrid, um bei José Tragó Kulturmetropole schlechthin. Nach glanzvolle und zugleich revolutionäre gleichen Titel in London von den Balletts seinem künstlerischen Weg drohten zahlreiche spanische Musiktraditionen, stellen sich aber beim Betrachten der Im zweiten Satz (Ferner Tanz) taucht eine ausgelassene Note. De Falla preisgekrönten Oper de Fallas. Die Er nahm in dieser „gitanería“ aus to a whole new level, using the best of creativity, skill, and determination Sit back and enjoy premiered in Geneva by the OSR. It is Inspiration. Auch Manuel de Falla seine Klavierstudien fortzusetzen. Drei Paris. Wo spanische Musik gerade en Tanz-Ensemble beeinflussten de Russes uraufgeführt wurde. 1920 zog es ihm allerdings Stolpersteine; etwa die darunter insbesondere Einflüsse Satzfaktur eher als symphonisches die Wechselnotenmotivik des Beginns arbeitete das ursprüngliches Werk um allerdings erst 1913 mit Unterstützung dem Jahr 1915 nicht weniger als eine PUBLISHERS technology to produce a high-quality to perfect their contribution. one of its important mission: supporting (1876-1946) entwickelte in seinem Jahre später schloss er das Studium vogue war. Albéniz arbeitete an „Iberia“, Falla tiefgreifend. Erst das Drama de Falla nach Granada. 1939 ging er, mit Authentizität der spanischen Traditionen der andalusischen Musik mit dem Poem dar. Hansjuergen Schaefer wieder auf – flamencoartige Tonalität und fügte zündende Tanzmelodien seiner Pariser Freunde zur Uraufführung „Neuinterpretation des Flamenco im The Three-cornered Hat Chester Music, London | Nights in the Gardens of Spain Editions Max Eschig, Paris recording, in whichever format it may the symphonic creation, and particularly recht schmalen, aber doch wertvollen in der Hauptstadt mit Auszeichnung Ravel komponierte seine „Rapsodie des beginnenden Ersten Weltkriegs dem Ende des spanischen Bürgerkrieges, durch das Gewand der Hochkultur Fokus auf „freie Inspiration durch die hat darauf hingewiesen, dass „die erklingt. Im Schlusssatz (In den Gärten hinzu. Die an „Falstaff“ gemahnenden in Nizza kam. Vorher arbeitete de Lichte zeitgenössischer Entwürfe des La vida breve Editions Max Eschig, Paris | El amor brujo Chester Music, London come, in whichever format it may be Find out more: the Swiss one. Œuvre einen von folkloristischen Zügen ab. Seinen ab 1900 entstandenen espagnole“ - eine regelrechte spanische veranlasste ihn im August 1914, wieder nach Argentinien, wo er nach dem zu verschleiern. Oder auch, durch die Rhythmen des fandango, des polo und musikalische Gestaltung (...) nun nicht der Sierra de Cordoba) wird anfänglich Handlungszüge liefern jede Menge Falla das Werk tiefgreifend um, die musikalischen Primitivismus, eine neue released. www.pentatonemusic.com geprägten Nationalstil. Allerdings Zarzuela-Kompositionen blieb der Erfolg Musikrenaissance hatte Paris erfasst. in seine Heimat zurückzukehren. Die Ausbleiben der Tantiemen aus Europa Konzentration auf rein volksmusikalische der malagueña“ (Christoforidis). Auch durch die Farbwirkungen, Tönungen ein rauschendes, nächtliches Fest Anlass für totale Verwirrung, Verkleidung wichtigsten Änderungen waren die Vision eines Spaniens der gitanos“ PENTATONE TEAM From its very early days and in close ohne eine auch nur halbwegs kitschig verwehrt. Ästhetisch geformt wurde Dennoch musste sich de Falla eher sieben Jahre in Paris könnte man in ernsthafte finanzielle Schwierigkeiten Vorbilder, die per se simpel gestrickt Elemente des verzierten canto jondo und Schattierungen bestimmt (wird), gefeiert, bevor das Klavier einen und Verführung auf der Bühne. Die Aufteilung des Einakters auf zwei (Christoforidis) vor. El amor brujo ist ein Vice President A&R Renaud Loranger | Managing Director Dirk Jan Vink

collaboration with the Radio-Télévision Mari Kodama anmutende Postkarten-Folklore. Der de Falla zu dieser Zeit durch das Werk schlecht als recht mit Klavierunterricht als „französische Schule“ de Fallas geriet, und 1946 starb. sind, ins künstlerisch Triviale abzugleiten. finden sich. Aber gleichfalls werden die eine südliche Nacht im Garten Sophie Harmsen fandango anstimmt. Am Ende kehrt Musik wurde von den zeitgenössischen Szenen sowie eine radikale Neufassung Destillat der Musik andalusischer Sinti Director Product, Marketing & Distribution Simon M. Eder | A&R Kate Rockett Suisse Romande, the Orchestre de la © Vincent Garnier Weg zum „Spanischen in der Musik“ L’acoustique nouvelle des französischen und Konzertieren durchschlagen. bezeichnen, denn erst durch die dort als Oder noch problematischer, als rhythmische und melodische Strukturen und in der Landschaft zu zaubern © Tatjana Dachsel dann wieder nächtliche Ruhe ein. Kritikern ausdrücklich gelobt. Man hob der Orchestration unter Anleitung und Roma. Verschiedene Bearbeitungen Marketing & PR Silvia Pietrosanti | Distribution Veronica Neo

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directors (Paul Kletzki 1967- 1970, Suisse Romande has been broadcast Wolfgang Sawallisch 1970-1980, Horst on radio around the world, enabling Stein 1980-1985, Armin Jordan 1985- millions of listeners to tune in. The 1997, Fabio Luisi 1997-2002, Pinchas orchestra has developed a privileged Steinberg 2002-2005, Marek Janowski partnership with Pentatone, recording 2005-2012, Neeme Järvi, 2012-2015), up to two to three discs per season. the world-famous Orchestre de la Suisse Romande is an active contributor The OSR’s international tours have led to the history of music through them to perform in the most prestigious the discovery or support of leading venues in Europe (Berlin, London,

contemporary composers. The pieces Vienna, Salzburg, Paris, Budapest and by Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, Amsterdam), Asia (Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, ← ← Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Shanghai), as well as in major cities on Frank Martin, Benjamin Britten, Heinz the American continent (Boston, New Holliger, Peter Eötvös, James MacMillan, York, San Francisco, Washington, São Pascal Dusapin or Michael Jarrell were Paulo, Buenos Aires and Montevideo). premiered in Geneva by the OSR. It is one of its important mission: supporting the symphonic creation, and particularly the Swiss one.

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Mari Kodama Orchestre de la Manuel de Falla (1876 – 1946) Part 2 Kazuki Yamada A Spaniard in Paris – through various detours, forcing him to private lessons he had received from French capital were highly influential acclaimed Spanish première, following relatively small: however, in no way did that was too smooth from his music; De Falla wrote his Noches en los jardines the range of a minor third, like a canto persuade de Falla to rearrange the de Falla portrayed the various levels of guidance of Dukas and Debussy. In revisions were to follow. The story tells USA and Japan she has consistently festival of chamber music presented the Teatro Real Madrid, she celebrated for Early Music Berlin, Anima Eterna Nazionale della RAI Torino and 2012 he conducted a semi-staged Orchestre de la Suisse Piano Suisse Romande © Marco Borggreve 8 Danza de los vecinos (Seguidillas) 3. 22 Manuel de Falla’s path depart from Spain not only in mind – he Felipe Pedrell, who was considered the on his further development as a its first performance the previous this negatively affect his reputation and, if necessary, by incorporating de España (= nights in the gardens jondo – without quoting an existing work for ballet. But de Falla, on the humour by means of onomatopoeia order to connect the scenes, de Falla of the young Sinti girl Candela, who is demonstrated the profound aesthetics together with her husband Kent Nagano great successes as Annio in “La , Capella Augustina, Collegium Tonkünstler-Orchester at the Vienna production of Honegger’s ‘Jeanne Romande Sophie Harmsen Noches en los jardines de España Dance of the Neighbours was aware that he would have to leave founding father of Spain’s national composer. “Without Paris, I would have year in Nice. He had accomplished his either during his lifetime or after his sharp angles and rough edges. And of Spain) between 1909 and 1916. He example. Then he freely develops other hand, convinced Diaghilev to and genteel stylization. The highlight of composed the Interlude, linked here to haunted by the spirit of her deceased of her very personal and unique style. near their home in San Francisco. The clemenza di Tito”. Under the direction of 1704, Concerto Köln, Freiburger Musikverein. d´arc’, with Saito-Kinen Orchestra. The Mezzo-soprano Kazuki Yamada Nights in the Gardens of Spain 9 Danza del molinero (Farruca) 7. 56 to Spanish music his home town, and possibly even his music. In 1904, de Falla wrote his opera been buried in Madrid, forgotten, and breakthrough. In 1916, his work Noches death. De Falla always kept his objective thus, his music appears to be much dedicated this peculiarly iridescent work and varies this melodically specific agree to the transformation of his the ballet is the final jota, in which de the powerful Danza española. Although lover. Magic and witchcraft dominate pianist has played with such orchestras René Jacobs, she was a Dorabella with Barockorchester as well as Pygmalion. ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ project was also a huge Founded in 1918 by Ernest Ansermet, Conductor 1 En el Generalife 9. 58 Dance of the Miller native country, in order to achieve his La vida breve (= life is short), with which chained to a miserable existence,” he en los jardines de España as a composer in view – regardless of more brittle and fragile than that for piano and orchestra to the Catalan language in the guise of late-romantic farcical pantomime, El corregidor y la Falla integrated elements from several both pieces have a clearly Andalusian the scene, as does the Andalusian- In Japan, Kodama is a regular guest as the Berlin Philharmonic, London the Freiburger Barockorchester on tour She regularly performs at festivals He is the incoming Principal Conductor hit in spring 2015 in Côme de Bellescize’s permanent conductor until 1967, the In the Generalife 10 Danza del Corregidor 6. 37 Towards the end of the 19th century goal: a national musical idiom for Spain. he not only won a competition for the remarked later. He developed a close (= nights in the gardens of Spain) was whether he was staying in a cultural of his contemporaries Granados or pianist Ricardo Viñes, whom he had and impressionist music. Although the molinera (= the magistrate and the regions in Spain in order to give a character, the tonality could hardly Arabian character of de Falla’s music. of major Japanese orchestras, most Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, through Europe and Asia. such as the Salzburg Festival, the and Artistic Director of the Orchestre staged version at the new Philharmonie Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, with 2 Danza lejana 4. 51 Dance of the Corregidor and the beginning of the 20th, many promotion of Spanish national opera, friendship with both Paul Dukas and enthusiastically received. That year, backwater in Spain, or performing Albéniz. De Falla formulated his views met in Paris. It is subtitled “impresiones piano has a virtuoso role, it is integrated miller’s wife), into a full-length ballet. precise characterization of the persons be more contradictory: against the recently the Tokyo Metropolitan Hallé Orchestra, the Montreal Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, as hall in Paris, with Orchestre de Paris, its 112 permanent musicians, ensures A Distant Dance 11 Danza final (Jota) 6. 01 composers throughout Europe were De Falla was born in 1876 in the but which he also considered to be his Claude Debussy, and his name became de Falla also completed his farcical on the international cultural stage of on music in 1917 in a crystal-clear and sinfónicas”. At the first glance, these within the orchestral ensemble. In the And thus came about El sombrero according to their origin. There is no late-romantic mood of the Interlude, Mari Kodama, Orchestra and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, the NDR Symphony She sees the collaboration with large Rheingau Musikfestival and Bachfest well as maintaining his role as Principal and Marion Cotillard narrating the role subscription concerts in Geneva and NOCHES EN 3 En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba 8. 38 Final Dance primarily devoting themselves to the southern Andalusian town of Cádiz. As first mature work. more prominent within artistic circles. pantomime El corregidor y la molinera, Paris. His main desire was to create a unambiguous manner: “Music is not “symphonic impressions” appear to second movement (Danza lejana, = de tres picos (= the three-cornered longer any trace of Impressionism: here, the sharp rhythms and the crystal-clear Piano Orchestra in Tokyo. A brilliantly well- Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Los symphony orchestras such as the Leipzig. Sophie Harmsen studied at the Guest Conductor of Orchestre de la of Jeanne. Lausanne, the City of Geneva symphony In the Gardens of the Sierra de Córdoba search for a national identity: for a child, he received piano lessons and He was profoundly influenced by the based on Alarcón’s novel El sombrero highly civilized and modern Spanish created and never should be created in be a classical, three-movement piano distant dance), the changing note hat), which received its première in traditional music prevails and evokes a harmonies of the Danza stand out received performance of the complete Angeles Philharmonic and the Berkeley Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the University of Cape Town and as well in Suisse Romande. In Japan, he holds concerts, the annual concert for the LOS JARDINES La vida breve instance, in Finland there was Sibelius; theory of harmony, making his first The next step in his career led de Ballets Russes and the works written de tres picos (= the three-cornered musical idiom, without losing sight of order to be comprehended, but to be concerto; however, after reviewing the motif from the beginning reappears – London in 1919 with sets and costumes “sophisticated simplicity” (Voss). clearly. Born in Osaka, Mari Kodama was Beethoven Sonata cycle in Los Angeles Symphony, among others. Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Radio- Germany under Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens. further titles of Principal Conductor of Yamada was the winner of the 51st UN, as well as opera performances DE ESPAÑA El sombrero de tres picos Life is Short in Hungary, Bartók and Kodály; and attempts at composition at an early Falla, full of hope for a breakthrough by Stravinsky for this splendid and, at hat); and three years later in London it its authenticity. However, he came experienced.” Various Spanish musical structure of the work, the general effect flamenco-like tonality is clearly audible. designed by Pablo Picasso. Although raised in Germany, Switzerland, France, launched Kodama’s United States of Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Besancon International Competition at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Its The Three-cornered Hat 12 Interlude & Dance 6. 37 in Spain, Albéniz and Granados. They age. In 1896, he moved to Madrid to and success, to the European cultural the same time, revolutionary dance was given its world première, under the across various problematic issues on his traditions are to be found in his work, is more that of a symphonic poem. The final movement (En los jardines de the plot revolves around love and De Falla’s award-winning opera La vida The Danza ritual del fuego (= ritual and England. She studied piano with America reputation, and was followed Sophie Harmsen the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, Kazuki Yamada Partner with Sendai Philharmonic and for young conductors. Born in reputation has been built up over the 4 Introducción 1. 29 were examining the melodic national continue his piano studies with José metropolis par excellence: Paris, where ensemble; and thus he did not return same title, by the Ballets Russes. In 1920, artistic path: for instance, how to mask including most especially the influences Hansjuergen Schaefer has pointed out la Sierra de Córdoba, = in the gardens of jealousy, as in El amor brujo, the coarse breve has already been mentioned fire dance) from El amor brujo is one Germaine Mounier and chamber music by acclaimed recital appearances in Soprano and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is Conductor Music Director of Yokohama Sinfonietta. Kanagawa, Japan, in 1979, he is now years thanks to its historic recordings EL SOMBRERO Introduction El amor brujo treasures of their homeland, hunting for Tragó. Three years later, he completed Spanish music was then all the rage. to his homeland until confronted by the de Falla moved to Granada, and in 1939 the authenticity of Spanish traditional of Andalusian music, which focus on that “the musical design (...) is not the Sierra de Cordoba) begins with the peasant humour adds a lively note to briefly. Although he wrote the work of de Falla’s best-known works. In with Geneviève Joy-Dutilleux at the New York, Paris, London, as well as an integral part of her artistic journey. resident in Berlin. As a student, he and its interpretation of 20th-century The Bewitched Love novel and, above all, authentic artistic his studies in the capital, graduating Albéniz was working on his Iberia, drama of the incipient World War I in – at the end of the Spanish Civil War – he music by means of a highly cultural “free inspiration based on the rhythms determined by tonal effects, tints and celebration of a resounding nocturnal the proceedings. De Falla revised the in 1904-1905, it did not receive its this “gitanería” (= gypsy music) from Conservatoire National de Paris, later throughout Japan, Spain and Germany, Having already travelled the world at a Yamada appears with such orchestras Forthcoming debuts include Melbourne formed Yokohama Sinfonietta, where French and Russian repertoire. DE TRES PICOS Part 1 13 Danza ritual del fuego 4. 14 inspiration. In his own rather slender, yet with distinction. The zarzuelas (= Ravel busy composing his Rapsodie August 1914. It would be fair to describe emigrated to Argentina, where he was disguise. Or how to avoid lapsing into of the fandango, the polo and the shades that can conjure up a southern feast, after which the piano takes over original work, adding rousing dancing première until 1913, when it finally took 1915, he planned nothing less than studying with Tatiana Nikolaeva at the and much of the rest of the U.S.A. young age as the daughter of German Sophie Harmsen has worked with as Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonia Symphony and Houston Symphony he remains Music Director. In 2011 he 5 La tarde 5. 23 Ritual Fire Dance valuable oeuvre Manuel de Falla (1876- Spanish operettas), on which he had espagnole – an absolute Spanish music the seven years de Falla spent in Paris to experience serious financial problems artistic trivia due to the concentration malagueña” (Christoforidis). Elements night in the garden or the countryside.” with a fandango. At the end, the music melodies. The plot – reminiscent of place in Nice thanks to the support a “reinterpretation of the flamenco Salzburg Mozarteum and with Alfred The Los Angeles Times pronounced her diplomats, Sophie Harmsen studied at conductors such as Philipp Ahmann, Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, and he recently made his debut in received the Idemitsu Music Prize for The orchestra’s Music and Artistic Afternoon 1946) also devised a national style, with been working since 1900, did not meet renaissance held Paris in its grip. as his “French school”, as it was thanks due to the absence of royalties from on purely folk-music examples, which of the ornately embellished canto jondo Instead, de Falla is highly specific in the subsides into the tranquillity of the Falstaff – provides plenty of opportunity of his Parisian friends. Previously, de in the light of contemporary designs Brendel as a private pupil. performances of the Prokofiev Third the University of Cape Town and with Frieder Bernius, Adàm Fischer, Philippe Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, a European opera house, at Grand young artists in Japan. Director is Jonathan Nott. Its Principal 6 Danza de la molinera (Fandango) 3. 26 Total playing time: 72. 59 strong folkloristic influences: however, with success. At the time, the aesthetic Nevertheless, de Falla was forced to to the fashionable “Hispanisms”, which Europe, finally dying there in 1946. are by nature rather simplistic. Or even can also be found; but rhythmic and structure of his music from the very night. for total confusion, as well as dressing Falla revised the work extensively, the of musical primitivism, a new vision Piano Concerto “commanding and Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens and now lives in Herreweghe, Thomas Hengelbrock, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Helsinki Théâtre de Genève. He is active in Guest Conductor is Japanese maestro Dance of the Miller’s Wife Orchestre de la Suisse Romande one that excluded the characteristics to background on which de Falla drew was struggle along as best he could, giving were perceived in the capital as artfully more problematic, how to come up with melodic structures from dances and beginning (En el Generalife, = at the up in disguises and seduction on the most important changes being the of the Spain of the gitano (= gypsy)” She has established an international electrifying.” Berlin with her family. Manfred Honeck, Marek Janowski, Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, the field of opera, and performs ‘La Kazuki Yamada. 7 Las uvas 3. 58 Conducted by Kazuki Yamada be found on a kitschy-looking postcard. based on the work L’acoustique nouvelle piano lessons and concerts. However, exotic, that he was able to reflect on As de Falla had a highly conscientious, purely ethnic music as a compositional songs from other Spanish regions can Generalife), he precisely reproduces Sergei Diaghilev, the impresario of stage. The music received unequivocal division of the formerly one-act opera (Christoforidis). El amor brujo is a reputation for her musical sensitivity Andrea Marcon, Helmuth Rilling, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Traviata’, ‘Carmen’ and ‘Rusalka’ in The Grapes Mari Kodama, piano (in Nights in the Gardens of Spain) The path to “Spanish music” was not by the French musical theorist Louis the impressionistic influences and his own national musical roots. Now, in indeed scrupulous approach to result. De Falla circumvented these also be encountered in the mix. the presentation of the Andalusian folk the Ballet Russes, was so enthusiastic praise from the critics of the day. They into two separate acts, and a radical distillate of the music of the Sinti and and outstanding virtuosity. In Mari is also a founding artistic director The mezzo-soprano is particularly in Christophe Rousset, Steven Sloane Stockholm Philharmonic, Bergen Japan in coming seasons. He is strongly Under the guidance of its founding Sophie Harmsen, mezzo-soprano (in The Three-cornered Hat) a straight one for de Falla: it led him Lucas, but above all on the intensive impulses that de Falla absorbed in the 1914, his opera La vida breve received its composition, his entire output remained many traps by cutting out anything song with its second-interval steps in about the Noches that he tried to emphasized the techniques with which revision of the orchestration under the Roma tribes in Andalusia. A number of © Orchestre de la Suisse Romande performances throughout Europe, of the Musical Days at Forest Hill, a demand as a Mozart interpreter. 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directors (Paul Kletzki 1967- 1970, Suisse Romande has been broadcast Ein Spanier in Paris – verlief für de Falla allerdings keineswegs Musiktheoretikers Louis Lucas, vor Aber die vor allem impressionistischen künstlich-exotisch wahrgenommenen Da de Falla ein sehr gewissenhafter, kompositorisches Ergebnis eine reine aus Tänzen und Liedern aus anderen vermag“. Vielmehr wird de Falla von Sergei Diaghilev, der Impresario der jene Techniken hervor, mit denen de Dukas’ und Debussys. Zur Verbindung folgten. Erzählt wird die Geschichte des Acknowledgments Wolfgang Sawallisch 1970-1980, Horst on radio around the world, enabling Manuel de Fallas Wege geradlinig, sondern über Umwege, die allem aber durch den intensiven Einflüsse und Impulse, die de Falla in „Hispanismen“ konnte er sich auf seine geradezu skrupulös arbeitender Folklore zu schaffen. De Falla umging spanischen Regionen verarbeitet. Anfang an (Im Generalife) in seiner Ballet Russes, war von den Noches Falla über Lautmalerei und galante der Szenen komponierte de Fallas das jungen Sintimädchens Candela, das Premium Sound Stein 1980-1985, Armin Jordan 1985- millions of listeners to tune in. The ihn nicht nur gedanklich aus Spanien Privatunterricht bei Felipe Pedrell, der der französischen Hauptstadt geradezu eigenen nationalen musikalischen Komponist war, blieb sein Gesamtwerk all diese Fallstricke, indem er seiner musikalischen Ausgestaltung sehr derart begeistert, dass er versuchte, de Stilisierung die verschiedenen Ebenen Interlude, das hier mit dem kräftigen vom Geist ihres verstorbenen Geliebten PRODUCTION TEAM 1997, Fabio Luisi 1997-2002, Pinchas orchestra has developed a privileged zur spanischen Musik herausführen sollten. De Falla war sich als Begründer der nationalspanischen in sich aufsog, wirkten maßgeblich Wurzeln besinnen. Seine 1913 in Nizza relativ klein. Was dem Ruhm zu Musik das allzu Glatte austrieb, ihr, Die Noches en los jardines de konkret, er baut die Vorlage des Falla zu überreden, das Werk für Ballett des Humors zeichnete. Höhepunkt des Danse espagnole verbunden ist. verfolgt wird. Magie und Zauber Executive producer Job Maarse | Recording producer & balance engineer Erdo Groot and Outstanding Steinberg 2002-2005, Marek Janowski partnership with Pentatone, recording dessen bewusst, dass er Heimatstadt Musik gilt. 1904 entstand dann de auf seine weitere Entwicklung als uraufgeführte Oper La vida breve erlebte Lebzeiten und dem Nachruhm bis wo nötig, Ecken und Kanten geradezu España (Nächte in Spaniens Gärten) andalusischen Volksgesanges mit neu zu fassen. Doch de Falla seinerseits Balletts ist die abschließende jota, in Obwohl beide Stücke andalusischen beherrschen die Szenerie und auch die Recording engineer & editor Karel Bruggeman | Liner notes Jörg Peter Urbach Artists 2005-2012, Neeme Järvi, 2012-2015), up to two to three discs per season. Gegen Ende des 19. und zu Beginn und vielleicht auch Heimatland würde Fallas veristische Züge tragende Oper Komponist. „Ohne Paris wäre ich nun 1914 ihre umjubelte spanische heute allerdings keinen Abbruch einarbeitete. Und so wirkt seine Musik entstanden zwischen 1909 und 1916. dessen Sekundschritten im Umfang überzeugte Diaghilev, seine mimische der de Falla Elemente aus mehreren Charakters sind, könnte die Tonalität arabisch-andalusisch gefärbte Musik de English translation Fiona J. Stroker-Gale | Design Joost de Boo | Product the world-famous Orchestre de la des 20. Jahrhunderts widmeten sich verlassen müssen, um sein Ziel zu La vida breve (Ein kurzes Leben), mit in Madrid begraben geblieben, Erstaufführung. Der Durchbruch war tat. De Falla hatte das Ziel stets deutlich brüchiger und mürber als Dieses eigentümlich changierende einer kleinen Terz wie einen canto jondo Farce El corregidor y la molinera in ein spanischen Regionen einsetzte, um die gegensätzlicher kaum sein: Aus der Fallas. management Max Tiel Suisse Romande is an active contributor The OSR’s international tours have led zahlreiche Komponisten in ganz erreichen. Das spanische Idiom in der der er nicht nur einen Wettbewerb zur vergessen und an ein armseliges geschafft. 1916 wurden die Noches vor seinem kompositorischen Auge. die seiner Zeitgenossen Granados Werk für Klavier und Orchester exakt nach – ohne aus einer realen abendfüllendes Ballett zu verwandeln. Personen ihrer Herkunft nach genau spätromantischen Stimmung des to the history of music through them to perform in the most prestigious Europa vor allem einer Thematik - der Musik. Förderung der spanischen Nationaloper Dasein gebunden“, äußerte er sich en los jardines de España begeistert Ganz gleich, ob er sich in Spanien auf oder Albéniz. De Falla formulierte widmete de Falla dem katalanischen Vorlage zu zitieren. Diese melodisch- Es entstand El sombrero de tres picos zu charakterisieren. Keine Spur mehr Interlude heben sich die scharfen This album was recorded at Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland in July 2016. PENTATONE. Today’s music is evolving Together with our talented artists, the discovery or support of leading venues in Europe (Berlin, London, Suche einer nationalen Identität. gewann, sondern das er auch als sein später einmal. Zu Paul Dukas und aufgenommen und in jenem Jahr stellte einem kulturellen Nebenschauplatz sein Verständnis von Musik im Jahr Pianisten Ricardo Viñes, den er in konkrete Sprache entwickelt de Falla (Der Dreispitz), der 1919 in London in von Impressionismus, hier herrscht die Rhythmen und die glasklare Harmonik and forever changing, but classical we take pride in our work, providing contemporary composers. The pieces Vienna, Salzburg, Paris, Budapest and Sibelius tat dies in Finnland, Bartók Der 1876 im südandalusischen Cádiz erstes reifes Werk akzeptierte. Claude Debussy entwickelte er ein de Falla auch die mimische Farce El oder in Paris, auf der zentralen 1917 glasklar und ohne Umschweife: Paris kennengelernt hatte. Untertitelt dann im Gewand spätromantisch- der Ausstattung von Pablo Picasso Volksmusik und evoziert eine „Raffinesse des Danse deutlich ab. music remains true in creating harmony an impeccable means of experiencing by Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, Amsterdam), Asia (Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, und Kodály in Ungarn, Albéniz und geborene de Falla erhielt als Kind enges, freundschaftliches Band und corregidor y la molinera auf Basis von Schaubühne der Kultur, befand. Er „Musik wird nicht gemacht und sie ist es als „impresiones sinfónicas“. impressionistischer Klänge frei und uraufgeführt wurde. Die Handlung der Einfachheit“ (Voss). among the instruments. Classical music classical music. For all their diversity, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Shanghai), as well as in major cities on Granados in Spanien. Sie fahndeten Klavier- und Harmonielehreunterricht Der nächste Karriereschritt führte de in Künstlerkreisen gewann de Fallas Alarcóns Roman El sombrero de tres wollte eine moderne, spanische Musik sollte nie gemacht werden, damit man Diese „symphonischen Impressionen“ variierend weiter. Das Klavier wird zwar dreht sich zwar wie in El amor brujo Die „Danza ritual del fuego“ is as time-honoured as it is timeless. our artists have one thing in common. Frank Martin, Benjamin Britten, Heinz the American continent (Boston, New in den melodischen Bodenschätzen und machte sich früh an die ersten Falla voller Hoffnung auf Durchbruch Name an Bedeutung. Auch die Balletts picos (Der Dreispitz) fertig. Die dann der Hochkultur schaffen, ohne dabei sie versteht, sondern damit man sie wirken auf den ersten Blick wie ein virtuos geführt, integriert sich aber um Liebe und Eifersucht, erfährt aber Von La vida breve war bereits kurz die (Feuertanz) aus El amor brujo zählt zu And so also should the experience be. They all put their heart and soul into Holliger, Peter Eötvös, James MacMillan, York, San Francisco, Washington, São ihrer Heimat nach neuer, vor allem kompositorischen Gehversuche. 1896 und Erfolg in die europäische Russes und Stravinskys Werke für dieses drei Jahre später als Ballett unter dem deren Originalität zu verleugnen. Auf erlebt.“ In seinen Werken finden sich klassisch-dreisätziges Klavierkonzert, weitestgehend in den Orchesterapparat. durch den derb-bäuerlichen Humor Rede. Jener 1904/05 entstandenen den bekanntesten Werken de Fallas. We take listening to classical music the music, drawing on every last drop Pascal Dusapin or Michael Jarrell were Paulo, Buenos Aires and Montevideo). aber nach authentischer künstlerischer ging er nach Madrid, um bei José Tragó Kulturmetropole schlechthin. Nach glanzvolle und zugleich revolutionäre gleichen Titel in London von den Balletts seinem künstlerischen Weg drohten zahlreiche spanische Musiktraditionen, stellen sich aber beim Betrachten der Im zweiten Satz (Ferner Tanz) taucht eine ausgelassene Note. De Falla preisgekrönten Oper de Fallas. Die Er nahm in dieser „gitanería“ aus to a whole new level, using the best of creativity, skill, and determination Sit back and enjoy premiered in Geneva by the OSR. It is Inspiration. Auch Manuel de Falla seine Klavierstudien fortzusetzen. Drei Paris. Wo spanische Musik gerade en Tanz-Ensemble beeinflussten de Russes uraufgeführt wurde. 1920 zog es ihm allerdings Stolpersteine; etwa die darunter insbesondere Einflüsse Satzfaktur eher als symphonisches die Wechselnotenmotivik des Beginns arbeitete das ursprüngliches Werk um allerdings erst 1913 mit Unterstützung dem Jahr 1915 nicht weniger als eine PUBLISHERS technology to produce a high-quality to perfect their contribution. one of its important mission: supporting (1876-1946) entwickelte in seinem Jahre später schloss er das Studium vogue war. Albéniz arbeitete an „Iberia“, Falla tiefgreifend. Erst das Drama de Falla nach Granada. 1939 ging er, mit Authentizität der spanischen Traditionen der andalusischen Musik mit dem Poem dar. Hansjuergen Schaefer wieder auf – flamencoartige Tonalität und fügte zündende Tanzmelodien seiner Pariser Freunde zur Uraufführung „Neuinterpretation des Flamenco im The Three-cornered Hat Chester Music, London | Nights in the Gardens of Spain Editions Max Eschig, Paris recording, in whichever format it may the symphonic creation, and particularly recht schmalen, aber doch wertvollen in der Hauptstadt mit Auszeichnung Ravel komponierte seine „Rapsodie des beginnenden Ersten Weltkriegs dem Ende des spanischen Bürgerkrieges, durch das Gewand der Hochkultur Fokus auf „freie Inspiration durch die hat darauf hingewiesen, dass „die erklingt. Im Schlusssatz (In den Gärten hinzu. Die an „Falstaff“ gemahnenden in Nizza kam. Vorher arbeitete de Lichte zeitgenössischer Entwürfe des La vida breve Editions Max Eschig, Paris | El amor brujo Chester Music, London come, in whichever format it may be Find out more: the Swiss one. Œuvre einen von folkloristischen Zügen ab. Seinen ab 1900 entstandenen espagnole“ - eine regelrechte spanische veranlasste ihn im August 1914, wieder nach Argentinien, wo er nach dem zu verschleiern. Oder auch, durch die Rhythmen des fandango, des polo und musikalische Gestaltung (...) nun nicht der Sierra de Cordoba) wird anfänglich Handlungszüge liefern jede Menge Falla das Werk tiefgreifend um, die musikalischen Primitivismus, eine neue released. www.pentatonemusic.com geprägten Nationalstil. Allerdings Zarzuela-Kompositionen blieb der Erfolg Musikrenaissance hatte Paris erfasst. in seine Heimat zurückzukehren. Die Ausbleiben der Tantiemen aus Europa Konzentration auf rein volksmusikalische der malagueña“ (Christoforidis). Auch durch die Farbwirkungen, Tönungen ein rauschendes, nächtliches Fest Anlass für totale Verwirrung, Verkleidung wichtigsten Änderungen waren die Vision eines Spaniens der gitanos“ PENTATONE TEAM From its very early days and in close ohne eine auch nur halbwegs kitschig verwehrt. 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Ein Spanier in Paris – verlief für de Falla allerdings keineswegs Musiktheoretikers Louis Lucas, vor Aber die vor allem impressionistischen Manuel de Fallas Wege geradlinig, sondern über Umwege, die allem aber durch den intensiven Einflüsse und Impulse, die de Falla in ihn nicht nur gedanklich aus Spanien Privatunterricht bei Felipe Pedrell, der der französischen Hauptstadt geradezu zur spanischen Musik herausführen sollten. De Falla war sich als Begründer der nationalspanischen in sich aufsog, wirkten maßgeblich dessen bewusst, dass er Heimatstadt Musik gilt. 1904 entstand dann de auf seine weitere Entwicklung als Gegen Ende des 19. und zu Beginn und vielleicht auch Heimatland würde Fallas veristische Züge tragende Oper Komponist. „Ohne Paris wäre ich des 20. Jahrhunderts widmeten sich verlassen müssen, um sein Ziel zu La vida breve (Ein kurzes Leben), mit in Madrid begraben geblieben, zahlreiche Komponisten in ganz erreichen. Das spanische Idiom in der der er nicht nur einen Wettbewerb zur vergessen und an ein armseliges Europa vor allem einer Thematik - der Musik. Förderung der spanischen Nationaloper Dasein gebunden“, äußerte er sich Suche einer nationalen Identität. gewann, sondern das er auch als sein später einmal. Zu Paul Dukas und

Sibelius tat dies in Finnland, Bartók Der 1876 im südandalusischen Cádiz erstes reifes Werk akzeptierte. Claude Debussy entwickelte er ein und Kodály in Ungarn, Albéniz und geborene de Falla erhielt als Kind enges, freundschaftliches Band und ← ← Granados in Spanien. Sie fahndeten Klavier- und Harmonielehreunterricht Der nächste Karriereschritt führte de in Künstlerkreisen gewann de Fallas in den melodischen Bodenschätzen und machte sich früh an die ersten Falla voller Hoffnung auf Durchbruch Name an Bedeutung. Auch die Balletts ihrer Heimat nach neuer, vor allem kompositorischen Gehversuche. 1896 und Erfolg in die europäische Russes und Stravinskys Werke für dieses aber nach authentischer künstlerischer ging er nach Madrid, um bei José Tragó Kulturmetropole schlechthin. Nach glanzvolle und zugleich revolutionäre Inspiration. Auch Manuel de Falla seine Klavierstudien fortzusetzen. Drei Paris. Wo spanische Musik gerade en Tanz-Ensemble beeinflussten de (1876-1946) entwickelte in seinem Jahre später schloss er das Studium vogue war. Albéniz arbeitete an „Iberia“, Falla tiefgreifend. Erst das Drama recht schmalen, aber doch wertvollen in der Hauptstadt mit Auszeichnung Ravel komponierte seine „Rapsodie des beginnenden Ersten Weltkriegs Œuvre einen von folkloristischen Zügen ab. Seinen ab 1900 entstandenen espagnole“ - eine regelrechte spanische veranlasste ihn im August 1914, wieder geprägten Nationalstil. Allerdings Zarzuela-Kompositionen blieb der Erfolg Musikrenaissance hatte Paris erfasst. in seine Heimat zurückzukehren. Die ohne eine auch nur halbwegs kitschig verwehrt. Ästhetisch geformt wurde Dennoch musste sich de Falla eher sieben Jahre in Paris könnte man anmutende Postkarten-Folklore. Der de Falla zu dieser Zeit durch das Werk schlecht als recht mit Klavierunterricht als „französische Schule“ de Fallas Weg zum „Spanischen in der Musik“ L’acoustique nouvelle des französischen und Konzertieren durchschlagen. bezeichnen, denn erst durch die dort als

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Mari Kodama Orchestre de la Manuel de Falla (1876 – 1946) Part 2 Kazuki Yamada A Spaniard in Paris – through various detours, forcing him to private lessons he had received from French capital were highly influential acclaimed Spanish première, following relatively small: however, in no way did that was too smooth from his music; De Falla wrote his Noches en los jardines the range of a minor third, like a canto persuade de Falla to rearrange the de Falla portrayed the various levels of guidance of Dukas and Debussy. In revisions were to follow. The story tells USA and Japan she has consistently festival of chamber music presented the Teatro Real Madrid, she celebrated for Early Music Berlin, Anima Eterna Nazionale della RAI Torino and 2012 he conducted a semi-staged Orchestre de la Suisse Piano Suisse Romande © Marco Borggreve 8 Danza de los vecinos (Seguidillas) 3. 22 Manuel de Falla’s path depart from Spain not only in mind – he Felipe Pedrell, who was considered the on his further development as a its first performance the previous this negatively affect his reputation and, if necessary, by incorporating de España (= nights in the gardens jondo – without quoting an existing work for ballet. But de Falla, on the humour by means of onomatopoeia order to connect the scenes, de Falla of the young Sinti girl Candela, who is demonstrated the profound aesthetics together with her husband Kent Nagano great successes as Annio in “La , Capella Augustina, Collegium Tonkünstler-Orchester at the Vienna production of Honegger’s ‘Jeanne Romande Sophie Harmsen Noches en los jardines de España Dance of the Neighbours was aware that he would have to leave founding father of Spain’s national composer. “Without Paris, I would have year in Nice. He had accomplished his either during his lifetime or after his sharp angles and rough edges. And of Spain) between 1909 and 1916. He example. Then he freely develops other hand, convinced Diaghilev to and genteel stylization. The highlight of composed the Interlude, linked here to haunted by the spirit of her deceased of her very personal and unique style. near their home in San Francisco. The clemenza di Tito”. Under the direction of 1704, Concerto Köln, Freiburger Musikverein. d´arc’, with Saito-Kinen Orchestra. The Mezzo-soprano Kazuki Yamada Nights in the Gardens of Spain 9 Danza del molinero (Farruca) 7. 56 to Spanish music his home town, and possibly even his music. In 1904, de Falla wrote his opera been buried in Madrid, forgotten, and breakthrough. In 1916, his work Noches death. De Falla always kept his objective thus, his music appears to be much dedicated this peculiarly iridescent work and varies this melodically specific agree to the transformation of his the ballet is the final jota, in which de the powerful Danza española. Although lover. Magic and witchcraft dominate pianist has played with such orchestras René Jacobs, she was a Dorabella with Barockorchester as well as Pygmalion. ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ project was also a huge Founded in 1918 by Ernest Ansermet, Conductor 1 En el Generalife 9. 58 Dance of the Miller native country, in order to achieve his La vida breve (= life is short), with which chained to a miserable existence,” he en los jardines de España as a composer in view – regardless of more brittle and fragile than that for piano and orchestra to the Catalan language in the guise of late-romantic farcical pantomime, El corregidor y la Falla integrated elements from several both pieces have a clearly Andalusian the scene, as does the Andalusian- In Japan, Kodama is a regular guest as the Berlin Philharmonic, London the Freiburger Barockorchester on tour She regularly performs at festivals He is the incoming Principal Conductor hit in spring 2015 in Côme de Bellescize’s permanent conductor until 1967, the In the Generalife 10 Danza del Corregidor 6. 37 Towards the end of the 19th century goal: a national musical idiom for Spain. he not only won a competition for the remarked later. He developed a close (= nights in the gardens of Spain) was whether he was staying in a cultural of his contemporaries Granados or pianist Ricardo Viñes, whom he had and impressionist music. Although the molinera (= the magistrate and the regions in Spain in order to give a character, the tonality could hardly Arabian character of de Falla’s music. of major Japanese orchestras, most Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, through Europe and Asia. such as the Salzburg Festival, the and Artistic Director of the Orchestre staged version at the new Philharmonie Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, with 2 Danza lejana 4. 51 Dance of the Corregidor and the beginning of the 20th, many promotion of Spanish national opera, friendship with both Paul Dukas and enthusiastically received. That year, backwater in Spain, or performing Albéniz. De Falla formulated his views met in Paris. It is subtitled “impresiones piano has a virtuoso role, it is integrated miller’s wife), into a full-length ballet. precise characterization of the persons be more contradictory: against the recently the Tokyo Metropolitan Hallé Orchestra, the Montreal Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, as hall in Paris, with Orchestre de Paris, its 112 permanent musicians, ensures A Distant Dance 11 Danza final (Jota) 6. 01 composers throughout Europe were De Falla was born in 1876 in the but which he also considered to be his Claude Debussy, and his name became de Falla also completed his farcical on the international cultural stage of on music in 1917 in a crystal-clear and sinfónicas”. At the first glance, these within the orchestral ensemble. In the And thus came about El sombrero according to their origin. There is no late-romantic mood of the Interlude, Mari Kodama, Orchestra and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, the NDR Symphony She sees the collaboration with large Rheingau Musikfestival and Bachfest well as maintaining his role as Principal and Marion Cotillard narrating the role subscription concerts in Geneva and NOCHES EN 3 En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba 8. 38 Final Dance primarily devoting themselves to the southern Andalusian town of Cádiz. As first mature work. more prominent within artistic circles. pantomime El corregidor y la molinera, Paris. His main desire was to create a unambiguous manner: “Music is not “symphonic impressions” appear to second movement (Danza lejana, = de tres picos (= the three-cornered longer any trace of Impressionism: here, the sharp rhythms and the crystal-clear Piano Orchestra in Tokyo. A brilliantly well- Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Los symphony orchestras such as the Leipzig. Sophie Harmsen studied at the Guest Conductor of Orchestre de la of Jeanne. Lausanne, the City of Geneva symphony In the Gardens of the Sierra de Córdoba search for a national identity: for a child, he received piano lessons and He was profoundly influenced by the based on Alarcón’s novel El sombrero highly civilized and modern Spanish created and never should be created in be a classical, three-movement piano distant dance), the changing note hat), which received its première in traditional music prevails and evokes a harmonies of the Danza stand out received performance of the complete Angeles Philharmonic and the Berkeley Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the University of Cape Town and as well in Suisse Romande. In Japan, he holds concerts, the annual concert for the LOS JARDINES La vida breve instance, in Finland there was Sibelius; theory of harmony, making his first The next step in his career led de Ballets Russes and the works written de tres picos (= the three-cornered musical idiom, without losing sight of order to be comprehended, but to be concerto; however, after reviewing the motif from the beginning reappears – London in 1919 with sets and costumes “sophisticated simplicity” (Voss). clearly. Born in Osaka, Mari Kodama was Beethoven Sonata cycle in Los Angeles Symphony, among others. Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Radio- Germany under Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens. further titles of Principal Conductor of Yamada was the winner of the 51st UN, as well as opera performances DE ESPAÑA El sombrero de tres picos Life is Short in Hungary, Bartók and Kodály; and attempts at composition at an early Falla, full of hope for a breakthrough by Stravinsky for this splendid and, at hat); and three years later in London it its authenticity. However, he came experienced.” Various Spanish musical structure of the work, the general effect flamenco-like tonality is clearly audible. designed by Pablo Picasso. Although raised in Germany, Switzerland, France, launched Kodama’s United States of Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Besancon International Competition at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Its The Three-cornered Hat 12 Interlude & Dance 6. 37 in Spain, Albéniz and Granados. They age. In 1896, he moved to Madrid to and success, to the European cultural the same time, revolutionary dance was given its world première, under the across various problematic issues on his traditions are to be found in his work, is more that of a symphonic poem. The final movement (En los jardines de the plot revolves around love and De Falla’s award-winning opera La vida The Danza ritual del fuego (= ritual and England. She studied piano with America reputation, and was followed Sophie Harmsen the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, Kazuki Yamada Partner with Sendai Philharmonic and for young conductors. Born in reputation has been built up over the 4 Introducción 1. 29 were examining the melodic national continue his piano studies with José metropolis par excellence: Paris, where ensemble; and thus he did not return same title, by the Ballets Russes. In 1920, artistic path: for instance, how to mask including most especially the influences Hansjuergen Schaefer has pointed out la Sierra de Córdoba, = in the gardens of jealousy, as in El amor brujo, the coarse breve has already been mentioned fire dance) from El amor brujo is one Germaine Mounier and chamber music by acclaimed recital appearances in Soprano and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is Conductor Music Director of Yokohama Sinfonietta. Kanagawa, Japan, in 1979, he is now years thanks to its historic recordings EL SOMBRERO Introduction El amor brujo treasures of their homeland, hunting for Tragó. Three years later, he completed Spanish music was then all the rage. to his homeland until confronted by the de Falla moved to Granada, and in 1939 the authenticity of Spanish traditional of Andalusian music, which focus on that “the musical design (...) is not the Sierra de Cordoba) begins with the peasant humour adds a lively note to briefly. Although he wrote the work of de Falla’s best-known works. In with Geneviève Joy-Dutilleux at the New York, Paris, London, as well as an integral part of her artistic journey. resident in Berlin. As a student, he and its interpretation of 20th-century The Bewitched Love novel and, above all, authentic artistic his studies in the capital, graduating Albéniz was working on his Iberia, drama of the incipient World War I in – at the end of the Spanish Civil War – he music by means of a highly cultural “free inspiration based on the rhythms determined by tonal effects, tints and celebration of a resounding nocturnal the proceedings. De Falla revised the in 1904-1905, it did not receive its this “gitanería” (= gypsy music) from Conservatoire National de Paris, later throughout Japan, Spain and Germany, Having already travelled the world at a Yamada appears with such orchestras Forthcoming debuts include Melbourne formed Yokohama Sinfonietta, where French and Russian repertoire. DE TRES PICOS Part 1 13 Danza ritual del fuego 4. 14 inspiration. In his own rather slender, yet with distinction. The zarzuelas (= Ravel busy composing his Rapsodie August 1914. It would be fair to describe emigrated to Argentina, where he was disguise. Or how to avoid lapsing into of the fandango, the polo and the shades that can conjure up a southern feast, after which the piano takes over original work, adding rousing dancing première until 1913, when it finally took 1915, he planned nothing less than studying with Tatiana Nikolaeva at the and much of the rest of the U.S.A. young age as the daughter of German Sophie Harmsen has worked with as Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonia Symphony and Houston Symphony he remains Music Director. In 2011 he 5 La tarde 5. 23 Ritual Fire Dance valuable oeuvre Manuel de Falla (1876- Spanish operettas), on which he had espagnole – an absolute Spanish music the seven years de Falla spent in Paris to experience serious financial problems artistic trivia due to the concentration malagueña” (Christoforidis). Elements night in the garden or the countryside.” with a fandango. At the end, the music melodies. The plot – reminiscent of place in Nice thanks to the support a “reinterpretation of the flamenco Salzburg Mozarteum and with Alfred The Los Angeles Times pronounced her diplomats, Sophie Harmsen studied at conductors such as Philipp Ahmann, Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, and he recently made his debut in received the Idemitsu Music Prize for The orchestra’s Music and Artistic Afternoon 1946) also devised a national style, with been working since 1900, did not meet renaissance held Paris in its grip. as his “French school”, as it was thanks due to the absence of royalties from on purely folk-music examples, which of the ornately embellished canto jondo Instead, de Falla is highly specific in the subsides into the tranquillity of the Falstaff – provides plenty of opportunity of his Parisian friends. Previously, de in the light of contemporary designs Brendel as a private pupil. performances of the Prokofiev Third the University of Cape Town and with Frieder Bernius, Adàm Fischer, Philippe Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, a European opera house, at Grand young artists in Japan. Director is Jonathan Nott. Its Principal 6 Danza de la molinera (Fandango) 3. 26 Total playing time: 72. 59 strong folkloristic influences: however, with success. At the time, the aesthetic Nevertheless, de Falla was forced to to the fashionable “Hispanisms”, which Europe, finally dying there in 1946. are by nature rather simplistic. Or even can also be found; but rhythmic and structure of his music from the very night. for total confusion, as well as dressing Falla revised the work extensively, the of musical primitivism, a new vision Piano Concerto “commanding and Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens and now lives in Herreweghe, Thomas Hengelbrock, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Helsinki Théâtre de Genève. He is active in Guest Conductor is Japanese maestro Dance of the Miller’s Wife Orchestre de la Suisse Romande one that excluded the characteristics to background on which de Falla drew was struggle along as best he could, giving were perceived in the capital as artfully more problematic, how to come up with melodic structures from dances and beginning (En el Generalife, = at the up in disguises and seduction on the most important changes being the of the Spain of the gitano (= gypsy)” She has established an international electrifying.” Berlin with her family. Manfred Honeck, Marek Janowski, Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, the field of opera, and performs ‘La Kazuki Yamada. 7 Las uvas 3. 58 Conducted by Kazuki Yamada be found on a kitschy-looking postcard. based on the work L’acoustique nouvelle piano lessons and concerts. However, exotic, that he was able to reflect on As de Falla had a highly conscientious, purely ethnic music as a compositional songs from other Spanish regions can Generalife), he precisely reproduces Sergei Diaghilev, the impresario of stage. The music received unequivocal division of the formerly one-act opera (Christoforidis). El amor brujo is a reputation for her musical sensitivity Andrea Marcon, Helmuth Rilling, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Traviata’, ‘Carmen’ and ‘Rusalka’ in The Grapes Mari Kodama, piano (in Nights in the Gardens of Spain) The path to “Spanish music” was not by the French musical theorist Louis the impressionistic influences and his own national musical roots. Now, in indeed scrupulous approach to result. De Falla circumvented these also be encountered in the mix. the presentation of the Andalusian folk the Ballet Russes, was so enthusiastic praise from the critics of the day. They into two separate acts, and a radical distillate of the music of the Sinti and and outstanding virtuosity. In Mari is also a founding artistic director The mezzo-soprano is particularly in Christophe Rousset, Steven Sloane Stockholm Philharmonic, Bergen Japan in coming seasons. He is strongly Under the guidance of its founding Sophie Harmsen, mezzo-soprano (in The Three-cornered Hat) a straight one for de Falla: it led him Lucas, but above all on the intensive impulses that de Falla absorbed in the 1914, his opera La vida breve received its composition, his entire output remained many traps by cutting out anything song with its second-interval steps in about the Noches that he tried to emphasized the techniques with which revision of the orchestration under the Roma tribes in Andalusia. A number of © Orchestre de la Suisse Romande performances throughout Europe, of the Musical Days at Forest Hill, a demand as a Mozart interpreter. 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directors (Paul Kletzki 1967- 1970, Suisse Romande has been broadcast Ein Spanier in Paris – verlief für de Falla allerdings keineswegs Musiktheoretikers Louis Lucas, vor Aber die vor allem impressionistischen künstlich-exotisch wahrgenommenen Da de Falla ein sehr gewissenhafter, kompositorisches Ergebnis eine reine aus Tänzen und Liedern aus anderen vermag“. Vielmehr wird de Falla von Sergei Diaghilev, der Impresario der jene Techniken hervor, mit denen de Dukas’ und Debussys. Zur Verbindung folgten. Erzählt wird die Geschichte des Acknowledgments Wolfgang Sawallisch 1970-1980, Horst on radio around the world, enabling Manuel de Fallas Wege geradlinig, sondern über Umwege, die allem aber durch den intensiven Einflüsse und Impulse, die de Falla in „Hispanismen“ konnte er sich auf seine geradezu skrupulös arbeitender Folklore zu schaffen. De Falla umging spanischen Regionen verarbeitet. Anfang an (Im Generalife) in seiner Ballet Russes, war von den Noches Falla über Lautmalerei und galante der Szenen komponierte de Fallas das jungen Sintimädchens Candela, das Premium Sound Stein 1980-1985, Armin Jordan 1985- millions of listeners to tune in. The ihn nicht nur gedanklich aus Spanien Privatunterricht bei Felipe Pedrell, der der französischen Hauptstadt geradezu eigenen nationalen musikalischen Komponist war, blieb sein Gesamtwerk all diese Fallstricke, indem er seiner musikalischen Ausgestaltung sehr derart begeistert, dass er versuchte, de Stilisierung die verschiedenen Ebenen Interlude, das hier mit dem kräftigen vom Geist ihres verstorbenen Geliebten PRODUCTION TEAM 1997, Fabio Luisi 1997-2002, Pinchas orchestra has developed a privileged zur spanischen Musik herausführen sollten. De Falla war sich als Begründer der nationalspanischen in sich aufsog, wirkten maßgeblich Wurzeln besinnen. Seine 1913 in Nizza relativ klein. Was dem Ruhm zu Musik das allzu Glatte austrieb, ihr, Die Noches en los jardines de konkret, er baut die Vorlage des Falla zu überreden, das Werk für Ballett des Humors zeichnete. Höhepunkt des Danse espagnole verbunden ist. verfolgt wird. Magie und Zauber Executive producer Job Maarse | Recording producer & balance engineer Erdo Groot and Outstanding Steinberg 2002-2005, Marek Janowski partnership with Pentatone, recording dessen bewusst, dass er Heimatstadt Musik gilt. 1904 entstand dann de auf seine weitere Entwicklung als uraufgeführte Oper La vida breve erlebte Lebzeiten und dem Nachruhm bis wo nötig, Ecken und Kanten geradezu España (Nächte in Spaniens Gärten) andalusischen Volksgesanges mit neu zu fassen. Doch de Falla seinerseits Balletts ist die abschließende jota, in Obwohl beide Stücke andalusischen beherrschen die Szenerie und auch die Recording engineer & editor Karel Bruggeman | Liner notes Jörg Peter Urbach Artists 2005-2012, Neeme Järvi, 2012-2015), up to two to three discs per season. Gegen Ende des 19. und zu Beginn und vielleicht auch Heimatland würde Fallas veristische Züge tragende Oper Komponist. „Ohne Paris wäre ich nun 1914 ihre umjubelte spanische heute allerdings keinen Abbruch einarbeitete. Und so wirkt seine Musik entstanden zwischen 1909 und 1916. dessen Sekundschritten im Umfang überzeugte Diaghilev, seine mimische der de Falla Elemente aus mehreren Charakters sind, könnte die Tonalität arabisch-andalusisch gefärbte Musik de English translation Fiona J. Stroker-Gale | Design Joost de Boo | Product the world-famous Orchestre de la des 20. Jahrhunderts widmeten sich verlassen müssen, um sein Ziel zu La vida breve (Ein kurzes Leben), mit in Madrid begraben geblieben, Erstaufführung. Der Durchbruch war tat. De Falla hatte das Ziel stets deutlich brüchiger und mürber als Dieses eigentümlich changierende einer kleinen Terz wie einen canto jondo Farce El corregidor y la molinera in ein spanischen Regionen einsetzte, um die gegensätzlicher kaum sein: Aus der Fallas. management Max Tiel Suisse Romande is an active contributor The OSR’s international tours have led zahlreiche Komponisten in ganz erreichen. Das spanische Idiom in der der er nicht nur einen Wettbewerb zur vergessen und an ein armseliges geschafft. 1916 wurden die Noches vor seinem kompositorischen Auge. die seiner Zeitgenossen Granados Werk für Klavier und Orchester exakt nach – ohne aus einer realen abendfüllendes Ballett zu verwandeln. Personen ihrer Herkunft nach genau spätromantischen Stimmung des to the history of music through them to perform in the most prestigious Europa vor allem einer Thematik - der Musik. Förderung der spanischen Nationaloper Dasein gebunden“, äußerte er sich en los jardines de España begeistert Ganz gleich, ob er sich in Spanien auf oder Albéniz. De Falla formulierte widmete de Falla dem katalanischen Vorlage zu zitieren. Diese melodisch- Es entstand El sombrero de tres picos zu charakterisieren. Keine Spur mehr Interlude heben sich die scharfen This album was recorded at Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland in July 2016. PENTATONE. Today’s music is evolving Together with our talented artists, the discovery or support of leading venues in Europe (Berlin, London, Suche einer nationalen Identität. gewann, sondern das er auch als sein später einmal. Zu Paul Dukas und aufgenommen und in jenem Jahr stellte einem kulturellen Nebenschauplatz sein Verständnis von Musik im Jahr Pianisten Ricardo Viñes, den er in konkrete Sprache entwickelt de Falla (Der Dreispitz), der 1919 in London in von Impressionismus, hier herrscht die Rhythmen und die glasklare Harmonik and forever changing, but classical we take pride in our work, providing contemporary composers. The pieces Vienna, Salzburg, Paris, Budapest and Sibelius tat dies in Finnland, Bartók Der 1876 im südandalusischen Cádiz erstes reifes Werk akzeptierte. Claude Debussy entwickelte er ein de Falla auch die mimische Farce El oder in Paris, auf der zentralen 1917 glasklar und ohne Umschweife: Paris kennengelernt hatte. Untertitelt dann im Gewand spätromantisch- der Ausstattung von Pablo Picasso Volksmusik und evoziert eine „Raffinesse des Danse deutlich ab. music remains true in creating harmony an impeccable means of experiencing by Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, Amsterdam), Asia (Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, und Kodály in Ungarn, Albéniz und geborene de Falla erhielt als Kind enges, freundschaftliches Band und corregidor y la molinera auf Basis von Schaubühne der Kultur, befand. Er „Musik wird nicht gemacht und sie ist es als „impresiones sinfónicas“. impressionistischer Klänge frei und uraufgeführt wurde. Die Handlung der Einfachheit“ (Voss). among the instruments. Classical music classical music. For all their diversity, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Shanghai), as well as in major cities on Granados in Spanien. Sie fahndeten Klavier- und Harmonielehreunterricht Der nächste Karriereschritt führte de in Künstlerkreisen gewann de Fallas Alarcóns Roman El sombrero de tres wollte eine moderne, spanische Musik sollte nie gemacht werden, damit man Diese „symphonischen Impressionen“ variierend weiter. Das Klavier wird zwar dreht sich zwar wie in El amor brujo Die „Danza ritual del fuego“ is as time-honoured as it is timeless. our artists have one thing in common. Frank Martin, Benjamin Britten, Heinz the American continent (Boston, New in den melodischen Bodenschätzen und machte sich früh an die ersten Falla voller Hoffnung auf Durchbruch Name an Bedeutung. Auch die Balletts picos (Der Dreispitz) fertig. Die dann der Hochkultur schaffen, ohne dabei sie versteht, sondern damit man sie wirken auf den ersten Blick wie ein virtuos geführt, integriert sich aber um Liebe und Eifersucht, erfährt aber Von La vida breve war bereits kurz die (Feuertanz) aus El amor brujo zählt zu And so also should the experience be. They all put their heart and soul into Holliger, Peter Eötvös, James MacMillan, York, San Francisco, Washington, São ihrer Heimat nach neuer, vor allem kompositorischen Gehversuche. 1896 und Erfolg in die europäische Russes und Stravinskys Werke für dieses drei Jahre später als Ballett unter dem deren Originalität zu verleugnen. Auf erlebt.“ In seinen Werken finden sich klassisch-dreisätziges Klavierkonzert, weitestgehend in den Orchesterapparat. durch den derb-bäuerlichen Humor Rede. Jener 1904/05 entstandenen den bekanntesten Werken de Fallas. We take listening to classical music the music, drawing on every last drop Pascal Dusapin or Michael Jarrell were Paulo, Buenos Aires and Montevideo). aber nach authentischer künstlerischer ging er nach Madrid, um bei José Tragó Kulturmetropole schlechthin. Nach glanzvolle und zugleich revolutionäre gleichen Titel in London von den Balletts seinem künstlerischen Weg drohten zahlreiche spanische Musiktraditionen, stellen sich aber beim Betrachten der Im zweiten Satz (Ferner Tanz) taucht eine ausgelassene Note. De Falla preisgekrönten Oper de Fallas. Die Er nahm in dieser „gitanería“ aus to a whole new level, using the best of creativity, skill, and determination Sit back and enjoy premiered in Geneva by the OSR. It is Inspiration. Auch Manuel de Falla seine Klavierstudien fortzusetzen. Drei Paris. Wo spanische Musik gerade en Tanz-Ensemble beeinflussten de Russes uraufgeführt wurde. 1920 zog es ihm allerdings Stolpersteine; etwa die darunter insbesondere Einflüsse Satzfaktur eher als symphonisches die Wechselnotenmotivik des Beginns arbeitete das ursprüngliches Werk um allerdings erst 1913 mit Unterstützung dem Jahr 1915 nicht weniger als eine PUBLISHERS technology to produce a high-quality to perfect their contribution. one of its important mission: supporting (1876-1946) entwickelte in seinem Jahre später schloss er das Studium vogue war. Albéniz arbeitete an „Iberia“, Falla tiefgreifend. Erst das Drama de Falla nach Granada. 1939 ging er, mit Authentizität der spanischen Traditionen der andalusischen Musik mit dem Poem dar. Hansjuergen Schaefer wieder auf – flamencoartige Tonalität und fügte zündende Tanzmelodien seiner Pariser Freunde zur Uraufführung „Neuinterpretation des Flamenco im The Three-cornered Hat Chester Music, London | Nights in the Gardens of Spain Editions Max Eschig, Paris recording, in whichever format it may the symphonic creation, and particularly recht schmalen, aber doch wertvollen in der Hauptstadt mit Auszeichnung Ravel komponierte seine „Rapsodie des beginnenden Ersten Weltkriegs dem Ende des spanischen Bürgerkrieges, durch das Gewand der Hochkultur Fokus auf „freie Inspiration durch die hat darauf hingewiesen, dass „die erklingt. Im Schlusssatz (In den Gärten hinzu. Die an „Falstaff“ gemahnenden in Nizza kam. Vorher arbeitete de Lichte zeitgenössischer Entwürfe des La vida breve Editions Max Eschig, Paris | El amor brujo Chester Music, London come, in whichever format it may be Find out more: the Swiss one. Œuvre einen von folkloristischen Zügen ab. Seinen ab 1900 entstandenen espagnole“ - eine regelrechte spanische veranlasste ihn im August 1914, wieder nach Argentinien, wo er nach dem zu verschleiern. Oder auch, durch die Rhythmen des fandango, des polo und musikalische Gestaltung (...) nun nicht der Sierra de Cordoba) wird anfänglich Handlungszüge liefern jede Menge Falla das Werk tiefgreifend um, die musikalischen Primitivismus, eine neue released. www.pentatonemusic.com geprägten Nationalstil. Allerdings Zarzuela-Kompositionen blieb der Erfolg Musikrenaissance hatte Paris erfasst. in seine Heimat zurückzukehren. Die Ausbleiben der Tantiemen aus Europa Konzentration auf rein volksmusikalische der malagueña“ (Christoforidis). Auch durch die Farbwirkungen, Tönungen ein rauschendes, nächtliches Fest Anlass für totale Verwirrung, Verkleidung wichtigsten Änderungen waren die Vision eines Spaniens der gitanos“ PENTATONE TEAM From its very early days and in close ohne eine auch nur halbwegs kitschig verwehrt. Ästhetisch geformt wurde Dennoch musste sich de Falla eher sieben Jahre in Paris könnte man in ernsthafte finanzielle Schwierigkeiten Vorbilder, die per se simpel gestrickt Elemente des verzierten canto jondo und Schattierungen bestimmt (wird), gefeiert, bevor das Klavier einen und Verführung auf der Bühne. Die Aufteilung des Einakters auf zwei (Christoforidis) vor. El amor brujo ist ein Vice President A&R Renaud Loranger | Managing Director Dirk Jan Vink

collaboration with the Radio-Télévision Mari Kodama anmutende Postkarten-Folklore. Der de Falla zu dieser Zeit durch das Werk schlecht als recht mit Klavierunterricht als „französische Schule“ de Fallas geriet, und 1946 starb. sind, ins künstlerisch Triviale abzugleiten. finden sich. Aber gleichfalls werden die eine südliche Nacht im Garten Sophie Harmsen fandango anstimmt. Am Ende kehrt Musik wurde von den zeitgenössischen Szenen sowie eine radikale Neufassung Destillat der Musik andalusischer Sinti Director Product, Marketing & Distribution Simon M. Eder | A&R Kate Rockett Suisse Romande, the Orchestre de la © Vincent Garnier Weg zum „Spanischen in der Musik“ L’acoustique nouvelle des französischen und Konzertieren durchschlagen. bezeichnen, denn erst durch die dort als Oder noch problematischer, als rhythmische und melodische Strukturen und in der Landschaft zu zaubern © Tatjana Dachsel dann wieder nächtliche Ruhe ein. Kritikern ausdrücklich gelobt. Man hob der Orchestration unter Anleitung und Roma. Verschiedene Bearbeitungen Marketing & PR Silvia Pietrosanti | Distribution Veronica Neo

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künstlich-exotisch wahrgenommenen Da de Falla ein sehr gewissenhafter, kompositorisches Ergebnis eine reine aus Tänzen und Liedern aus anderen „Hispanismen“ konnte er sich auf seine geradezu skrupulös arbeitender Folklore zu schaffen. De Falla umging spanischen Regionen verarbeitet. eigenen nationalen musikalischen Komponist war, blieb sein Gesamtwerk all diese Fallstricke, indem er seiner Wurzeln besinnen. Seine 1913 in Nizza relativ klein. Was dem Ruhm zu Musik das allzu Glatte austrieb, ihr, Die Noches en los jardines de uraufgeführte Oper La vida breve erlebte Lebzeiten und dem Nachruhm bis wo nötig, Ecken und Kanten geradezu España (Nächte in Spaniens Gärten) nun 1914 ihre umjubelte spanische heute allerdings keinen Abbruch einarbeitete. Und so wirkt seine Musik entstanden zwischen 1909 und 1916. Erstaufführung. Der Durchbruch war tat. De Falla hatte das Ziel stets deutlich brüchiger und mürber als Dieses eigentümlich changierende geschafft. 1916 wurden die Noches vor seinem kompositorischen Auge. die seiner Zeitgenossen Granados Werk für Klavier und Orchester en los jardines de España begeistert Ganz gleich, ob er sich in Spanien auf oder Albéniz. De Falla formulierte widmete de Falla dem katalanischen aufgenommen und in jenem Jahr stellte einem kulturellen Nebenschauplatz sein Verständnis von Musik im Jahr Pianisten Ricardo Viñes, den er in

de Falla auch die mimische Farce El oder in Paris, auf der zentralen 1917 glasklar und ohne Umschweife: Paris kennengelernt hatte. Untertitelt corregidor y la molinera auf Basis von Schaubühne der Kultur, befand. Er „Musik wird nicht gemacht und sie ist es als „impresiones sinfónicas“. ← ← Alarcóns Roman El sombrero de tres wollte eine moderne, spanische Musik sollte nie gemacht werden, damit man Diese „symphonischen Impressionen“ picos (Der Dreispitz) fertig. Die dann der Hochkultur schaffen, ohne dabei sie versteht, sondern damit man sie wirken auf den ersten Blick wie ein drei Jahre später als Ballett unter dem deren Originalität zu verleugnen. Auf erlebt.“ In seinen Werken finden sich klassisch-dreisätziges Klavierkonzert, gleichen Titel in London von den Balletts seinem künstlerischen Weg drohten zahlreiche spanische Musiktraditionen, stellen sich aber beim Betrachten der Russes uraufgeführt wurde. 1920 zog es ihm allerdings Stolpersteine; etwa die darunter insbesondere Einflüsse Satzfaktur eher als symphonisches de Falla nach Granada. 1939 ging er, mit Authentizität der spanischen Traditionen der andalusischen Musik mit dem Poem dar. Hansjuergen Schaefer dem Ende des spanischen Bürgerkrieges, durch das Gewand der Hochkultur Fokus auf „freie Inspiration durch die hat darauf hingewiesen, dass „die nach Argentinien, wo er nach dem zu verschleiern. Oder auch, durch die Rhythmen des fandango, des polo und musikalische Gestaltung (...) nun nicht Ausbleiben der Tantiemen aus Europa Konzentration auf rein volksmusikalische der malagueña“ (Christoforidis). Auch durch die Farbwirkungen, Tönungen in ernsthafte finanzielle Schwierigkeiten Vorbilder, die per se simpel gestrickt Elemente des verzierten canto jondo und Schattierungen bestimmt (wird), geriet, und 1946 starb. sind, ins künstlerisch Triviale abzugleiten. finden sich. Aber gleichfalls werden die eine südliche Nacht im Garten Oder noch problematischer, als rhythmische und melodische Strukturen und in der Landschaft zu zaubern

Mari Kodama Orchestre de la Manuel de Falla (1876 – 1946) Part 2 Kazuki Yamada A Spaniard in Paris – through various detours, forcing him to private lessons he had received from French capital were highly influential acclaimed Spanish première, following relatively small: however, in no way did that was too smooth from his music; De Falla wrote his Noches en los jardines the range of a minor third, like a canto persuade de Falla to rearrange the de Falla portrayed the various levels of guidance of Dukas and Debussy. In revisions were to follow. The story tells USA and Japan she has consistently festival of chamber music presented the Teatro Real Madrid, she celebrated for Early Music Berlin, Anima Eterna Nazionale della RAI Torino and 2012 he conducted a semi-staged Orchestre de la Suisse Piano Suisse Romande © Marco Borggreve 8 Danza de los vecinos (Seguidillas) 3. 22 Manuel de Falla’s path depart from Spain not only in mind – he Felipe Pedrell, who was considered the on his further development as a its first performance the previous this negatively affect his reputation and, if necessary, by incorporating de España (= nights in the gardens jondo – without quoting an existing work for ballet. But de Falla, on the humour by means of onomatopoeia order to connect the scenes, de Falla of the young Sinti girl Candela, who is demonstrated the profound aesthetics together with her husband Kent Nagano great successes as Annio in “La , Capella Augustina, Collegium Tonkünstler-Orchester at the Vienna production of Honegger’s ‘Jeanne Romande Sophie Harmsen Noches en los jardines de España Dance of the Neighbours was aware that he would have to leave founding father of Spain’s national composer. “Without Paris, I would have year in Nice. He had accomplished his either during his lifetime or after his sharp angles and rough edges. And of Spain) between 1909 and 1916. He example. Then he freely develops other hand, convinced Diaghilev to and genteel stylization. The highlight of composed the Interlude, linked here to haunted by the spirit of her deceased of her very personal and unique style. near their home in San Francisco. The clemenza di Tito”. Under the direction of 1704, Concerto Köln, Freiburger Musikverein. d´arc’, with Saito-Kinen Orchestra. The Mezzo-soprano Kazuki Yamada Nights in the Gardens of Spain 9 Danza del molinero (Farruca) 7. 56 to Spanish music his home town, and possibly even his music. In 1904, de Falla wrote his opera been buried in Madrid, forgotten, and breakthrough. In 1916, his work Noches death. De Falla always kept his objective thus, his music appears to be much dedicated this peculiarly iridescent work and varies this melodically specific agree to the transformation of his the ballet is the final jota, in which de the powerful Danza española. Although lover. Magic and witchcraft dominate pianist has played with such orchestras René Jacobs, she was a Dorabella with Barockorchester as well as Pygmalion. ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ project was also a huge Founded in 1918 by Ernest Ansermet, Conductor 1 En el Generalife 9. 58 Dance of the Miller native country, in order to achieve his La vida breve (= life is short), with which chained to a miserable existence,” he en los jardines de España as a composer in view – regardless of more brittle and fragile than that for piano and orchestra to the Catalan language in the guise of late-romantic farcical pantomime, El corregidor y la Falla integrated elements from several both pieces have a clearly Andalusian the scene, as does the Andalusian- In Japan, Kodama is a regular guest as the Berlin Philharmonic, London the Freiburger Barockorchester on tour She regularly performs at festivals He is the incoming Principal Conductor hit in spring 2015 in Côme de Bellescize’s permanent conductor until 1967, the In the Generalife 10 Danza del Corregidor 6. 37 Towards the end of the 19th century goal: a national musical idiom for Spain. he not only won a competition for the remarked later. He developed a close (= nights in the gardens of Spain) was whether he was staying in a cultural of his contemporaries Granados or pianist Ricardo Viñes, whom he had and impressionist music. Although the molinera (= the magistrate and the regions in Spain in order to give a character, the tonality could hardly Arabian character of de Falla’s music. of major Japanese orchestras, most Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, through Europe and Asia. such as the Salzburg Festival, the and Artistic Director of the Orchestre staged version at the new Philharmonie Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, with 2 Danza lejana 4. 51 Dance of the Corregidor and the beginning of the 20th, many promotion of Spanish national opera, friendship with both Paul Dukas and enthusiastically received. That year, backwater in Spain, or performing Albéniz. De Falla formulated his views met in Paris. It is subtitled “impresiones piano has a virtuoso role, it is integrated miller’s wife), into a full-length ballet. precise characterization of the persons be more contradictory: against the recently the Tokyo Metropolitan Hallé Orchestra, the Montreal Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, as hall in Paris, with Orchestre de Paris, its 112 permanent musicians, ensures A Distant Dance 11 Danza final (Jota) 6. 01 composers throughout Europe were De Falla was born in 1876 in the but which he also considered to be his Claude Debussy, and his name became de Falla also completed his farcical on the international cultural stage of on music in 1917 in a crystal-clear and sinfónicas”. At the first glance, these within the orchestral ensemble. In the And thus came about El sombrero according to their origin. There is no late-romantic mood of the Interlude, Mari Kodama, Orchestra and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, the NDR Symphony She sees the collaboration with large Rheingau Musikfestival and Bachfest well as maintaining his role as Principal and Marion Cotillard narrating the role subscription concerts in Geneva and NOCHES EN 3 En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba 8. 38 Final Dance primarily devoting themselves to the southern Andalusian town of Cádiz. As first mature work. more prominent within artistic circles. pantomime El corregidor y la molinera, Paris. His main desire was to create a unambiguous manner: “Music is not “symphonic impressions” appear to second movement (Danza lejana, = de tres picos (= the three-cornered longer any trace of Impressionism: here, the sharp rhythms and the crystal-clear Piano Orchestra in Tokyo. A brilliantly well- Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Los symphony orchestras such as the Leipzig. Sophie Harmsen studied at the Guest Conductor of Orchestre de la of Jeanne. Lausanne, the City of Geneva symphony In the Gardens of the Sierra de Córdoba search for a national identity: for a child, he received piano lessons and He was profoundly influenced by the based on Alarcón’s novel El sombrero highly civilized and modern Spanish created and never should be created in be a classical, three-movement piano distant dance), the changing note hat), which received its première in traditional music prevails and evokes a harmonies of the Danza stand out received performance of the complete Angeles Philharmonic and the Berkeley Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the University of Cape Town and as well in Suisse Romande. In Japan, he holds concerts, the annual concert for the LOS JARDINES La vida breve instance, in Finland there was Sibelius; theory of harmony, making his first The next step in his career led de Ballets Russes and the works written de tres picos (= the three-cornered musical idiom, without losing sight of order to be comprehended, but to be concerto; however, after reviewing the motif from the beginning reappears – London in 1919 with sets and costumes “sophisticated simplicity” (Voss). clearly. Born in Osaka, Mari Kodama was Beethoven Sonata cycle in Los Angeles Symphony, among others. Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Radio- Germany under Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens. further titles of Principal Conductor of Yamada was the winner of the 51st UN, as well as opera performances DE ESPAÑA El sombrero de tres picos Life is Short in Hungary, Bartók and Kodály; and attempts at composition at an early Falla, full of hope for a breakthrough by Stravinsky for this splendid and, at hat); and three years later in London it its authenticity. However, he came experienced.” Various Spanish musical structure of the work, the general effect flamenco-like tonality is clearly audible. designed by Pablo Picasso. Although raised in Germany, Switzerland, France, launched Kodama’s United States of Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Besancon International Competition at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Its The Three-cornered Hat 12 Interlude & Dance 6. 37 in Spain, Albéniz and Granados. They age. In 1896, he moved to Madrid to and success, to the European cultural the same time, revolutionary dance was given its world première, under the across various problematic issues on his traditions are to be found in his work, is more that of a symphonic poem. The final movement (En los jardines de the plot revolves around love and De Falla’s award-winning opera La vida The Danza ritual del fuego (= ritual and England. She studied piano with America reputation, and was followed Sophie Harmsen the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, Kazuki Yamada Partner with Sendai Philharmonic and for young conductors. Born in reputation has been built up over the 4 Introducción 1. 29 were examining the melodic national continue his piano studies with José metropolis par excellence: Paris, where ensemble; and thus he did not return same title, by the Ballets Russes. In 1920, artistic path: for instance, how to mask including most especially the influences Hansjuergen Schaefer has pointed out la Sierra de Córdoba, = in the gardens of jealousy, as in El amor brujo, the coarse breve has already been mentioned fire dance) from El amor brujo is one Germaine Mounier and chamber music by acclaimed recital appearances in Soprano and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is Conductor Music Director of Yokohama Sinfonietta. Kanagawa, Japan, in 1979, he is now years thanks to its historic recordings EL SOMBRERO Introduction El amor brujo treasures of their homeland, hunting for Tragó. Three years later, he completed Spanish music was then all the rage. to his homeland until confronted by the de Falla moved to Granada, and in 1939 the authenticity of Spanish traditional of Andalusian music, which focus on that “the musical design (...) is not the Sierra de Cordoba) begins with the peasant humour adds a lively note to briefly. Although he wrote the work of de Falla’s best-known works. In with Geneviève Joy-Dutilleux at the New York, Paris, London, as well as an integral part of her artistic journey. resident in Berlin. As a student, he and its interpretation of 20th-century The Bewitched Love novel and, above all, authentic artistic his studies in the capital, graduating Albéniz was working on his Iberia, drama of the incipient World War I in – at the end of the Spanish Civil War – he music by means of a highly cultural “free inspiration based on the rhythms determined by tonal effects, tints and celebration of a resounding nocturnal the proceedings. De Falla revised the in 1904-1905, it did not receive its this “gitanería” (= gypsy music) from Conservatoire National de Paris, later throughout Japan, Spain and Germany, Having already travelled the world at a Yamada appears with such orchestras Forthcoming debuts include Melbourne formed Yokohama Sinfonietta, where French and Russian repertoire. DE TRES PICOS Part 1 13 Danza ritual del fuego 4. 14 inspiration. In his own rather slender, yet with distinction. The zarzuelas (= Ravel busy composing his Rapsodie August 1914. It would be fair to describe emigrated to Argentina, where he was disguise. Or how to avoid lapsing into of the fandango, the polo and the shades that can conjure up a southern feast, after which the piano takes over original work, adding rousing dancing première until 1913, when it finally took 1915, he planned nothing less than studying with Tatiana Nikolaeva at the and much of the rest of the U.S.A. young age as the daughter of German Sophie Harmsen has worked with as Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonia Symphony and Houston Symphony he remains Music Director. In 2011 he 5 La tarde 5. 23 Ritual Fire Dance valuable oeuvre Manuel de Falla (1876- Spanish operettas), on which he had espagnole – an absolute Spanish music the seven years de Falla spent in Paris to experience serious financial problems artistic trivia due to the concentration malagueña” (Christoforidis). Elements night in the garden or the countryside.” with a fandango. At the end, the music melodies. The plot – reminiscent of place in Nice thanks to the support a “reinterpretation of the flamenco Salzburg Mozarteum and with Alfred The Los Angeles Times pronounced her diplomats, Sophie Harmsen studied at conductors such as Philipp Ahmann, Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, and he recently made his debut in received the Idemitsu Music Prize for The orchestra’s Music and Artistic Afternoon 1946) also devised a national style, with been working since 1900, did not meet renaissance held Paris in its grip. as his “French school”, as it was thanks due to the absence of royalties from on purely folk-music examples, which of the ornately embellished canto jondo Instead, de Falla is highly specific in the subsides into the tranquillity of the Falstaff – provides plenty of opportunity of his Parisian friends. Previously, de in the light of contemporary designs Brendel as a private pupil. performances of the Prokofiev Third the University of Cape Town and with Frieder Bernius, Adàm Fischer, Philippe Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, a European opera house, at Grand young artists in Japan. Director is Jonathan Nott. Its Principal 6 Danza de la molinera (Fandango) 3. 26 Total playing time: 72. 59 strong folkloristic influences: however, with success. At the time, the aesthetic Nevertheless, de Falla was forced to to the fashionable “Hispanisms”, which Europe, finally dying there in 1946. are by nature rather simplistic. Or even can also be found; but rhythmic and structure of his music from the very night. for total confusion, as well as dressing Falla revised the work extensively, the of musical primitivism, a new vision Piano Concerto “commanding and Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens and now lives in Herreweghe, Thomas Hengelbrock, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Helsinki Théâtre de Genève. He is active in Guest Conductor is Japanese maestro Dance of the Miller’s Wife Orchestre de la Suisse Romande one that excluded the characteristics to background on which de Falla drew was struggle along as best he could, giving were perceived in the capital as artfully more problematic, how to come up with melodic structures from dances and beginning (En el Generalife, = at the up in disguises and seduction on the most important changes being the of the Spain of the gitano (= gypsy)” She has established an international electrifying.” Berlin with her family. Manfred Honeck, Marek Janowski, Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, the field of opera, and performs ‘La Kazuki Yamada. 7 Las uvas 3. 58 Conducted by Kazuki Yamada be found on a kitschy-looking postcard. based on the work L’acoustique nouvelle piano lessons and concerts. However, exotic, that he was able to reflect on As de Falla had a highly conscientious, purely ethnic music as a compositional songs from other Spanish regions can Generalife), he precisely reproduces Sergei Diaghilev, the impresario of stage. The music received unequivocal division of the formerly one-act opera (Christoforidis). El amor brujo is a reputation for her musical sensitivity Andrea Marcon, Helmuth Rilling, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Traviata’, ‘Carmen’ and ‘Rusalka’ in The Grapes Mari Kodama, piano (in Nights in the Gardens of Spain) The path to “Spanish music” was not by the French musical theorist Louis the impressionistic influences and his own national musical roots. Now, in indeed scrupulous approach to result. De Falla circumvented these also be encountered in the mix. the presentation of the Andalusian folk the Ballet Russes, was so enthusiastic praise from the critics of the day. They into two separate acts, and a radical distillate of the music of the Sinti and and outstanding virtuosity. In Mari is also a founding artistic director The mezzo-soprano is particularly in Christophe Rousset, Steven Sloane Stockholm Philharmonic, Bergen Japan in coming seasons. He is strongly Under the guidance of its founding Sophie Harmsen, mezzo-soprano (in The Three-cornered Hat) a straight one for de Falla: it led him Lucas, but above all on the intensive impulses that de Falla absorbed in the 1914, his opera La vida breve received its composition, his entire output remained many traps by cutting out anything song with its second-interval steps in about the Noches that he tried to emphasized the techniques with which revision of the orchestration under the Roma tribes in Andalusia. A number of © Orchestre de la Suisse Romande performances throughout Europe, of the Musical Days at Forest Hill, a demand as a Mozart interpreter. 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directors (Paul Kletzki 1967- 1970, Suisse Romande has been broadcast Ein Spanier in Paris – verlief für de Falla allerdings keineswegs Musiktheoretikers Louis Lucas, vor Aber die vor allem impressionistischen künstlich-exotisch wahrgenommenen Da de Falla ein sehr gewissenhafter, kompositorisches Ergebnis eine reine aus Tänzen und Liedern aus anderen vermag“. Vielmehr wird de Falla von Sergei Diaghilev, der Impresario der jene Techniken hervor, mit denen de Dukas’ und Debussys. Zur Verbindung folgten. Erzählt wird die Geschichte des Acknowledgments Wolfgang Sawallisch 1970-1980, Horst on radio around the world, enabling Manuel de Fallas Wege geradlinig, sondern über Umwege, die allem aber durch den intensiven Einflüsse und Impulse, die de Falla in „Hispanismen“ konnte er sich auf seine geradezu skrupulös arbeitender Folklore zu schaffen. De Falla umging spanischen Regionen verarbeitet. Anfang an (Im Generalife) in seiner Ballet Russes, war von den Noches Falla über Lautmalerei und galante der Szenen komponierte de Fallas das jungen Sintimädchens Candela, das Premium Sound Stein 1980-1985, Armin Jordan 1985- millions of listeners to tune in. The ihn nicht nur gedanklich aus Spanien Privatunterricht bei Felipe Pedrell, der der französischen Hauptstadt geradezu eigenen nationalen musikalischen Komponist war, blieb sein Gesamtwerk all diese Fallstricke, indem er seiner musikalischen Ausgestaltung sehr derart begeistert, dass er versuchte, de Stilisierung die verschiedenen Ebenen Interlude, das hier mit dem kräftigen vom Geist ihres verstorbenen Geliebten PRODUCTION TEAM 1997, Fabio Luisi 1997-2002, Pinchas orchestra has developed a privileged zur spanischen Musik herausführen sollten. De Falla war sich als Begründer der nationalspanischen in sich aufsog, wirkten maßgeblich Wurzeln besinnen. Seine 1913 in Nizza relativ klein. Was dem Ruhm zu Musik das allzu Glatte austrieb, ihr, Die Noches en los jardines de konkret, er baut die Vorlage des Falla zu überreden, das Werk für Ballett des Humors zeichnete. Höhepunkt des Danse espagnole verbunden ist. verfolgt wird. Magie und Zauber Executive producer Job Maarse | Recording producer & balance engineer Erdo Groot and Outstanding Steinberg 2002-2005, Marek Janowski partnership with Pentatone, recording dessen bewusst, dass er Heimatstadt Musik gilt. 1904 entstand dann de auf seine weitere Entwicklung als uraufgeführte Oper La vida breve erlebte Lebzeiten und dem Nachruhm bis wo nötig, Ecken und Kanten geradezu España (Nächte in Spaniens Gärten) andalusischen Volksgesanges mit neu zu fassen. Doch de Falla seinerseits Balletts ist die abschließende jota, in Obwohl beide Stücke andalusischen beherrschen die Szenerie und auch die Recording engineer & editor Karel Bruggeman | Liner notes Jörg Peter Urbach Artists 2005-2012, Neeme Järvi, 2012-2015), up to two to three discs per season. Gegen Ende des 19. und zu Beginn und vielleicht auch Heimatland würde Fallas veristische Züge tragende Oper Komponist. „Ohne Paris wäre ich nun 1914 ihre umjubelte spanische heute allerdings keinen Abbruch einarbeitete. Und so wirkt seine Musik entstanden zwischen 1909 und 1916. dessen Sekundschritten im Umfang überzeugte Diaghilev, seine mimische der de Falla Elemente aus mehreren Charakters sind, könnte die Tonalität arabisch-andalusisch gefärbte Musik de English translation Fiona J. Stroker-Gale | Design Joost de Boo | Product the world-famous Orchestre de la des 20. Jahrhunderts widmeten sich verlassen müssen, um sein Ziel zu La vida breve (Ein kurzes Leben), mit in Madrid begraben geblieben, Erstaufführung. Der Durchbruch war tat. De Falla hatte das Ziel stets deutlich brüchiger und mürber als Dieses eigentümlich changierende einer kleinen Terz wie einen canto jondo Farce El corregidor y la molinera in ein spanischen Regionen einsetzte, um die gegensätzlicher kaum sein: Aus der Fallas. management Max Tiel Suisse Romande is an active contributor The OSR’s international tours have led zahlreiche Komponisten in ganz erreichen. Das spanische Idiom in der der er nicht nur einen Wettbewerb zur vergessen und an ein armseliges geschafft. 1916 wurden die Noches vor seinem kompositorischen Auge. die seiner Zeitgenossen Granados Werk für Klavier und Orchester exakt nach – ohne aus einer realen abendfüllendes Ballett zu verwandeln. Personen ihrer Herkunft nach genau spätromantischen Stimmung des to the history of music through them to perform in the most prestigious Europa vor allem einer Thematik - der Musik. Förderung der spanischen Nationaloper Dasein gebunden“, äußerte er sich en los jardines de España begeistert Ganz gleich, ob er sich in Spanien auf oder Albéniz. De Falla formulierte widmete de Falla dem katalanischen Vorlage zu zitieren. Diese melodisch- Es entstand El sombrero de tres picos zu charakterisieren. Keine Spur mehr Interlude heben sich die scharfen This album was recorded at Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland in July 2016. PENTATONE. Today’s music is evolving Together with our talented artists, the discovery or support of leading venues in Europe (Berlin, London, Suche einer nationalen Identität. gewann, sondern das er auch als sein später einmal. Zu Paul Dukas und aufgenommen und in jenem Jahr stellte einem kulturellen Nebenschauplatz sein Verständnis von Musik im Jahr Pianisten Ricardo Viñes, den er in konkrete Sprache entwickelt de Falla (Der Dreispitz), der 1919 in London in von Impressionismus, hier herrscht die Rhythmen und die glasklare Harmonik and forever changing, but classical we take pride in our work, providing contemporary composers. The pieces Vienna, Salzburg, Paris, Budapest and Sibelius tat dies in Finnland, Bartók Der 1876 im südandalusischen Cádiz erstes reifes Werk akzeptierte. Claude Debussy entwickelte er ein de Falla auch die mimische Farce El oder in Paris, auf der zentralen 1917 glasklar und ohne Umschweife: Paris kennengelernt hatte. Untertitelt dann im Gewand spätromantisch- der Ausstattung von Pablo Picasso Volksmusik und evoziert eine „Raffinesse des Danse deutlich ab. music remains true in creating harmony an impeccable means of experiencing by Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, Amsterdam), Asia (Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, und Kodály in Ungarn, Albéniz und geborene de Falla erhielt als Kind enges, freundschaftliches Band und corregidor y la molinera auf Basis von Schaubühne der Kultur, befand. Er „Musik wird nicht gemacht und sie ist es als „impresiones sinfónicas“. impressionistischer Klänge frei und uraufgeführt wurde. Die Handlung der Einfachheit“ (Voss). among the instruments. Classical music classical music. For all their diversity, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Shanghai), as well as in major cities on Granados in Spanien. Sie fahndeten Klavier- und Harmonielehreunterricht Der nächste Karriereschritt führte de in Künstlerkreisen gewann de Fallas Alarcóns Roman El sombrero de tres wollte eine moderne, spanische Musik sollte nie gemacht werden, damit man Diese „symphonischen Impressionen“ variierend weiter. Das Klavier wird zwar dreht sich zwar wie in El amor brujo Die „Danza ritual del fuego“ is as time-honoured as it is timeless. our artists have one thing in common. Frank Martin, Benjamin Britten, Heinz the American continent (Boston, New in den melodischen Bodenschätzen und machte sich früh an die ersten Falla voller Hoffnung auf Durchbruch Name an Bedeutung. Auch die Balletts picos (Der Dreispitz) fertig. Die dann der Hochkultur schaffen, ohne dabei sie versteht, sondern damit man sie wirken auf den ersten Blick wie ein virtuos geführt, integriert sich aber um Liebe und Eifersucht, erfährt aber Von La vida breve war bereits kurz die (Feuertanz) aus El amor brujo zählt zu And so also should the experience be. They all put their heart and soul into Holliger, Peter Eötvös, James MacMillan, York, San Francisco, Washington, São ihrer Heimat nach neuer, vor allem kompositorischen Gehversuche. 1896 und Erfolg in die europäische Russes und Stravinskys Werke für dieses drei Jahre später als Ballett unter dem deren Originalität zu verleugnen. Auf erlebt.“ In seinen Werken finden sich klassisch-dreisätziges Klavierkonzert, weitestgehend in den Orchesterapparat. durch den derb-bäuerlichen Humor Rede. Jener 1904/05 entstandenen den bekanntesten Werken de Fallas. We take listening to classical music the music, drawing on every last drop Pascal Dusapin or Michael Jarrell were Paulo, Buenos Aires and Montevideo). aber nach authentischer künstlerischer ging er nach Madrid, um bei José Tragó Kulturmetropole schlechthin. Nach glanzvolle und zugleich revolutionäre gleichen Titel in London von den Balletts seinem künstlerischen Weg drohten zahlreiche spanische Musiktraditionen, stellen sich aber beim Betrachten der Im zweiten Satz (Ferner Tanz) taucht eine ausgelassene Note. De Falla preisgekrönten Oper de Fallas. Die Er nahm in dieser „gitanería“ aus to a whole new level, using the best of creativity, skill, and determination Sit back and enjoy premiered in Geneva by the OSR. It is Inspiration. Auch Manuel de Falla seine Klavierstudien fortzusetzen. Drei Paris. Wo spanische Musik gerade en Tanz-Ensemble beeinflussten de Russes uraufgeführt wurde. 1920 zog es ihm allerdings Stolpersteine; etwa die darunter insbesondere Einflüsse Satzfaktur eher als symphonisches die Wechselnotenmotivik des Beginns arbeitete das ursprüngliches Werk um allerdings erst 1913 mit Unterstützung dem Jahr 1915 nicht weniger als eine PUBLISHERS technology to produce a high-quality to perfect their contribution. one of its important mission: supporting (1876-1946) entwickelte in seinem Jahre später schloss er das Studium vogue war. Albéniz arbeitete an „Iberia“, Falla tiefgreifend. Erst das Drama de Falla nach Granada. 1939 ging er, mit Authentizität der spanischen Traditionen der andalusischen Musik mit dem Poem dar. Hansjuergen Schaefer wieder auf – flamencoartige Tonalität und fügte zündende Tanzmelodien seiner Pariser Freunde zur Uraufführung „Neuinterpretation des Flamenco im The Three-cornered Hat Chester Music, London | Nights in the Gardens of Spain Editions Max Eschig, Paris recording, in whichever format it may the symphonic creation, and particularly recht schmalen, aber doch wertvollen in der Hauptstadt mit Auszeichnung Ravel komponierte seine „Rapsodie des beginnenden Ersten Weltkriegs dem Ende des spanischen Bürgerkrieges, durch das Gewand der Hochkultur Fokus auf „freie Inspiration durch die hat darauf hingewiesen, dass „die erklingt. Im Schlusssatz (In den Gärten hinzu. Die an „Falstaff“ gemahnenden in Nizza kam. Vorher arbeitete de Lichte zeitgenössischer Entwürfe des La vida breve Editions Max Eschig, Paris | El amor brujo Chester Music, London come, in whichever format it may be Find out more: the Swiss one. Œuvre einen von folkloristischen Zügen ab. Seinen ab 1900 entstandenen espagnole“ - eine regelrechte spanische veranlasste ihn im August 1914, wieder nach Argentinien, wo er nach dem zu verschleiern. Oder auch, durch die Rhythmen des fandango, des polo und musikalische Gestaltung (...) nun nicht der Sierra de Cordoba) wird anfänglich Handlungszüge liefern jede Menge Falla das Werk tiefgreifend um, die musikalischen Primitivismus, eine neue released. www.pentatonemusic.com geprägten Nationalstil. Allerdings Zarzuela-Kompositionen blieb der Erfolg Musikrenaissance hatte Paris erfasst. in seine Heimat zurückzukehren. Die Ausbleiben der Tantiemen aus Europa Konzentration auf rein volksmusikalische der malagueña“ (Christoforidis). Auch durch die Farbwirkungen, Tönungen ein rauschendes, nächtliches Fest Anlass für totale Verwirrung, Verkleidung wichtigsten Änderungen waren die Vision eines Spaniens der gitanos“ PENTATONE TEAM From its very early days and in close ohne eine auch nur halbwegs kitschig verwehrt. Ästhetisch geformt wurde Dennoch musste sich de Falla eher sieben Jahre in Paris könnte man in ernsthafte finanzielle Schwierigkeiten Vorbilder, die per se simpel gestrickt Elemente des verzierten canto jondo und Schattierungen bestimmt (wird), gefeiert, bevor das Klavier einen und Verführung auf der Bühne. Die Aufteilung des Einakters auf zwei (Christoforidis) vor. El amor brujo ist ein Vice President A&R Renaud Loranger | Managing Director Dirk Jan Vink

collaboration with the Radio-Télévision Mari Kodama anmutende Postkarten-Folklore. Der de Falla zu dieser Zeit durch das Werk schlecht als recht mit Klavierunterricht als „französische Schule“ de Fallas geriet, und 1946 starb. sind, ins künstlerisch Triviale abzugleiten. finden sich. Aber gleichfalls werden die eine südliche Nacht im Garten Sophie Harmsen fandango anstimmt. Am Ende kehrt Musik wurde von den zeitgenössischen Szenen sowie eine radikale Neufassung Destillat der Musik andalusischer Sinti Director Product, Marketing & Distribution Simon M. Eder | A&R Kate Rockett Suisse Romande, the Orchestre de la © Vincent Garnier Weg zum „Spanischen in der Musik“ L’acoustique nouvelle des französischen und Konzertieren durchschlagen. bezeichnen, denn erst durch die dort als Oder noch problematischer, als rhythmische und melodische Strukturen und in der Landschaft zu zaubern © Tatjana Dachsel dann wieder nächtliche Ruhe ein. Kritikern ausdrücklich gelobt. Man hob der Orchestration unter Anleitung und Roma. Verschiedene Bearbeitungen Marketing & PR Silvia Pietrosanti | Distribution Veronica Neo

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vermag“. Vielmehr wird de Falla von Sergei Diaghilev, der Impresario der Anfang an (Im Generalife) in seiner Ballet Russes, war von den Noches musikalischen Ausgestaltung sehr derart begeistert, dass er versuchte, de konkret, er baut die Vorlage des Falla zu überreden, das Werk für Ballett andalusischen Volksgesanges mit neu zu fassen. Doch de Falla seinerseits dessen Sekundschritten im Umfang überzeugte Diaghilev, seine mimische einer kleinen Terz wie einen canto jondo Farce El corregidor y la molinera in ein exakt nach – ohne aus einer realen abendfüllendes Ballett zu verwandeln. Vorlage zu zitieren. Diese melodisch- Es entstand El sombrero de tres picos konkrete Sprache entwickelt de Falla (Der Dreispitz), der 1919 in London in

dann im Gewand spätromantisch- der Ausstattung von Pablo Picasso impressionistischer Klänge frei und uraufgeführt wurde. Die Handlung ← ← variierend weiter. Das Klavier wird zwar dreht sich zwar wie in El amor brujo virtuos geführt, integriert sich aber um Liebe und Eifersucht, erfährt aber weitestgehend in den Orchesterapparat. durch den derb-bäuerlichen Humor Im zweiten Satz (Ferner Tanz) taucht eine ausgelassene Note. De Falla die Wechselnotenmotivik des Beginns arbeitete das ursprüngliches Werk um wieder auf – flamencoartige Tonalität und fügte zündende Tanzmelodien erklingt. Im Schlusssatz (In den Gärten hinzu. Die an „Falstaff“ gemahnenden der Sierra de Cordoba) wird anfänglich Handlungszüge liefern jede Menge ein rauschendes, nächtliches Fest Anlass für totale Verwirrung, Verkleidung gefeiert, bevor das Klavier einen und Verführung auf der Bühne. Die

Sophie Harmsen fandango anstimmt. Am Ende kehrt Musik wurde von den zeitgenössischen © Tatjana Dachsel dann wieder nächtliche Ruhe ein. Kritikern ausdrücklich gelobt. Man hob

Mari Kodama Orchestre de la Manuel de Falla (1876 – 1946) Part 2 Kazuki Yamada A Spaniard in Paris – through various detours, forcing him to private lessons he had received from French capital were highly influential acclaimed Spanish première, following relatively small: however, in no way did that was too smooth from his music; De Falla wrote his Noches en los jardines the range of a minor third, like a canto persuade de Falla to rearrange the de Falla portrayed the various levels of guidance of Dukas and Debussy. In revisions were to follow. The story tells USA and Japan she has consistently festival of chamber music presented the Teatro Real Madrid, she celebrated for Early Music Berlin, Anima Eterna Nazionale della RAI Torino and 2012 he conducted a semi-staged Orchestre de la Suisse Piano Suisse Romande © Marco Borggreve 8 Danza de los vecinos (Seguidillas) 3. 22 Manuel de Falla’s path depart from Spain not only in mind – he Felipe Pedrell, who was considered the on his further development as a its first performance the previous this negatively affect his reputation and, if necessary, by incorporating de España (= nights in the gardens jondo – without quoting an existing work for ballet. But de Falla, on the humour by means of onomatopoeia order to connect the scenes, de Falla of the young Sinti girl Candela, who is demonstrated the profound aesthetics together with her husband Kent Nagano great successes as Annio in “La , Capella Augustina, Collegium Tonkünstler-Orchester at the Vienna production of Honegger’s ‘Jeanne Romande Sophie Harmsen Noches en los jardines de España Dance of the Neighbours was aware that he would have to leave founding father of Spain’s national composer. “Without Paris, I would have year in Nice. He had accomplished his either during his lifetime or after his sharp angles and rough edges. And of Spain) between 1909 and 1916. He example. Then he freely develops other hand, convinced Diaghilev to and genteel stylization. The highlight of composed the Interlude, linked here to haunted by the spirit of her deceased of her very personal and unique style. near their home in San Francisco. The clemenza di Tito”. Under the direction of 1704, Concerto Köln, Freiburger Musikverein. d´arc’, with Saito-Kinen Orchestra. The Mezzo-soprano Kazuki Yamada Nights in the Gardens of Spain 9 Danza del molinero (Farruca) 7. 56 to Spanish music his home town, and possibly even his music. In 1904, de Falla wrote his opera been buried in Madrid, forgotten, and breakthrough. In 1916, his work Noches death. De Falla always kept his objective thus, his music appears to be much dedicated this peculiarly iridescent work and varies this melodically specific agree to the transformation of his the ballet is the final jota, in which de the powerful Danza española. Although lover. Magic and witchcraft dominate pianist has played with such orchestras René Jacobs, she was a Dorabella with Barockorchester as well as Pygmalion. ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ project was also a huge Founded in 1918 by Ernest Ansermet, Conductor 1 En el Generalife 9. 58 Dance of the Miller native country, in order to achieve his La vida breve (= life is short), with which chained to a miserable existence,” he en los jardines de España as a composer in view – regardless of more brittle and fragile than that for piano and orchestra to the Catalan language in the guise of late-romantic farcical pantomime, El corregidor y la Falla integrated elements from several both pieces have a clearly Andalusian the scene, as does the Andalusian- In Japan, Kodama is a regular guest as the Berlin Philharmonic, London the Freiburger Barockorchester on tour She regularly performs at festivals He is the incoming Principal Conductor hit in spring 2015 in Côme de Bellescize’s permanent conductor until 1967, the In the Generalife 10 Danza del Corregidor 6. 37 Towards the end of the 19th century goal: a national musical idiom for Spain. he not only won a competition for the remarked later. He developed a close (= nights in the gardens of Spain) was whether he was staying in a cultural of his contemporaries Granados or pianist Ricardo Viñes, whom he had and impressionist music. Although the molinera (= the magistrate and the regions in Spain in order to give a character, the tonality could hardly Arabian character of de Falla’s music. of major Japanese orchestras, most Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, through Europe and Asia. such as the Salzburg Festival, the and Artistic Director of the Orchestre staged version at the new Philharmonie Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, with 2 Danza lejana 4. 51 Dance of the Corregidor and the beginning of the 20th, many promotion of Spanish national opera, friendship with both Paul Dukas and enthusiastically received. That year, backwater in Spain, or performing Albéniz. De Falla formulated his views met in Paris. It is subtitled “impresiones piano has a virtuoso role, it is integrated miller’s wife), into a full-length ballet. precise characterization of the persons be more contradictory: against the recently the Tokyo Metropolitan Hallé Orchestra, the Montreal Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, as hall in Paris, with Orchestre de Paris, its 112 permanent musicians, ensures A Distant Dance 11 Danza final (Jota) 6. 01 composers throughout Europe were De Falla was born in 1876 in the but which he also considered to be his Claude Debussy, and his name became de Falla also completed his farcical on the international cultural stage of on music in 1917 in a crystal-clear and sinfónicas”. At the first glance, these within the orchestral ensemble. In the And thus came about El sombrero according to their origin. There is no late-romantic mood of the Interlude, Mari Kodama, Orchestra and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, the NDR Symphony She sees the collaboration with large Rheingau Musikfestival and Bachfest well as maintaining his role as Principal and Marion Cotillard narrating the role subscription concerts in Geneva and NOCHES EN 3 En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba 8. 38 Final Dance primarily devoting themselves to the southern Andalusian town of Cádiz. As first mature work. more prominent within artistic circles. pantomime El corregidor y la molinera, Paris. His main desire was to create a unambiguous manner: “Music is not “symphonic impressions” appear to second movement (Danza lejana, = de tres picos (= the three-cornered longer any trace of Impressionism: here, the sharp rhythms and the crystal-clear Piano Orchestra in Tokyo. A brilliantly well- Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Los symphony orchestras such as the Leipzig. Sophie Harmsen studied at the Guest Conductor of Orchestre de la of Jeanne. Lausanne, the City of Geneva symphony In the Gardens of the Sierra de Córdoba search for a national identity: for a child, he received piano lessons and He was profoundly influenced by the based on Alarcón’s novel El sombrero highly civilized and modern Spanish created and never should be created in be a classical, three-movement piano distant dance), the changing note hat), which received its première in traditional music prevails and evokes a harmonies of the Danza stand out received performance of the complete Angeles Philharmonic and the Berkeley Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the University of Cape Town and as well in Suisse Romande. In Japan, he holds concerts, the annual concert for the LOS JARDINES La vida breve instance, in Finland there was Sibelius; theory of harmony, making his first The next step in his career led de Ballets Russes and the works written de tres picos (= the three-cornered musical idiom, without losing sight of order to be comprehended, but to be concerto; however, after reviewing the motif from the beginning reappears – London in 1919 with sets and costumes “sophisticated simplicity” (Voss). clearly. Born in Osaka, Mari Kodama was Beethoven Sonata cycle in Los Angeles Symphony, among others. Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Radio- Germany under Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens. further titles of Principal Conductor of Yamada was the winner of the 51st UN, as well as opera performances DE ESPAÑA El sombrero de tres picos Life is Short in Hungary, Bartók and Kodály; and attempts at composition at an early Falla, full of hope for a breakthrough by Stravinsky for this splendid and, at hat); and three years later in London it its authenticity. However, he came experienced.” Various Spanish musical structure of the work, the general effect flamenco-like tonality is clearly audible. designed by Pablo Picasso. Although raised in Germany, Switzerland, France, launched Kodama’s United States of Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Besancon International Competition at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Its The Three-cornered Hat 12 Interlude & Dance 6. 37 in Spain, Albéniz and Granados. They age. In 1896, he moved to Madrid to and success, to the European cultural the same time, revolutionary dance was given its world première, under the across various problematic issues on his traditions are to be found in his work, is more that of a symphonic poem. The final movement (En los jardines de the plot revolves around love and De Falla’s award-winning opera La vida The Danza ritual del fuego (= ritual and England. She studied piano with America reputation, and was followed Sophie Harmsen the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, Kazuki Yamada Partner with Sendai Philharmonic and for young conductors. Born in reputation has been built up over the 4 Introducción 1. 29 were examining the melodic national continue his piano studies with José metropolis par excellence: Paris, where ensemble; and thus he did not return same title, by the Ballets Russes. In 1920, artistic path: for instance, how to mask including most especially the influences Hansjuergen Schaefer has pointed out la Sierra de Córdoba, = in the gardens of jealousy, as in El amor brujo, the coarse breve has already been mentioned fire dance) from El amor brujo is one Germaine Mounier and chamber music by acclaimed recital appearances in Soprano and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is Conductor Music Director of Yokohama Sinfonietta. Kanagawa, Japan, in 1979, he is now years thanks to its historic recordings EL SOMBRERO Introduction El amor brujo treasures of their homeland, hunting for Tragó. Three years later, he completed Spanish music was then all the rage. to his homeland until confronted by the de Falla moved to Granada, and in 1939 the authenticity of Spanish traditional of Andalusian music, which focus on that “the musical design (...) is not the Sierra de Cordoba) begins with the peasant humour adds a lively note to briefly. Although he wrote the work of de Falla’s best-known works. In with Geneviève Joy-Dutilleux at the New York, Paris, London, as well as an integral part of her artistic journey. resident in Berlin. As a student, he and its interpretation of 20th-century The Bewitched Love novel and, above all, authentic artistic his studies in the capital, graduating Albéniz was working on his Iberia, drama of the incipient World War I in – at the end of the Spanish Civil War – he music by means of a highly cultural “free inspiration based on the rhythms determined by tonal effects, tints and celebration of a resounding nocturnal the proceedings. De Falla revised the in 1904-1905, it did not receive its this “gitanería” (= gypsy music) from Conservatoire National de Paris, later throughout Japan, Spain and Germany, Having already travelled the world at a Yamada appears with such orchestras Forthcoming debuts include Melbourne formed Yokohama Sinfonietta, where French and Russian repertoire. DE TRES PICOS Part 1 13 Danza ritual del fuego 4. 14 inspiration. In his own rather slender, yet with distinction. The zarzuelas (= Ravel busy composing his Rapsodie August 1914. It would be fair to describe emigrated to Argentina, where he was disguise. Or how to avoid lapsing into of the fandango, the polo and the shades that can conjure up a southern feast, after which the piano takes over original work, adding rousing dancing première until 1913, when it finally took 1915, he planned nothing less than studying with Tatiana Nikolaeva at the and much of the rest of the U.S.A. young age as the daughter of German Sophie Harmsen has worked with as Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonia Symphony and Houston Symphony he remains Music Director. In 2011 he 5 La tarde 5. 23 Ritual Fire Dance valuable oeuvre Manuel de Falla (1876- Spanish operettas), on which he had espagnole – an absolute Spanish music the seven years de Falla spent in Paris to experience serious financial problems artistic trivia due to the concentration malagueña” (Christoforidis). Elements night in the garden or the countryside.” with a fandango. At the end, the music melodies. The plot – reminiscent of place in Nice thanks to the support a “reinterpretation of the flamenco Salzburg Mozarteum and with Alfred The Los Angeles Times pronounced her diplomats, Sophie Harmsen studied at conductors such as Philipp Ahmann, Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, and he recently made his debut in received the Idemitsu Music Prize for The orchestra’s Music and Artistic Afternoon 1946) also devised a national style, with been working since 1900, did not meet renaissance held Paris in its grip. as his “French school”, as it was thanks due to the absence of royalties from on purely folk-music examples, which of the ornately embellished canto jondo Instead, de Falla is highly specific in the subsides into the tranquillity of the Falstaff – provides plenty of opportunity of his Parisian friends. Previously, de in the light of contemporary designs Brendel as a private pupil. performances of the Prokofiev Third the University of Cape Town and with Frieder Bernius, Adàm Fischer, Philippe Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, a European opera house, at Grand young artists in Japan. Director is Jonathan Nott. Its Principal 6 Danza de la molinera (Fandango) 3. 26 Total playing time: 72. 59 strong folkloristic influences: however, with success. At the time, the aesthetic Nevertheless, de Falla was forced to to the fashionable “Hispanisms”, which Europe, finally dying there in 1946. are by nature rather simplistic. Or even can also be found; but rhythmic and structure of his music from the very night. for total confusion, as well as dressing Falla revised the work extensively, the of musical primitivism, a new vision Piano Concerto “commanding and Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens and now lives in Herreweghe, Thomas Hengelbrock, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Helsinki Théâtre de Genève. He is active in Guest Conductor is Japanese maestro Dance of the Miller’s Wife Orchestre de la Suisse Romande one that excluded the characteristics to background on which de Falla drew was struggle along as best he could, giving were perceived in the capital as artfully more problematic, how to come up with melodic structures from dances and beginning (En el Generalife, = at the up in disguises and seduction on the most important changes being the of the Spain of the gitano (= gypsy)” She has established an international electrifying.” Berlin with her family. Manfred Honeck, Marek Janowski, Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, the field of opera, and performs ‘La Kazuki Yamada. 7 Las uvas 3. 58 Conducted by Kazuki Yamada be found on a kitschy-looking postcard. based on the work L’acoustique nouvelle piano lessons and concerts. However, exotic, that he was able to reflect on As de Falla had a highly conscientious, purely ethnic music as a compositional songs from other Spanish regions can Generalife), he precisely reproduces Sergei Diaghilev, the impresario of stage. The music received unequivocal division of the formerly one-act opera (Christoforidis). El amor brujo is a reputation for her musical sensitivity Andrea Marcon, Helmuth Rilling, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Traviata’, ‘Carmen’ and ‘Rusalka’ in The Grapes Mari Kodama, piano (in Nights in the Gardens of Spain) The path to “Spanish music” was not by the French musical theorist Louis the impressionistic influences and his own national musical roots. Now, in indeed scrupulous approach to result. De Falla circumvented these also be encountered in the mix. the presentation of the Andalusian folk the Ballet Russes, was so enthusiastic praise from the critics of the day. They into two separate acts, and a radical distillate of the music of the Sinti and and outstanding virtuosity. In Mari is also a founding artistic director The mezzo-soprano is particularly in Christophe Rousset, Steven Sloane Stockholm Philharmonic, Bergen Japan in coming seasons. He is strongly Under the guidance of its founding Sophie Harmsen, mezzo-soprano (in The Three-cornered Hat) a straight one for de Falla: it led him Lucas, but above all on the intensive impulses that de Falla absorbed in the 1914, his opera La vida breve received its composition, his entire output remained many traps by cutting out anything song with its second-interval steps in about the Noches that he tried to emphasized the techniques with which revision of the orchestration under the Roma tribes in Andalusia. A number of © Orchestre de la Suisse Romande performances throughout Europe, of the Musical Days at Forest Hill, a demand as a Mozart interpreter. 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directors (Paul Kletzki 1967- 1970, Suisse Romande has been broadcast Ein Spanier in Paris – verlief für de Falla allerdings keineswegs Musiktheoretikers Louis Lucas, vor Aber die vor allem impressionistischen künstlich-exotisch wahrgenommenen Da de Falla ein sehr gewissenhafter, kompositorisches Ergebnis eine reine aus Tänzen und Liedern aus anderen vermag“. Vielmehr wird de Falla von Sergei Diaghilev, der Impresario der jene Techniken hervor, mit denen de Dukas’ und Debussys. Zur Verbindung folgten. Erzählt wird die Geschichte des Acknowledgments Wolfgang Sawallisch 1970-1980, Horst on radio around the world, enabling Manuel de Fallas Wege geradlinig, sondern über Umwege, die allem aber durch den intensiven Einflüsse und Impulse, die de Falla in „Hispanismen“ konnte er sich auf seine geradezu skrupulös arbeitender Folklore zu schaffen. De Falla umging spanischen Regionen verarbeitet. Anfang an (Im Generalife) in seiner Ballet Russes, war von den Noches Falla über Lautmalerei und galante der Szenen komponierte de Fallas das jungen Sintimädchens Candela, das Premium Sound Stein 1980-1985, Armin Jordan 1985- millions of listeners to tune in. The ihn nicht nur gedanklich aus Spanien Privatunterricht bei Felipe Pedrell, der der französischen Hauptstadt geradezu eigenen nationalen musikalischen Komponist war, blieb sein Gesamtwerk all diese Fallstricke, indem er seiner musikalischen Ausgestaltung sehr derart begeistert, dass er versuchte, de Stilisierung die verschiedenen Ebenen Interlude, das hier mit dem kräftigen vom Geist ihres verstorbenen Geliebten PRODUCTION TEAM 1997, Fabio Luisi 1997-2002, Pinchas orchestra has developed a privileged zur spanischen Musik herausführen sollten. De Falla war sich als Begründer der nationalspanischen in sich aufsog, wirkten maßgeblich Wurzeln besinnen. Seine 1913 in Nizza relativ klein. Was dem Ruhm zu Musik das allzu Glatte austrieb, ihr, Die Noches en los jardines de konkret, er baut die Vorlage des Falla zu überreden, das Werk für Ballett des Humors zeichnete. Höhepunkt des Danse espagnole verbunden ist. verfolgt wird. Magie und Zauber Executive producer Job Maarse | Recording producer & balance engineer Erdo Groot and Outstanding Steinberg 2002-2005, Marek Janowski partnership with Pentatone, recording dessen bewusst, dass er Heimatstadt Musik gilt. 1904 entstand dann de auf seine weitere Entwicklung als uraufgeführte Oper La vida breve erlebte Lebzeiten und dem Nachruhm bis wo nötig, Ecken und Kanten geradezu España (Nächte in Spaniens Gärten) andalusischen Volksgesanges mit neu zu fassen. Doch de Falla seinerseits Balletts ist die abschließende jota, in Obwohl beide Stücke andalusischen beherrschen die Szenerie und auch die Recording engineer & editor Karel Bruggeman | Liner notes Jörg Peter Urbach Artists 2005-2012, Neeme Järvi, 2012-2015), up to two to three discs per season. Gegen Ende des 19. und zu Beginn und vielleicht auch Heimatland würde Fallas veristische Züge tragende Oper Komponist. „Ohne Paris wäre ich nun 1914 ihre umjubelte spanische heute allerdings keinen Abbruch einarbeitete. Und so wirkt seine Musik entstanden zwischen 1909 und 1916. dessen Sekundschritten im Umfang überzeugte Diaghilev, seine mimische der de Falla Elemente aus mehreren Charakters sind, könnte die Tonalität arabisch-andalusisch gefärbte Musik de English translation Fiona J. Stroker-Gale | Design Joost de Boo | Product the world-famous Orchestre de la des 20. Jahrhunderts widmeten sich verlassen müssen, um sein Ziel zu La vida breve (Ein kurzes Leben), mit in Madrid begraben geblieben, Erstaufführung. Der Durchbruch war tat. De Falla hatte das Ziel stets deutlich brüchiger und mürber als Dieses eigentümlich changierende einer kleinen Terz wie einen canto jondo Farce El corregidor y la molinera in ein spanischen Regionen einsetzte, um die gegensätzlicher kaum sein: Aus der Fallas. management Max Tiel Suisse Romande is an active contributor The OSR’s international tours have led zahlreiche Komponisten in ganz erreichen. Das spanische Idiom in der der er nicht nur einen Wettbewerb zur vergessen und an ein armseliges geschafft. 1916 wurden die Noches vor seinem kompositorischen Auge. die seiner Zeitgenossen Granados Werk für Klavier und Orchester exakt nach – ohne aus einer realen abendfüllendes Ballett zu verwandeln. Personen ihrer Herkunft nach genau spätromantischen Stimmung des to the history of music through them to perform in the most prestigious Europa vor allem einer Thematik - der Musik. Förderung der spanischen Nationaloper Dasein gebunden“, äußerte er sich en los jardines de España begeistert Ganz gleich, ob er sich in Spanien auf oder Albéniz. De Falla formulierte widmete de Falla dem katalanischen Vorlage zu zitieren. Diese melodisch- Es entstand El sombrero de tres picos zu charakterisieren. Keine Spur mehr Interlude heben sich die scharfen This album was recorded at Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland in July 2016. PENTATONE. Today’s music is evolving Together with our talented artists, the discovery or support of leading venues in Europe (Berlin, London, Suche einer nationalen Identität. gewann, sondern das er auch als sein später einmal. Zu Paul Dukas und aufgenommen und in jenem Jahr stellte einem kulturellen Nebenschauplatz sein Verständnis von Musik im Jahr Pianisten Ricardo Viñes, den er in konkrete Sprache entwickelt de Falla (Der Dreispitz), der 1919 in London in von Impressionismus, hier herrscht die Rhythmen und die glasklare Harmonik and forever changing, but classical we take pride in our work, providing contemporary composers. The pieces Vienna, Salzburg, Paris, Budapest and Sibelius tat dies in Finnland, Bartók Der 1876 im südandalusischen Cádiz erstes reifes Werk akzeptierte. Claude Debussy entwickelte er ein de Falla auch die mimische Farce El oder in Paris, auf der zentralen 1917 glasklar und ohne Umschweife: Paris kennengelernt hatte. Untertitelt dann im Gewand spätromantisch- der Ausstattung von Pablo Picasso Volksmusik und evoziert eine „Raffinesse des Danse deutlich ab. music remains true in creating harmony an impeccable means of experiencing by Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, Amsterdam), Asia (Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, und Kodály in Ungarn, Albéniz und geborene de Falla erhielt als Kind enges, freundschaftliches Band und corregidor y la molinera auf Basis von Schaubühne der Kultur, befand. Er „Musik wird nicht gemacht und sie ist es als „impresiones sinfónicas“. impressionistischer Klänge frei und uraufgeführt wurde. Die Handlung der Einfachheit“ (Voss). among the instruments. Classical music classical music. For all their diversity, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Shanghai), as well as in major cities on Granados in Spanien. Sie fahndeten Klavier- und Harmonielehreunterricht Der nächste Karriereschritt führte de in Künstlerkreisen gewann de Fallas Alarcóns Roman El sombrero de tres wollte eine moderne, spanische Musik sollte nie gemacht werden, damit man Diese „symphonischen Impressionen“ variierend weiter. Das Klavier wird zwar dreht sich zwar wie in El amor brujo Die „Danza ritual del fuego“ is as time-honoured as it is timeless. our artists have one thing in common. Frank Martin, Benjamin Britten, Heinz the American continent (Boston, New in den melodischen Bodenschätzen und machte sich früh an die ersten Falla voller Hoffnung auf Durchbruch Name an Bedeutung. Auch die Balletts picos (Der Dreispitz) fertig. Die dann der Hochkultur schaffen, ohne dabei sie versteht, sondern damit man sie wirken auf den ersten Blick wie ein virtuos geführt, integriert sich aber um Liebe und Eifersucht, erfährt aber Von La vida breve war bereits kurz die (Feuertanz) aus El amor brujo zählt zu And so also should the experience be. They all put their heart and soul into Holliger, Peter Eötvös, James MacMillan, York, San Francisco, Washington, São ihrer Heimat nach neuer, vor allem kompositorischen Gehversuche. 1896 und Erfolg in die europäische Russes und Stravinskys Werke für dieses drei Jahre später als Ballett unter dem deren Originalität zu verleugnen. Auf erlebt.“ In seinen Werken finden sich klassisch-dreisätziges Klavierkonzert, weitestgehend in den Orchesterapparat. durch den derb-bäuerlichen Humor Rede. Jener 1904/05 entstandenen den bekanntesten Werken de Fallas. We take listening to classical music the music, drawing on every last drop Pascal Dusapin or Michael Jarrell were Paulo, Buenos Aires and Montevideo). aber nach authentischer künstlerischer ging er nach Madrid, um bei José Tragó Kulturmetropole schlechthin. Nach glanzvolle und zugleich revolutionäre gleichen Titel in London von den Balletts seinem künstlerischen Weg drohten zahlreiche spanische Musiktraditionen, stellen sich aber beim Betrachten der Im zweiten Satz (Ferner Tanz) taucht eine ausgelassene Note. De Falla preisgekrönten Oper de Fallas. Die Er nahm in dieser „gitanería“ aus to a whole new level, using the best of creativity, skill, and determination Sit back and enjoy premiered in Geneva by the OSR. It is Inspiration. Auch Manuel de Falla seine Klavierstudien fortzusetzen. Drei Paris. Wo spanische Musik gerade en Tanz-Ensemble beeinflussten de Russes uraufgeführt wurde. 1920 zog es ihm allerdings Stolpersteine; etwa die darunter insbesondere Einflüsse Satzfaktur eher als symphonisches die Wechselnotenmotivik des Beginns arbeitete das ursprüngliches Werk um allerdings erst 1913 mit Unterstützung dem Jahr 1915 nicht weniger als eine PUBLISHERS technology to produce a high-quality to perfect their contribution. one of its important mission: supporting (1876-1946) entwickelte in seinem Jahre später schloss er das Studium vogue war. Albéniz arbeitete an „Iberia“, Falla tiefgreifend. Erst das Drama de Falla nach Granada. 1939 ging er, mit Authentizität der spanischen Traditionen der andalusischen Musik mit dem Poem dar. Hansjuergen Schaefer wieder auf – flamencoartige Tonalität und fügte zündende Tanzmelodien seiner Pariser Freunde zur Uraufführung „Neuinterpretation des Flamenco im The Three-cornered Hat Chester Music, London | Nights in the Gardens of Spain Editions Max Eschig, Paris recording, in whichever format it may the symphonic creation, and particularly recht schmalen, aber doch wertvollen in der Hauptstadt mit Auszeichnung Ravel komponierte seine „Rapsodie des beginnenden Ersten Weltkriegs dem Ende des spanischen Bürgerkrieges, durch das Gewand der Hochkultur Fokus auf „freie Inspiration durch die hat darauf hingewiesen, dass „die erklingt. Im Schlusssatz (In den Gärten hinzu. Die an „Falstaff“ gemahnenden in Nizza kam. Vorher arbeitete de Lichte zeitgenössischer Entwürfe des La vida breve Editions Max Eschig, Paris | El amor brujo Chester Music, London come, in whichever format it may be Find out more: the Swiss one. Œuvre einen von folkloristischen Zügen ab. Seinen ab 1900 entstandenen espagnole“ - eine regelrechte spanische veranlasste ihn im August 1914, wieder nach Argentinien, wo er nach dem zu verschleiern. Oder auch, durch die Rhythmen des fandango, des polo und musikalische Gestaltung (...) nun nicht der Sierra de Cordoba) wird anfänglich Handlungszüge liefern jede Menge Falla das Werk tiefgreifend um, die musikalischen Primitivismus, eine neue released. www.pentatonemusic.com geprägten Nationalstil. Allerdings Zarzuela-Kompositionen blieb der Erfolg Musikrenaissance hatte Paris erfasst. in seine Heimat zurückzukehren. Die Ausbleiben der Tantiemen aus Europa Konzentration auf rein volksmusikalische der malagueña“ (Christoforidis). Auch durch die Farbwirkungen, Tönungen ein rauschendes, nächtliches Fest Anlass für totale Verwirrung, Verkleidung wichtigsten Änderungen waren die Vision eines Spaniens der gitanos“ PENTATONE TEAM From its very early days and in close ohne eine auch nur halbwegs kitschig verwehrt. Ästhetisch geformt wurde Dennoch musste sich de Falla eher sieben Jahre in Paris könnte man in ernsthafte finanzielle Schwierigkeiten Vorbilder, die per se simpel gestrickt Elemente des verzierten canto jondo und Schattierungen bestimmt (wird), gefeiert, bevor das Klavier einen und Verführung auf der Bühne. Die Aufteilung des Einakters auf zwei (Christoforidis) vor. El amor brujo ist ein Vice President A&R Renaud Loranger | Managing Director Dirk Jan Vink

collaboration with the Radio-Télévision Mari Kodama anmutende Postkarten-Folklore. Der de Falla zu dieser Zeit durch das Werk schlecht als recht mit Klavierunterricht als „französische Schule“ de Fallas geriet, und 1946 starb. sind, ins künstlerisch Triviale abzugleiten. finden sich. Aber gleichfalls werden die eine südliche Nacht im Garten Sophie Harmsen fandango anstimmt. Am Ende kehrt Musik wurde von den zeitgenössischen Szenen sowie eine radikale Neufassung Destillat der Musik andalusischer Sinti Director Product, Marketing & Distribution Simon M. Eder | A&R Kate Rockett Suisse Romande, the Orchestre de la © Vincent Garnier Weg zum „Spanischen in der Musik“ L’acoustique nouvelle des französischen und Konzertieren durchschlagen. bezeichnen, denn erst durch die dort als Oder noch problematischer, als rhythmische und melodische Strukturen und in der Landschaft zu zaubern © Tatjana Dachsel dann wieder nächtliche Ruhe ein. Kritikern ausdrücklich gelobt. Man hob der Orchestration unter Anleitung und Roma. Verschiedene Bearbeitungen Marketing & PR Silvia Pietrosanti | Distribution Veronica Neo

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jene Techniken hervor, mit denen de Dukas’ und Debussys. Zur Verbindung folgten. Erzählt wird die Geschichte des Falla über Lautmalerei und galante der Szenen komponierte de Fallas das jungen Sintimädchens Candela, das Stilisierung die verschiedenen Ebenen Interlude, das hier mit dem kräftigen vom Geist ihres verstorbenen Geliebten des Humors zeichnete. Höhepunkt des Danse espagnole verbunden ist. verfolgt wird. Magie und Zauber Balletts ist die abschließende jota, in Obwohl beide Stücke andalusischen beherrschen die Szenerie und auch die der de Falla Elemente aus mehreren Charakters sind, könnte die Tonalität arabisch-andalusisch gefärbte Musik de spanischen Regionen einsetzte, um die gegensätzlicher kaum sein: Aus der Fallas. Personen ihrer Herkunft nach genau spätromantischen Stimmung des zu charakterisieren. Keine Spur mehr Interlude heben sich die scharfen von Impressionismus, hier herrscht die Rhythmen und die glasklare Harmonik

Volksmusik und evoziert eine „Raffinesse des Danse deutlich ab. der Einfachheit“ (Voss). ← ← Die „Danza ritual del fuego“ Von La vida breve war bereits kurz die (Feuertanz) aus El amor brujo zählt zu Rede. Jener 1904/05 entstandenen den bekanntesten Werken de Fallas. preisgekrönten Oper de Fallas. Die Er nahm in dieser „gitanería“ aus allerdings erst 1913 mit Unterstützung dem Jahr 1915 nicht weniger als eine seiner Pariser Freunde zur Uraufführung „Neuinterpretation des Flamenco im in Nizza kam. Vorher arbeitete de Lichte zeitgenössischer Entwürfe des Falla das Werk tiefgreifend um, die musikalischen Primitivismus, eine neue wichtigsten Änderungen waren die Vision eines Spaniens der gitanos“ Aufteilung des Einakters auf zwei (Christoforidis) vor. El amor brujo ist ein Szenen sowie eine radikale Neufassung Destillat der Musik andalusischer Sinti der Orchestration unter Anleitung und Roma. Verschiedene Bearbeitungen

Mari Kodama Orchestre de la Manuel de Falla (1876 – 1946) Part 2 Kazuki Yamada A Spaniard in Paris – through various detours, forcing him to private lessons he had received from French capital were highly influential acclaimed Spanish première, following relatively small: however, in no way did that was too smooth from his music; De Falla wrote his Noches en los jardines the range of a minor third, like a canto persuade de Falla to rearrange the de Falla portrayed the various levels of guidance of Dukas and Debussy. In revisions were to follow. The story tells USA and Japan she has consistently festival of chamber music presented the Teatro Real Madrid, she celebrated for Early Music Berlin, Anima Eterna Nazionale della RAI Torino and 2012 he conducted a semi-staged Orchestre de la Suisse Piano Suisse Romande © Marco Borggreve 8 Danza de los vecinos (Seguidillas) 3. 22 Manuel de Falla’s path depart from Spain not only in mind – he Felipe Pedrell, who was considered the on his further development as a its first performance the previous this negatively affect his reputation and, if necessary, by incorporating de España (= nights in the gardens jondo – without quoting an existing work for ballet. But de Falla, on the humour by means of onomatopoeia order to connect the scenes, de Falla of the young Sinti girl Candela, who is demonstrated the profound aesthetics together with her husband Kent Nagano great successes as Annio in “La , Capella Augustina, Collegium Tonkünstler-Orchester at the Vienna production of Honegger’s ‘Jeanne Romande Sophie Harmsen Noches en los jardines de España Dance of the Neighbours was aware that he would have to leave founding father of Spain’s national composer. “Without Paris, I would have year in Nice. He had accomplished his either during his lifetime or after his sharp angles and rough edges. And of Spain) between 1909 and 1916. He example. Then he freely develops other hand, convinced Diaghilev to and genteel stylization. The highlight of composed the Interlude, linked here to haunted by the spirit of her deceased of her very personal and unique style. near their home in San Francisco. The clemenza di Tito”. Under the direction of 1704, Concerto Köln, Freiburger Musikverein. d´arc’, with Saito-Kinen Orchestra. The Mezzo-soprano Kazuki Yamada Nights in the Gardens of Spain 9 Danza del molinero (Farruca) 7. 56 to Spanish music his home town, and possibly even his music. In 1904, de Falla wrote his opera been buried in Madrid, forgotten, and breakthrough. In 1916, his work Noches death. De Falla always kept his objective thus, his music appears to be much dedicated this peculiarly iridescent work and varies this melodically specific agree to the transformation of his the ballet is the final jota, in which de the powerful Danza española. Although lover. Magic and witchcraft dominate pianist has played with such orchestras René Jacobs, she was a Dorabella with Barockorchester as well as Pygmalion. ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ project was also a huge Founded in 1918 by Ernest Ansermet, Conductor 1 En el Generalife 9. 58 Dance of the Miller native country, in order to achieve his La vida breve (= life is short), with which chained to a miserable existence,” he en los jardines de España as a composer in view – regardless of more brittle and fragile than that for piano and orchestra to the Catalan language in the guise of late-romantic farcical pantomime, El corregidor y la Falla integrated elements from several both pieces have a clearly Andalusian the scene, as does the Andalusian- In Japan, Kodama is a regular guest as the Berlin Philharmonic, London the Freiburger Barockorchester on tour She regularly performs at festivals He is the incoming Principal Conductor hit in spring 2015 in Côme de Bellescize’s permanent conductor until 1967, the In the Generalife 10 Danza del Corregidor 6. 37 Towards the end of the 19th century goal: a national musical idiom for Spain. he not only won a competition for the remarked later. He developed a close (= nights in the gardens of Spain) was whether he was staying in a cultural of his contemporaries Granados or pianist Ricardo Viñes, whom he had and impressionist music. Although the molinera (= the magistrate and the regions in Spain in order to give a character, the tonality could hardly Arabian character of de Falla’s music. of major Japanese orchestras, most Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, through Europe and Asia. such as the Salzburg Festival, the and Artistic Director of the Orchestre staged version at the new Philharmonie Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, with 2 Danza lejana 4. 51 Dance of the Corregidor and the beginning of the 20th, many promotion of Spanish national opera, friendship with both Paul Dukas and enthusiastically received. That year, backwater in Spain, or performing Albéniz. De Falla formulated his views met in Paris. It is subtitled “impresiones piano has a virtuoso role, it is integrated miller’s wife), into a full-length ballet. precise characterization of the persons be more contradictory: against the recently the Tokyo Metropolitan Hallé Orchestra, the Montreal Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, as hall in Paris, with Orchestre de Paris, its 112 permanent musicians, ensures A Distant Dance 11 Danza final (Jota) 6. 01 composers throughout Europe were De Falla was born in 1876 in the but which he also considered to be his Claude Debussy, and his name became de Falla also completed his farcical on the international cultural stage of on music in 1917 in a crystal-clear and sinfónicas”. At the first glance, these within the orchestral ensemble. In the And thus came about El sombrero according to their origin. There is no late-romantic mood of the Interlude, Mari Kodama, Orchestra and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, the NDR Symphony She sees the collaboration with large Rheingau Musikfestival and Bachfest well as maintaining his role as Principal and Marion Cotillard narrating the role subscription concerts in Geneva and NOCHES EN 3 En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba 8. 38 Final Dance primarily devoting themselves to the southern Andalusian town of Cádiz. As first mature work. more prominent within artistic circles. pantomime El corregidor y la molinera, Paris. His main desire was to create a unambiguous manner: “Music is not “symphonic impressions” appear to second movement (Danza lejana, = de tres picos (= the three-cornered longer any trace of Impressionism: here, the sharp rhythms and the crystal-clear Piano Orchestra in Tokyo. A brilliantly well- Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Los symphony orchestras such as the Leipzig. Sophie Harmsen studied at the Guest Conductor of Orchestre de la of Jeanne. Lausanne, the City of Geneva symphony In the Gardens of the Sierra de Córdoba search for a national identity: for a child, he received piano lessons and He was profoundly influenced by the based on Alarcón’s novel El sombrero highly civilized and modern Spanish created and never should be created in be a classical, three-movement piano distant dance), the changing note hat), which received its première in traditional music prevails and evokes a harmonies of the Danza stand out received performance of the complete Angeles Philharmonic and the Berkeley Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the University of Cape Town and as well in Suisse Romande. In Japan, he holds concerts, the annual concert for the LOS JARDINES La vida breve instance, in Finland there was Sibelius; theory of harmony, making his first The next step in his career led de Ballets Russes and the works written de tres picos (= the three-cornered musical idiom, without losing sight of order to be comprehended, but to be concerto; however, after reviewing the motif from the beginning reappears – London in 1919 with sets and costumes “sophisticated simplicity” (Voss). clearly. Born in Osaka, Mari Kodama was Beethoven Sonata cycle in Los Angeles Symphony, among others. Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Radio- Germany under Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens. further titles of Principal Conductor of Yamada was the winner of the 51st UN, as well as opera performances DE ESPAÑA El sombrero de tres picos Life is Short in Hungary, Bartók and Kodály; and attempts at composition at an early Falla, full of hope for a breakthrough by Stravinsky for this splendid and, at hat); and three years later in London it its authenticity. However, he came experienced.” Various Spanish musical structure of the work, the general effect flamenco-like tonality is clearly audible. designed by Pablo Picasso. Although raised in Germany, Switzerland, France, launched Kodama’s United States of Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Besancon International Competition at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Its The Three-cornered Hat 12 Interlude & Dance 6. 37 in Spain, Albéniz and Granados. They age. In 1896, he moved to Madrid to and success, to the European cultural the same time, revolutionary dance was given its world première, under the across various problematic issues on his traditions are to be found in his work, is more that of a symphonic poem. The final movement (En los jardines de the plot revolves around love and De Falla’s award-winning opera La vida The Danza ritual del fuego (= ritual and England. She studied piano with America reputation, and was followed Sophie Harmsen the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, Kazuki Yamada Partner with Sendai Philharmonic and for young conductors. Born in reputation has been built up over the 4 Introducción 1. 29 were examining the melodic national continue his piano studies with José metropolis par excellence: Paris, where ensemble; and thus he did not return same title, by the Ballets Russes. In 1920, artistic path: for instance, how to mask including most especially the influences Hansjuergen Schaefer has pointed out la Sierra de Córdoba, = in the gardens of jealousy, as in El amor brujo, the coarse breve has already been mentioned fire dance) from El amor brujo is one Germaine Mounier and chamber music by acclaimed recital appearances in Soprano and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is Conductor Music Director of Yokohama Sinfonietta. Kanagawa, Japan, in 1979, he is now years thanks to its historic recordings EL SOMBRERO Introduction El amor brujo treasures of their homeland, hunting for Tragó. Three years later, he completed Spanish music was then all the rage. to his homeland until confronted by the de Falla moved to Granada, and in 1939 the authenticity of Spanish traditional of Andalusian music, which focus on that “the musical design (...) is not the Sierra de Cordoba) begins with the peasant humour adds a lively note to briefly. Although he wrote the work of de Falla’s best-known works. In with Geneviève Joy-Dutilleux at the New York, Paris, London, as well as an integral part of her artistic journey. resident in Berlin. As a student, he and its interpretation of 20th-century The Bewitched Love novel and, above all, authentic artistic his studies in the capital, graduating Albéniz was working on his Iberia, drama of the incipient World War I in – at the end of the Spanish Civil War – he music by means of a highly cultural “free inspiration based on the rhythms determined by tonal effects, tints and celebration of a resounding nocturnal the proceedings. De Falla revised the in 1904-1905, it did not receive its this “gitanería” (= gypsy music) from Conservatoire National de Paris, later throughout Japan, Spain and Germany, Having already travelled the world at a Yamada appears with such orchestras Forthcoming debuts include Melbourne formed Yokohama Sinfonietta, where French and Russian repertoire. DE TRES PICOS Part 1 13 Danza ritual del fuego 4. 14 inspiration. In his own rather slender, yet with distinction. The zarzuelas (= Ravel busy composing his Rapsodie August 1914. It would be fair to describe emigrated to Argentina, where he was disguise. Or how to avoid lapsing into of the fandango, the polo and the shades that can conjure up a southern feast, after which the piano takes over original work, adding rousing dancing première until 1913, when it finally took 1915, he planned nothing less than studying with Tatiana Nikolaeva at the and much of the rest of the U.S.A. young age as the daughter of German Sophie Harmsen has worked with as Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonia Symphony and Houston Symphony he remains Music Director. In 2011 he 5 La tarde 5. 23 Ritual Fire Dance valuable oeuvre Manuel de Falla (1876- Spanish operettas), on which he had espagnole – an absolute Spanish music the seven years de Falla spent in Paris to experience serious financial problems artistic trivia due to the concentration malagueña” (Christoforidis). Elements night in the garden or the countryside.” with a fandango. At the end, the music melodies. The plot – reminiscent of place in Nice thanks to the support a “reinterpretation of the flamenco Salzburg Mozarteum and with Alfred The Los Angeles Times pronounced her diplomats, Sophie Harmsen studied at conductors such as Philipp Ahmann, Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, and he recently made his debut in received the Idemitsu Music Prize for The orchestra’s Music and Artistic Afternoon 1946) also devised a national style, with been working since 1900, did not meet renaissance held Paris in its grip. as his “French school”, as it was thanks due to the absence of royalties from on purely folk-music examples, which of the ornately embellished canto jondo Instead, de Falla is highly specific in the subsides into the tranquillity of the Falstaff – provides plenty of opportunity of his Parisian friends. Previously, de in the light of contemporary designs Brendel as a private pupil. performances of the Prokofiev Third the University of Cape Town and with Frieder Bernius, Adàm Fischer, Philippe Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, a European opera house, at Grand young artists in Japan. Director is Jonathan Nott. Its Principal 6 Danza de la molinera (Fandango) 3. 26 Total playing time: 72. 59 strong folkloristic influences: however, with success. At the time, the aesthetic Nevertheless, de Falla was forced to to the fashionable “Hispanisms”, which Europe, finally dying there in 1946. are by nature rather simplistic. Or even can also be found; but rhythmic and structure of his music from the very night. for total confusion, as well as dressing Falla revised the work extensively, the of musical primitivism, a new vision Piano Concerto “commanding and Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens and now lives in Herreweghe, Thomas Hengelbrock, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Helsinki Théâtre de Genève. He is active in Guest Conductor is Japanese maestro Dance of the Miller’s Wife Orchestre de la Suisse Romande one that excluded the characteristics to background on which de Falla drew was struggle along as best he could, giving were perceived in the capital as artfully more problematic, how to come up with melodic structures from dances and beginning (En el Generalife, = at the up in disguises and seduction on the most important changes being the of the Spain of the gitano (= gypsy)” She has established an international electrifying.” Berlin with her family. Manfred Honeck, Marek Janowski, Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, the field of opera, and performs ‘La Kazuki Yamada. 7 Las uvas 3. 58 Conducted by Kazuki Yamada be found on a kitschy-looking postcard. based on the work L’acoustique nouvelle piano lessons and concerts. However, exotic, that he was able to reflect on As de Falla had a highly conscientious, purely ethnic music as a compositional songs from other Spanish regions can Generalife), he precisely reproduces Sergei Diaghilev, the impresario of stage. The music received unequivocal division of the formerly one-act opera (Christoforidis). El amor brujo is a reputation for her musical sensitivity Andrea Marcon, Helmuth Rilling, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Traviata’, ‘Carmen’ and ‘Rusalka’ in The Grapes Mari Kodama, piano (in Nights in the Gardens of Spain) The path to “Spanish music” was not by the French musical theorist Louis the impressionistic influences and his own national musical roots. Now, in indeed scrupulous approach to result. De Falla circumvented these also be encountered in the mix. the presentation of the Andalusian folk the Ballet Russes, was so enthusiastic praise from the critics of the day. They into two separate acts, and a radical distillate of the music of the Sinti and and outstanding virtuosity. In Mari is also a founding artistic director The mezzo-soprano is particularly in Christophe Rousset, Steven Sloane Stockholm Philharmonic, Bergen Japan in coming seasons. He is strongly Under the guidance of its founding Sophie Harmsen, mezzo-soprano (in The Three-cornered Hat) a straight one for de Falla: it led him Lucas, but above all on the intensive impulses that de Falla absorbed in the 1914, his opera La vida breve received its composition, his entire output remained many traps by cutting out anything song with its second-interval steps in about the Noches that he tried to emphasized the techniques with which revision of the orchestration under the Roma tribes in Andalusia. A number of © Orchestre de la Suisse Romande performances throughout Europe, of the Musical Days at Forest Hill, a demand as a Mozart interpreter. 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directors (Paul Kletzki 1967- 1970, Suisse Romande has been broadcast Ein Spanier in Paris – verlief für de Falla allerdings keineswegs Musiktheoretikers Louis Lucas, vor Aber die vor allem impressionistischen künstlich-exotisch wahrgenommenen Da de Falla ein sehr gewissenhafter, kompositorisches Ergebnis eine reine aus Tänzen und Liedern aus anderen vermag“. Vielmehr wird de Falla von Sergei Diaghilev, der Impresario der jene Techniken hervor, mit denen de Dukas’ und Debussys. Zur Verbindung folgten. Erzählt wird die Geschichte des Acknowledgments Wolfgang Sawallisch 1970-1980, Horst on radio around the world, enabling Manuel de Fallas Wege geradlinig, sondern über Umwege, die allem aber durch den intensiven Einflüsse und Impulse, die de Falla in „Hispanismen“ konnte er sich auf seine geradezu skrupulös arbeitender Folklore zu schaffen. De Falla umging spanischen Regionen verarbeitet. Anfang an (Im Generalife) in seiner Ballet Russes, war von den Noches Falla über Lautmalerei und galante der Szenen komponierte de Fallas das jungen Sintimädchens Candela, das Premium Sound Stein 1980-1985, Armin Jordan 1985- millions of listeners to tune in. The ihn nicht nur gedanklich aus Spanien Privatunterricht bei Felipe Pedrell, der der französischen Hauptstadt geradezu eigenen nationalen musikalischen Komponist war, blieb sein Gesamtwerk all diese Fallstricke, indem er seiner musikalischen Ausgestaltung sehr derart begeistert, dass er versuchte, de Stilisierung die verschiedenen Ebenen Interlude, das hier mit dem kräftigen vom Geist ihres verstorbenen Geliebten PRODUCTION TEAM 1997, Fabio Luisi 1997-2002, Pinchas orchestra has developed a privileged zur spanischen Musik herausführen sollten. De Falla war sich als Begründer der nationalspanischen in sich aufsog, wirkten maßgeblich Wurzeln besinnen. Seine 1913 in Nizza relativ klein. Was dem Ruhm zu Musik das allzu Glatte austrieb, ihr, Die Noches en los jardines de konkret, er baut die Vorlage des Falla zu überreden, das Werk für Ballett des Humors zeichnete. Höhepunkt des Danse espagnole verbunden ist. verfolgt wird. Magie und Zauber Executive producer Job Maarse | Recording producer & balance engineer Erdo Groot and Outstanding Steinberg 2002-2005, Marek Janowski partnership with Pentatone, recording dessen bewusst, dass er Heimatstadt Musik gilt. 1904 entstand dann de auf seine weitere Entwicklung als uraufgeführte Oper La vida breve erlebte Lebzeiten und dem Nachruhm bis wo nötig, Ecken und Kanten geradezu España (Nächte in Spaniens Gärten) andalusischen Volksgesanges mit neu zu fassen. Doch de Falla seinerseits Balletts ist die abschließende jota, in Obwohl beide Stücke andalusischen beherrschen die Szenerie und auch die Recording engineer & editor Karel Bruggeman | Liner notes Jörg Peter Urbach Artists 2005-2012, Neeme Järvi, 2012-2015), up to two to three discs per season. Gegen Ende des 19. und zu Beginn und vielleicht auch Heimatland würde Fallas veristische Züge tragende Oper Komponist. „Ohne Paris wäre ich nun 1914 ihre umjubelte spanische heute allerdings keinen Abbruch einarbeitete. Und so wirkt seine Musik entstanden zwischen 1909 und 1916. dessen Sekundschritten im Umfang überzeugte Diaghilev, seine mimische der de Falla Elemente aus mehreren Charakters sind, könnte die Tonalität arabisch-andalusisch gefärbte Musik de English translation Fiona J. Stroker-Gale | Design Joost de Boo | Product the world-famous Orchestre de la des 20. Jahrhunderts widmeten sich verlassen müssen, um sein Ziel zu La vida breve (Ein kurzes Leben), mit in Madrid begraben geblieben, Erstaufführung. Der Durchbruch war tat. De Falla hatte das Ziel stets deutlich brüchiger und mürber als Dieses eigentümlich changierende einer kleinen Terz wie einen canto jondo Farce El corregidor y la molinera in ein spanischen Regionen einsetzte, um die gegensätzlicher kaum sein: Aus der Fallas. management Max Tiel Suisse Romande is an active contributor The OSR’s international tours have led zahlreiche Komponisten in ganz erreichen. Das spanische Idiom in der der er nicht nur einen Wettbewerb zur vergessen und an ein armseliges geschafft. 1916 wurden die Noches vor seinem kompositorischen Auge. die seiner Zeitgenossen Granados Werk für Klavier und Orchester exakt nach – ohne aus einer realen abendfüllendes Ballett zu verwandeln. Personen ihrer Herkunft nach genau spätromantischen Stimmung des to the history of music through them to perform in the most prestigious Europa vor allem einer Thematik - der Musik. Förderung der spanischen Nationaloper Dasein gebunden“, äußerte er sich en los jardines de España begeistert Ganz gleich, ob er sich in Spanien auf oder Albéniz. De Falla formulierte widmete de Falla dem katalanischen Vorlage zu zitieren. Diese melodisch- Es entstand El sombrero de tres picos zu charakterisieren. Keine Spur mehr Interlude heben sich die scharfen This album was recorded at Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland in July 2016. PENTATONE. Today’s music is evolving Together with our talented artists, the discovery or support of leading venues in Europe (Berlin, London, Suche einer nationalen Identität. gewann, sondern das er auch als sein später einmal. Zu Paul Dukas und aufgenommen und in jenem Jahr stellte einem kulturellen Nebenschauplatz sein Verständnis von Musik im Jahr Pianisten Ricardo Viñes, den er in konkrete Sprache entwickelt de Falla (Der Dreispitz), der 1919 in London in von Impressionismus, hier herrscht die Rhythmen und die glasklare Harmonik and forever changing, but classical we take pride in our work, providing contemporary composers. The pieces Vienna, Salzburg, Paris, Budapest and Sibelius tat dies in Finnland, Bartók Der 1876 im südandalusischen Cádiz erstes reifes Werk akzeptierte. Claude Debussy entwickelte er ein de Falla auch die mimische Farce El oder in Paris, auf der zentralen 1917 glasklar und ohne Umschweife: Paris kennengelernt hatte. Untertitelt dann im Gewand spätromantisch- der Ausstattung von Pablo Picasso Volksmusik und evoziert eine „Raffinesse des Danse deutlich ab. music remains true in creating harmony an impeccable means of experiencing by Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, Amsterdam), Asia (Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, und Kodály in Ungarn, Albéniz und geborene de Falla erhielt als Kind enges, freundschaftliches Band und corregidor y la molinera auf Basis von Schaubühne der Kultur, befand. Er „Musik wird nicht gemacht und sie ist es als „impresiones sinfónicas“. impressionistischer Klänge frei und uraufgeführt wurde. Die Handlung der Einfachheit“ (Voss). among the instruments. Classical music classical music. For all their diversity, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Shanghai), as well as in major cities on Granados in Spanien. Sie fahndeten Klavier- und Harmonielehreunterricht Der nächste Karriereschritt führte de in Künstlerkreisen gewann de Fallas Alarcóns Roman El sombrero de tres wollte eine moderne, spanische Musik sollte nie gemacht werden, damit man Diese „symphonischen Impressionen“ variierend weiter. Das Klavier wird zwar dreht sich zwar wie in El amor brujo Die „Danza ritual del fuego“ is as time-honoured as it is timeless. our artists have one thing in common. Frank Martin, Benjamin Britten, Heinz the American continent (Boston, New in den melodischen Bodenschätzen und machte sich früh an die ersten Falla voller Hoffnung auf Durchbruch Name an Bedeutung. Auch die Balletts picos (Der Dreispitz) fertig. Die dann der Hochkultur schaffen, ohne dabei sie versteht, sondern damit man sie wirken auf den ersten Blick wie ein virtuos geführt, integriert sich aber um Liebe und Eifersucht, erfährt aber Von La vida breve war bereits kurz die (Feuertanz) aus El amor brujo zählt zu And so also should the experience be. They all put their heart and soul into Holliger, Peter Eötvös, James MacMillan, York, San Francisco, Washington, São ihrer Heimat nach neuer, vor allem kompositorischen Gehversuche. 1896 und Erfolg in die europäische Russes und Stravinskys Werke für dieses drei Jahre später als Ballett unter dem deren Originalität zu verleugnen. Auf erlebt.“ In seinen Werken finden sich klassisch-dreisätziges Klavierkonzert, weitestgehend in den Orchesterapparat. durch den derb-bäuerlichen Humor Rede. Jener 1904/05 entstandenen den bekanntesten Werken de Fallas. We take listening to classical music the music, drawing on every last drop Pascal Dusapin or Michael Jarrell were Paulo, Buenos Aires and Montevideo). aber nach authentischer künstlerischer ging er nach Madrid, um bei José Tragó Kulturmetropole schlechthin. Nach glanzvolle und zugleich revolutionäre gleichen Titel in London von den Balletts seinem künstlerischen Weg drohten zahlreiche spanische Musiktraditionen, stellen sich aber beim Betrachten der Im zweiten Satz (Ferner Tanz) taucht eine ausgelassene Note. De Falla preisgekrönten Oper de Fallas. Die Er nahm in dieser „gitanería“ aus to a whole new level, using the best of creativity, skill, and determination Sit back and enjoy premiered in Geneva by the OSR. It is Inspiration. Auch Manuel de Falla seine Klavierstudien fortzusetzen. Drei Paris. Wo spanische Musik gerade en Tanz-Ensemble beeinflussten de Russes uraufgeführt wurde. 1920 zog es ihm allerdings Stolpersteine; etwa die darunter insbesondere Einflüsse Satzfaktur eher als symphonisches die Wechselnotenmotivik des Beginns arbeitete das ursprüngliches Werk um allerdings erst 1913 mit Unterstützung dem Jahr 1915 nicht weniger als eine PUBLISHERS technology to produce a high-quality to perfect their contribution. one of its important mission: supporting (1876-1946) entwickelte in seinem Jahre später schloss er das Studium vogue war. Albéniz arbeitete an „Iberia“, Falla tiefgreifend. Erst das Drama de Falla nach Granada. 1939 ging er, mit Authentizität der spanischen Traditionen der andalusischen Musik mit dem Poem dar. 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Seinen ab 1900 entstandenen espagnole“ - eine regelrechte spanische veranlasste ihn im August 1914, wieder nach Argentinien, wo er nach dem zu verschleiern. Oder auch, durch die Rhythmen des fandango, des polo und musikalische Gestaltung (...) nun nicht der Sierra de Cordoba) wird anfänglich Handlungszüge liefern jede Menge Falla das Werk tiefgreifend um, die musikalischen Primitivismus, eine neue released. www.pentatonemusic.com geprägten Nationalstil. Allerdings Zarzuela-Kompositionen blieb der Erfolg Musikrenaissance hatte Paris erfasst. in seine Heimat zurückzukehren. Die Ausbleiben der Tantiemen aus Europa Konzentration auf rein volksmusikalische der malagueña“ (Christoforidis). Auch durch die Farbwirkungen, Tönungen ein rauschendes, nächtliches Fest Anlass für totale Verwirrung, Verkleidung wichtigsten Änderungen waren die Vision eines Spaniens der gitanos“ PENTATONE TEAM From its very early days and in close ohne eine auch nur halbwegs kitschig verwehrt. Ästhetisch geformt wurde Dennoch musste sich de Falla eher sieben Jahre in Paris könnte man in ernsthafte finanzielle Schwierigkeiten Vorbilder, die per se simpel gestrickt Elemente des verzierten canto jondo und Schattierungen bestimmt (wird), gefeiert, bevor das Klavier einen und Verführung auf der Bühne. Die Aufteilung des Einakters auf zwei (Christoforidis) vor. El amor brujo ist ein Vice President A&R Renaud Loranger | Managing Director Dirk Jan Vink

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Mari Kodama Orchestre de la Manuel de Falla (1876 – 1946) Part 2 Kazuki Yamada A Spaniard in Paris – through various detours, forcing him to private lessons he had received from French capital were highly influential acclaimed Spanish première, following relatively small: however, in no way did that was too smooth from his music; De Falla wrote his Noches en los jardines the range of a minor third, like a canto persuade de Falla to rearrange the de Falla portrayed the various levels of guidance of Dukas and Debussy. In revisions were to follow. The story tells USA and Japan she has consistently festival of chamber music presented the Teatro Real Madrid, she celebrated for Early Music Berlin, Anima Eterna Nazionale della RAI Torino and 2012 he conducted a semi-staged Orchestre de la Suisse Piano Suisse Romande © Marco Borggreve 8 Danza de los vecinos (Seguidillas) 3. 22 Manuel de Falla’s path depart from Spain not only in mind – he Felipe Pedrell, who was considered the on his further development as a its first performance the previous this negatively affect his reputation and, if necessary, by incorporating de España (= nights in the gardens jondo – without quoting an existing work for ballet. But de Falla, on the humour by means of onomatopoeia order to connect the scenes, de Falla of the young Sinti girl Candela, who is demonstrated the profound aesthetics together with her husband Kent Nagano great successes as Annio in “La , Capella Augustina, Collegium Tonkünstler-Orchester at the Vienna production of Honegger’s ‘Jeanne Romande Sophie Harmsen Noches en los jardines de España Dance of the Neighbours was aware that he would have to leave founding father of Spain’s national composer. “Without Paris, I would have year in Nice. He had accomplished his either during his lifetime or after his sharp angles and rough edges. And of Spain) between 1909 and 1916. He example. Then he freely develops other hand, convinced Diaghilev to and genteel stylization. The highlight of composed the Interlude, linked here to haunted by the spirit of her deceased of her very personal and unique style. near their home in San Francisco. The clemenza di Tito”. Under the direction of 1704, Concerto Köln, Freiburger Musikverein. d´arc’, with Saito-Kinen Orchestra. The Mezzo-soprano Kazuki Yamada Nights in the Gardens of Spain 9 Danza del molinero (Farruca) 7. 56 to Spanish music his home town, and possibly even his music. In 1904, de Falla wrote his opera been buried in Madrid, forgotten, and breakthrough. In 1916, his work Noches death. De Falla always kept his objective thus, his music appears to be much dedicated this peculiarly iridescent work and varies this melodically specific agree to the transformation of his the ballet is the final jota, in which de the powerful Danza española. Although lover. Magic and witchcraft dominate pianist has played with such orchestras René Jacobs, she was a Dorabella with Barockorchester as well as Pygmalion. ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ project was also a huge Founded in 1918 by Ernest Ansermet, Conductor 1 En el Generalife 9. 58 Dance of the Miller native country, in order to achieve his La vida breve (= life is short), with which chained to a miserable existence,” he en los jardines de España as a composer in view – regardless of more brittle and fragile than that for piano and orchestra to the Catalan language in the guise of late-romantic farcical pantomime, El corregidor y la Falla integrated elements from several both pieces have a clearly Andalusian the scene, as does the Andalusian- In Japan, Kodama is a regular guest as the Berlin Philharmonic, London the Freiburger Barockorchester on tour She regularly performs at festivals He is the incoming Principal Conductor hit in spring 2015 in Côme de Bellescize’s permanent conductor until 1967, the In the Generalife 10 Danza del Corregidor 6. 37 Towards the end of the 19th century goal: a national musical idiom for Spain. he not only won a competition for the remarked later. He developed a close (= nights in the gardens of Spain) was whether he was staying in a cultural of his contemporaries Granados or pianist Ricardo Viñes, whom he had and impressionist music. Although the molinera (= the magistrate and the regions in Spain in order to give a character, the tonality could hardly Arabian character of de Falla’s music. of major Japanese orchestras, most Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, through Europe and Asia. such as the Salzburg Festival, the and Artistic Director of the Orchestre staged version at the new Philharmonie Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, with 2 Danza lejana 4. 51 Dance of the Corregidor and the beginning of the 20th, many promotion of Spanish national opera, friendship with both Paul Dukas and enthusiastically received. That year, backwater in Spain, or performing Albéniz. De Falla formulated his views met in Paris. It is subtitled “impresiones piano has a virtuoso role, it is integrated miller’s wife), into a full-length ballet. precise characterization of the persons be more contradictory: against the recently the Tokyo Metropolitan Hallé Orchestra, the Montreal Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, as hall in Paris, with Orchestre de Paris, its 112 permanent musicians, ensures A Distant Dance 11 Danza final (Jota) 6. 01 composers throughout Europe were De Falla was born in 1876 in the but which he also considered to be his Claude Debussy, and his name became de Falla also completed his farcical on the international cultural stage of on music in 1917 in a crystal-clear and sinfónicas”. At the first glance, these within the orchestral ensemble. In the And thus came about El sombrero according to their origin. There is no late-romantic mood of the Interlude, Mari Kodama, Orchestra and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, the NDR Symphony She sees the collaboration with large Rheingau Musikfestival and Bachfest well as maintaining his role as Principal and Marion Cotillard narrating the role subscription concerts in Geneva and NOCHES EN 3 En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba 8. 38 Final Dance primarily devoting themselves to the southern Andalusian town of Cádiz. As first mature work. more prominent within artistic circles. pantomime El corregidor y la molinera, Paris. His main desire was to create a unambiguous manner: “Music is not “symphonic impressions” appear to second movement (Danza lejana, = de tres picos (= the three-cornered longer any trace of Impressionism: here, the sharp rhythms and the crystal-clear Piano Orchestra in Tokyo. A brilliantly well- Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Los symphony orchestras such as the Leipzig. Sophie Harmsen studied at the Guest Conductor of Orchestre de la of Jeanne. Lausanne, the City of Geneva symphony In the Gardens of the Sierra de Córdoba search for a national identity: for a child, he received piano lessons and He was profoundly influenced by the based on Alarcón’s novel El sombrero highly civilized and modern Spanish created and never should be created in be a classical, three-movement piano distant dance), the changing note hat), which received its première in traditional music prevails and evokes a harmonies of the Danza stand out received performance of the complete Angeles Philharmonic and the Berkeley Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the University of Cape Town and as well in Suisse Romande. In Japan, he holds concerts, the annual concert for the LOS JARDINES La vida breve instance, in Finland there was Sibelius; theory of harmony, making his first The next step in his career led de Ballets Russes and the works written de tres picos (= the three-cornered musical idiom, without losing sight of order to be comprehended, but to be concerto; however, after reviewing the motif from the beginning reappears – London in 1919 with sets and costumes “sophisticated simplicity” (Voss). clearly. Born in Osaka, Mari Kodama was Beethoven Sonata cycle in Los Angeles Symphony, among others. Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Radio- Germany under Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens. further titles of Principal Conductor of Yamada was the winner of the 51st UN, as well as opera performances DE ESPAÑA El sombrero de tres picos Life is Short in Hungary, Bartók and Kodály; and attempts at composition at an early Falla, full of hope for a breakthrough by Stravinsky for this splendid and, at hat); and three years later in London it its authenticity. However, he came experienced.” Various Spanish musical structure of the work, the general effect flamenco-like tonality is clearly audible. designed by Pablo Picasso. Although raised in Germany, Switzerland, France, launched Kodama’s United States of Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Besancon International Competition at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Its The Three-cornered Hat 12 Interlude & Dance 6. 37 in Spain, Albéniz and Granados. They age. In 1896, he moved to Madrid to and success, to the European cultural the same time, revolutionary dance was given its world première, under the across various problematic issues on his traditions are to be found in his work, is more that of a symphonic poem. The final movement (En los jardines de the plot revolves around love and De Falla’s award-winning opera La vida The Danza ritual del fuego (= ritual and England. She studied piano with America reputation, and was followed Sophie Harmsen the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, Kazuki Yamada Partner with Sendai Philharmonic and for young conductors. Born in reputation has been built up over the 4 Introducción 1. 29 were examining the melodic national continue his piano studies with José metropolis par excellence: Paris, where ensemble; and thus he did not return same title, by the Ballets Russes. In 1920, artistic path: for instance, how to mask including most especially the influences Hansjuergen Schaefer has pointed out la Sierra de Córdoba, = in the gardens of jealousy, as in El amor brujo, the coarse breve has already been mentioned fire dance) from El amor brujo is one Germaine Mounier and chamber music by acclaimed recital appearances in Soprano and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is Conductor Music Director of Yokohama Sinfonietta. Kanagawa, Japan, in 1979, he is now years thanks to its historic recordings EL SOMBRERO Introduction El amor brujo treasures of their homeland, hunting for Tragó. Three years later, he completed Spanish music was then all the rage. to his homeland until confronted by the de Falla moved to Granada, and in 1939 the authenticity of Spanish traditional of Andalusian music, which focus on that “the musical design (...) is not the Sierra de Cordoba) begins with the peasant humour adds a lively note to briefly. Although he wrote the work of de Falla’s best-known works. In with Geneviève Joy-Dutilleux at the New York, Paris, London, as well as an integral part of her artistic journey. resident in Berlin. As a student, he and its interpretation of 20th-century The Bewitched Love novel and, above all, authentic artistic his studies in the capital, graduating Albéniz was working on his Iberia, drama of the incipient World War I in – at the end of the Spanish Civil War – he music by means of a highly cultural “free inspiration based on the rhythms determined by tonal effects, tints and celebration of a resounding nocturnal the proceedings. De Falla revised the in 1904-1905, it did not receive its this “gitanería” (= gypsy music) from Conservatoire National de Paris, later throughout Japan, Spain and Germany, Having already travelled the world at a Yamada appears with such orchestras Forthcoming debuts include Melbourne formed Yokohama Sinfonietta, where French and Russian repertoire. DE TRES PICOS Part 1 13 Danza ritual del fuego 4. 14 inspiration. In his own rather slender, yet with distinction. The zarzuelas (= Ravel busy composing his Rapsodie August 1914. It would be fair to describe emigrated to Argentina, where he was disguise. Or how to avoid lapsing into of the fandango, the polo and the shades that can conjure up a southern feast, after which the piano takes over original work, adding rousing dancing première until 1913, when it finally took 1915, he planned nothing less than studying with Tatiana Nikolaeva at the and much of the rest of the U.S.A. young age as the daughter of German Sophie Harmsen has worked with as Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonia Symphony and Houston Symphony he remains Music Director. In 2011 he 5 La tarde 5. 23 Ritual Fire Dance valuable oeuvre Manuel de Falla (1876- Spanish operettas), on which he had espagnole – an absolute Spanish music the seven years de Falla spent in Paris to experience serious financial problems artistic trivia due to the concentration malagueña” (Christoforidis). Elements night in the garden or the countryside.” with a fandango. At the end, the music melodies. The plot – reminiscent of place in Nice thanks to the support a “reinterpretation of the flamenco Salzburg Mozarteum and with Alfred The Los Angeles Times pronounced her diplomats, Sophie Harmsen studied at conductors such as Philipp Ahmann, Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, and he recently made his debut in received the Idemitsu Music Prize for The orchestra’s Music and Artistic Afternoon 1946) also devised a national style, with been working since 1900, did not meet renaissance held Paris in its grip. as his “French school”, as it was thanks due to the absence of royalties from on purely folk-music examples, which of the ornately embellished canto jondo Instead, de Falla is highly specific in the subsides into the tranquillity of the Falstaff – provides plenty of opportunity of his Parisian friends. Previously, de in the light of contemporary designs Brendel as a private pupil. performances of the Prokofiev Third the University of Cape Town and with Frieder Bernius, Adàm Fischer, Philippe Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, a European opera house, at Grand young artists in Japan. Director is Jonathan Nott. Its Principal 6 Danza de la molinera (Fandango) 3. 26 Total playing time: 72. 59 strong folkloristic influences: however, with success. At the time, the aesthetic Nevertheless, de Falla was forced to to the fashionable “Hispanisms”, which Europe, finally dying there in 1946. are by nature rather simplistic. Or even can also be found; but rhythmic and structure of his music from the very night. for total confusion, as well as dressing Falla revised the work extensively, the of musical primitivism, a new vision Piano Concerto “commanding and Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens and now lives in Herreweghe, Thomas Hengelbrock, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Helsinki Théâtre de Genève. He is active in Guest Conductor is Japanese maestro Dance of the Miller’s Wife Orchestre de la Suisse Romande one that excluded the characteristics to background on which de Falla drew was struggle along as best he could, giving were perceived in the capital as artfully more problematic, how to come up with melodic structures from dances and beginning (En el Generalife, = at the up in disguises and seduction on the most important changes being the of the Spain of the gitano (= gypsy)” She has established an international electrifying.” Berlin with her family. Manfred Honeck, Marek Janowski, Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, the field of opera, and performs ‘La Kazuki Yamada. 7 Las uvas 3. 58 Conducted by Kazuki Yamada be found on a kitschy-looking postcard. based on the work L’acoustique nouvelle piano lessons and concerts. However, exotic, that he was able to reflect on As de Falla had a highly conscientious, purely ethnic music as a compositional songs from other Spanish regions can Generalife), he precisely reproduces Sergei Diaghilev, the impresario of stage. The music received unequivocal division of the formerly one-act opera (Christoforidis). El amor brujo is a reputation for her musical sensitivity Andrea Marcon, Helmuth Rilling, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Traviata’, ‘Carmen’ and ‘Rusalka’ in The Grapes Mari Kodama, piano (in Nights in the Gardens of Spain) The path to “Spanish music” was not by the French musical theorist Louis the impressionistic influences and his own national musical roots. Now, in indeed scrupulous approach to result. De Falla circumvented these also be encountered in the mix. the presentation of the Andalusian folk the Ballet Russes, was so enthusiastic praise from the critics of the day. They into two separate acts, and a radical distillate of the music of the Sinti and and outstanding virtuosity. In Mari is also a founding artistic director The mezzo-soprano is particularly in Christophe Rousset, Steven Sloane Stockholm Philharmonic, Bergen Japan in coming seasons. He is strongly Under the guidance of its founding Sophie Harmsen, mezzo-soprano (in The Three-cornered Hat) a straight one for de Falla: it led him Lucas, but above all on the intensive impulses that de Falla absorbed in the 1914, his opera La vida breve received its composition, his entire output remained many traps by cutting out anything song with its second-interval steps in about the Noches that he tried to emphasized the techniques with which revision of the orchestration under the Roma tribes in Andalusia. A number of © Orchestre de la Suisse Romande performances throughout Europe, of the Musical Days at Forest Hill, a demand as a Mozart interpreter. 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directors (Paul Kletzki 1967- 1970, Suisse Romande has been broadcast Ein Spanier in Paris – verlief für de Falla allerdings keineswegs Musiktheoretikers Louis Lucas, vor Aber die vor allem impressionistischen künstlich-exotisch wahrgenommenen Da de Falla ein sehr gewissenhafter, kompositorisches Ergebnis eine reine aus Tänzen und Liedern aus anderen vermag“. Vielmehr wird de Falla von Sergei Diaghilev, der Impresario der jene Techniken hervor, mit denen de Dukas’ und Debussys. Zur Verbindung folgten. Erzählt wird die Geschichte des Acknowledgments Wolfgang Sawallisch 1970-1980, Horst on radio around the world, enabling Manuel de Fallas Wege geradlinig, sondern über Umwege, die allem aber durch den intensiven Einflüsse und Impulse, die de Falla in „Hispanismen“ konnte er sich auf seine geradezu skrupulös arbeitender Folklore zu schaffen. De Falla umging spanischen Regionen verarbeitet. Anfang an (Im Generalife) in seiner Ballet Russes, war von den Noches Falla über Lautmalerei und galante der Szenen komponierte de Fallas das jungen Sintimädchens Candela, das Premium Sound Stein 1980-1985, Armin Jordan 1985- millions of listeners to tune in. The ihn nicht nur gedanklich aus Spanien Privatunterricht bei Felipe Pedrell, der der französischen Hauptstadt geradezu eigenen nationalen musikalischen Komponist war, blieb sein Gesamtwerk all diese Fallstricke, indem er seiner musikalischen Ausgestaltung sehr derart begeistert, dass er versuchte, de Stilisierung die verschiedenen Ebenen Interlude, das hier mit dem kräftigen vom Geist ihres verstorbenen Geliebten PRODUCTION TEAM 1997, Fabio Luisi 1997-2002, Pinchas orchestra has developed a privileged zur spanischen Musik herausführen sollten. De Falla war sich als Begründer der nationalspanischen in sich aufsog, wirkten maßgeblich Wurzeln besinnen. Seine 1913 in Nizza relativ klein. Was dem Ruhm zu Musik das allzu Glatte austrieb, ihr, Die Noches en los jardines de konkret, er baut die Vorlage des Falla zu überreden, das Werk für Ballett des Humors zeichnete. Höhepunkt des Danse espagnole verbunden ist. verfolgt wird. Magie und Zauber Executive producer Job Maarse | Recording producer & balance engineer Erdo Groot and Outstanding Steinberg 2002-2005, Marek Janowski partnership with Pentatone, recording dessen bewusst, dass er Heimatstadt Musik gilt. 1904 entstand dann de auf seine weitere Entwicklung als uraufgeführte Oper La vida breve erlebte Lebzeiten und dem Nachruhm bis wo nötig, Ecken und Kanten geradezu España (Nächte in Spaniens Gärten) andalusischen Volksgesanges mit neu zu fassen. Doch de Falla seinerseits Balletts ist die abschließende jota, in Obwohl beide Stücke andalusischen beherrschen die Szenerie und auch die Recording engineer & editor Karel Bruggeman | Liner notes Jörg Peter Urbach Artists 2005-2012, Neeme Järvi, 2012-2015), up to two to three discs per season. Gegen Ende des 19. und zu Beginn und vielleicht auch Heimatland würde Fallas veristische Züge tragende Oper Komponist. „Ohne Paris wäre ich nun 1914 ihre umjubelte spanische heute allerdings keinen Abbruch einarbeitete. Und so wirkt seine Musik entstanden zwischen 1909 und 1916. dessen Sekundschritten im Umfang überzeugte Diaghilev, seine mimische der de Falla Elemente aus mehreren Charakters sind, könnte die Tonalität arabisch-andalusisch gefärbte Musik de English translation Fiona J. Stroker-Gale | Design Joost de Boo | Product the world-famous Orchestre de la des 20. Jahrhunderts widmeten sich verlassen müssen, um sein Ziel zu La vida breve (Ein kurzes Leben), mit in Madrid begraben geblieben, Erstaufführung. Der Durchbruch war tat. De Falla hatte das Ziel stets deutlich brüchiger und mürber als Dieses eigentümlich changierende einer kleinen Terz wie einen canto jondo Farce El corregidor y la molinera in ein spanischen Regionen einsetzte, um die gegensätzlicher kaum sein: Aus der Fallas. management Max Tiel Suisse Romande is an active contributor The OSR’s international tours have led zahlreiche Komponisten in ganz erreichen. Das spanische Idiom in der der er nicht nur einen Wettbewerb zur vergessen und an ein armseliges geschafft. 1916 wurden die Noches vor seinem kompositorischen Auge. die seiner Zeitgenossen Granados Werk für Klavier und Orchester exakt nach – ohne aus einer realen abendfüllendes Ballett zu verwandeln. Personen ihrer Herkunft nach genau spätromantischen Stimmung des to the history of music through them to perform in the most prestigious Europa vor allem einer Thematik - der Musik. Förderung der spanischen Nationaloper Dasein gebunden“, äußerte er sich en los jardines de España begeistert Ganz gleich, ob er sich in Spanien auf oder Albéniz. De Falla formulierte widmete de Falla dem katalanischen Vorlage zu zitieren. Diese melodisch- Es entstand El sombrero de tres picos zu charakterisieren. Keine Spur mehr Interlude heben sich die scharfen This album was recorded at Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland in July 2016. PENTATONE. Today’s music is evolving Together with our talented artists, the discovery or support of leading venues in Europe (Berlin, London, Suche einer nationalen Identität. gewann, sondern das er auch als sein später einmal. Zu Paul Dukas und aufgenommen und in jenem Jahr stellte einem kulturellen Nebenschauplatz sein Verständnis von Musik im Jahr Pianisten Ricardo Viñes, den er in konkrete Sprache entwickelt de Falla (Der Dreispitz), der 1919 in London in von Impressionismus, hier herrscht die Rhythmen und die glasklare Harmonik and forever changing, but classical we take pride in our work, providing contemporary composers. The pieces Vienna, Salzburg, Paris, Budapest and Sibelius tat dies in Finnland, Bartók Der 1876 im südandalusischen Cádiz erstes reifes Werk akzeptierte. Claude Debussy entwickelte er ein de Falla auch die mimische Farce El oder in Paris, auf der zentralen 1917 glasklar und ohne Umschweife: Paris kennengelernt hatte. Untertitelt dann im Gewand spätromantisch- der Ausstattung von Pablo Picasso Volksmusik und evoziert eine „Raffinesse des Danse deutlich ab. music remains true in creating harmony an impeccable means of experiencing by Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, Amsterdam), Asia (Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, und Kodály in Ungarn, Albéniz und geborene de Falla erhielt als Kind enges, freundschaftliches Band und corregidor y la molinera auf Basis von Schaubühne der Kultur, befand. Er „Musik wird nicht gemacht und sie ist es als „impresiones sinfónicas“. impressionistischer Klänge frei und uraufgeführt wurde. Die Handlung der Einfachheit“ (Voss). among the instruments. Classical music classical music. For all their diversity, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Shanghai), as well as in major cities on Granados in Spanien. Sie fahndeten Klavier- und Harmonielehreunterricht Der nächste Karriereschritt führte de in Künstlerkreisen gewann de Fallas Alarcóns Roman El sombrero de tres wollte eine moderne, spanische Musik sollte nie gemacht werden, damit man Diese „symphonischen Impressionen“ variierend weiter. Das Klavier wird zwar dreht sich zwar wie in El amor brujo Die „Danza ritual del fuego“ is as time-honoured as it is timeless. our artists have one thing in common. Frank Martin, Benjamin Britten, Heinz the American continent (Boston, New in den melodischen Bodenschätzen und machte sich früh an die ersten Falla voller Hoffnung auf Durchbruch Name an Bedeutung. Auch die Balletts picos (Der Dreispitz) fertig. Die dann der Hochkultur schaffen, ohne dabei sie versteht, sondern damit man sie wirken auf den ersten Blick wie ein virtuos geführt, integriert sich aber um Liebe und Eifersucht, erfährt aber Von La vida breve war bereits kurz die (Feuertanz) aus El amor brujo zählt zu And so also should the experience be. They all put their heart and soul into Holliger, Peter Eötvös, James MacMillan, York, San Francisco, Washington, São ihrer Heimat nach neuer, vor allem kompositorischen Gehversuche. 1896 und Erfolg in die europäische Russes und Stravinskys Werke für dieses drei Jahre später als Ballett unter dem deren Originalität zu verleugnen. Auf erlebt.“ In seinen Werken finden sich klassisch-dreisätziges Klavierkonzert, weitestgehend in den Orchesterapparat. durch den derb-bäuerlichen Humor Rede. Jener 1904/05 entstandenen den bekanntesten Werken de Fallas. We take listening to classical music the music, drawing on every last drop Pascal Dusapin or Michael Jarrell were Paulo, Buenos Aires and Montevideo). aber nach authentischer künstlerischer ging er nach Madrid, um bei José Tragó Kulturmetropole schlechthin. Nach glanzvolle und zugleich revolutionäre gleichen Titel in London von den Balletts seinem künstlerischen Weg drohten zahlreiche spanische Musiktraditionen, stellen sich aber beim Betrachten der Im zweiten Satz (Ferner Tanz) taucht eine ausgelassene Note. De Falla preisgekrönten Oper de Fallas. Die Er nahm in dieser „gitanería“ aus to a whole new level, using the best of creativity, skill, and determination Sit back and enjoy premiered in Geneva by the OSR. It is Inspiration. Auch Manuel de Falla seine Klavierstudien fortzusetzen. Drei Paris. Wo spanische Musik gerade en Tanz-Ensemble beeinflussten de Russes uraufgeführt wurde. 1920 zog es ihm allerdings Stolpersteine; etwa die darunter insbesondere Einflüsse Satzfaktur eher als symphonisches die Wechselnotenmotivik des Beginns arbeitete das ursprüngliches Werk um allerdings erst 1913 mit Unterstützung dem Jahr 1915 nicht weniger als eine PUBLISHERS technology to produce a high-quality to perfect their contribution. one of its important mission: supporting (1876-1946) entwickelte in seinem Jahre später schloss er das Studium vogue war. Albéniz arbeitete an „Iberia“, Falla tiefgreifend. Erst das Drama de Falla nach Granada. 1939 ging er, mit Authentizität der spanischen Traditionen der andalusischen Musik mit dem Poem dar. Hansjuergen Schaefer wieder auf – flamencoartige Tonalität und fügte zündende Tanzmelodien seiner Pariser Freunde zur Uraufführung „Neuinterpretation des Flamenco im The Three-cornered Hat Chester Music, London | Nights in the Gardens of Spain Editions Max Eschig, Paris recording, in whichever format it may the symphonic creation, and particularly recht schmalen, aber doch wertvollen in der Hauptstadt mit Auszeichnung Ravel komponierte seine „Rapsodie des beginnenden Ersten Weltkriegs dem Ende des spanischen Bürgerkrieges, durch das Gewand der Hochkultur Fokus auf „freie Inspiration durch die hat darauf hingewiesen, dass „die erklingt. Im Schlusssatz (In den Gärten hinzu. Die an „Falstaff“ gemahnenden in Nizza kam. Vorher arbeitete de Lichte zeitgenössischer Entwürfe des La vida breve Editions Max Eschig, Paris | El amor brujo Chester Music, London come, in whichever format it may be Find out more: the Swiss one. Œuvre einen von folkloristischen Zügen ab. Seinen ab 1900 entstandenen espagnole“ - eine regelrechte spanische veranlasste ihn im August 1914, wieder nach Argentinien, wo er nach dem zu verschleiern. Oder auch, durch die Rhythmen des fandango, des polo und musikalische Gestaltung (...) nun nicht der Sierra de Cordoba) wird anfänglich Handlungszüge liefern jede Menge Falla das Werk tiefgreifend um, die musikalischen Primitivismus, eine neue released. www.pentatonemusic.com geprägten Nationalstil. Allerdings Zarzuela-Kompositionen blieb der Erfolg Musikrenaissance hatte Paris erfasst. in seine Heimat zurückzukehren. Die Ausbleiben der Tantiemen aus Europa Konzentration auf rein volksmusikalische der malagueña“ (Christoforidis). Auch durch die Farbwirkungen, Tönungen ein rauschendes, nächtliches Fest Anlass für totale Verwirrung, Verkleidung wichtigsten Änderungen waren die Vision eines Spaniens der gitanos“ PENTATONE TEAM From its very early days and in close ohne eine auch nur halbwegs kitschig verwehrt. Ästhetisch geformt wurde Dennoch musste sich de Falla eher sieben Jahre in Paris könnte man in ernsthafte finanzielle Schwierigkeiten Vorbilder, die per se simpel gestrickt Elemente des verzierten canto jondo und Schattierungen bestimmt (wird), gefeiert, bevor das Klavier einen und Verführung auf der Bühne. Die Aufteilung des Einakters auf zwei (Christoforidis) vor. El amor brujo ist ein Vice President A&R Renaud Loranger | Managing Director Dirk Jan Vink

collaboration with the Radio-Télévision Mari Kodama anmutende Postkarten-Folklore. Der de Falla zu dieser Zeit durch das Werk schlecht als recht mit Klavierunterricht als „französische Schule“ de Fallas geriet, und 1946 starb. sind, ins künstlerisch Triviale abzugleiten. finden sich. Aber gleichfalls werden die eine südliche Nacht im Garten Sophie Harmsen fandango anstimmt. Am Ende kehrt Musik wurde von den zeitgenössischen Szenen sowie eine radikale Neufassung Destillat der Musik andalusischer Sinti Director Product, Marketing & Distribution Simon M. Eder | A&R Kate Rockett Suisse Romande, the Orchestre de la © Vincent Garnier Weg zum „Spanischen in der Musik“ L’acoustique nouvelle des französischen und Konzertieren durchschlagen. bezeichnen, denn erst durch die dort als Oder noch problematischer, als rhythmische und melodische Strukturen und in der Landschaft zu zaubern © Tatjana Dachsel dann wieder nächtliche Ruhe ein. Kritikern ausdrücklich gelobt. Man hob der Orchestration unter Anleitung und Roma. Verschiedene Bearbeitungen Marketing & PR Silvia Pietrosanti | Distribution Veronica Neo

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Mari Kodama Orchestre de la Manuel de Falla (1876 – 1946) Part 2 Kazuki Yamada A Spaniard in Paris – through various detours, forcing him to private lessons he had received from French capital were highly influential acclaimed Spanish première, following relatively small: however, in no way did that was too smooth from his music; De Falla wrote his Noches en los jardines the range of a minor third, like a canto persuade de Falla to rearrange the de Falla portrayed the various levels of guidance of Dukas and Debussy. In revisions were to follow. The story tells USA and Japan she has consistently festival of chamber music presented the Teatro Real Madrid, she celebrated for Early Music Berlin, Anima Eterna Nazionale della RAI Torino and 2012 he conducted a semi-staged Orchestre de la Suisse Piano Suisse Romande © Marco Borggreve 8 Danza de los vecinos (Seguidillas) 3. 22 Manuel de Falla’s path depart from Spain not only in mind – he Felipe Pedrell, who was considered the on his further development as a its first performance the previous this negatively affect his reputation and, if necessary, by incorporating de España (= nights in the gardens jondo – without quoting an existing work for ballet. But de Falla, on the humour by means of onomatopoeia order to connect the scenes, de Falla of the young Sinti girl Candela, who is demonstrated the profound aesthetics together with her husband Kent Nagano great successes as Annio in “La , Capella Augustina, Collegium Tonkünstler-Orchester at the Vienna production of Honegger’s ‘Jeanne Romande Sophie Harmsen Noches en los jardines de España Dance of the Neighbours was aware that he would have to leave founding father of Spain’s national composer. “Without Paris, I would have year in Nice. He had accomplished his either during his lifetime or after his sharp angles and rough edges. And of Spain) between 1909 and 1916. He example. Then he freely develops other hand, convinced Diaghilev to and genteel stylization. The highlight of composed the Interlude, linked here to haunted by the spirit of her deceased of her very personal and unique style. near their home in San Francisco. The clemenza di Tito”. Under the direction of 1704, Concerto Köln, Freiburger Musikverein. d´arc’, with Saito-Kinen Orchestra. The Mezzo-soprano Kazuki Yamada Nights in the Gardens of Spain 9 Danza del molinero (Farruca) 7. 56 to Spanish music his home town, and possibly even his music. In 1904, de Falla wrote his opera been buried in Madrid, forgotten, and breakthrough. In 1916, his work Noches death. De Falla always kept his objective thus, his music appears to be much dedicated this peculiarly iridescent work and varies this melodically specific agree to the transformation of his the ballet is the final jota, in which de the powerful Danza española. Although lover. Magic and witchcraft dominate pianist has played with such orchestras René Jacobs, she was a Dorabella with Barockorchester as well as Pygmalion. ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ project was also a huge Founded in 1918 by Ernest Ansermet, Conductor 1 En el Generalife 9. 58 Dance of the Miller native country, in order to achieve his La vida breve (= life is short), with which chained to a miserable existence,” he en los jardines de España as a composer in view – regardless of more brittle and fragile than that for piano and orchestra to the Catalan language in the guise of late-romantic farcical pantomime, El corregidor y la Falla integrated elements from several both pieces have a clearly Andalusian the scene, as does the Andalusian- In Japan, Kodama is a regular guest as the Berlin Philharmonic, London the Freiburger Barockorchester on tour She regularly performs at festivals He is the incoming Principal Conductor hit in spring 2015 in Côme de Bellescize’s permanent conductor until 1967, the In the Generalife 10 Danza del Corregidor 6. 37 Towards the end of the 19th century goal: a national musical idiom for Spain. he not only won a competition for the remarked later. He developed a close (= nights in the gardens of Spain) was whether he was staying in a cultural of his contemporaries Granados or pianist Ricardo Viñes, whom he had and impressionist music. Although the molinera (= the magistrate and the regions in Spain in order to give a character, the tonality could hardly Arabian character of de Falla’s music. of major Japanese orchestras, most Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, through Europe and Asia. such as the Salzburg Festival, the and Artistic Director of the Orchestre staged version at the new Philharmonie Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, with 2 Danza lejana 4. 51 Dance of the Corregidor and the beginning of the 20th, many promotion of Spanish national opera, friendship with both Paul Dukas and enthusiastically received. That year, backwater in Spain, or performing Albéniz. De Falla formulated his views met in Paris. It is subtitled “impresiones piano has a virtuoso role, it is integrated miller’s wife), into a full-length ballet. precise characterization of the persons be more contradictory: against the recently the Tokyo Metropolitan Hallé Orchestra, the Montreal Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, as hall in Paris, with Orchestre de Paris, its 112 permanent musicians, ensures A Distant Dance 11 Danza final (Jota) 6. 01 composers throughout Europe were De Falla was born in 1876 in the but which he also considered to be his Claude Debussy, and his name became de Falla also completed his farcical on the international cultural stage of on music in 1917 in a crystal-clear and sinfónicas”. At the first glance, these within the orchestral ensemble. In the And thus came about El sombrero according to their origin. There is no late-romantic mood of the Interlude, Mari Kodama, Orchestra and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, the NDR Symphony She sees the collaboration with large Rheingau Musikfestival and Bachfest well as maintaining his role as Principal and Marion Cotillard narrating the role subscription concerts in Geneva and NOCHES EN 3 En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba 8. 38 Final Dance primarily devoting themselves to the southern Andalusian town of Cádiz. As first mature work. more prominent within artistic circles. pantomime El corregidor y la molinera, Paris. His main desire was to create a unambiguous manner: “Music is not “symphonic impressions” appear to second movement (Danza lejana, = de tres picos (= the three-cornered longer any trace of Impressionism: here, the sharp rhythms and the crystal-clear Piano Orchestra in Tokyo. A brilliantly well- Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Los symphony orchestras such as the Leipzig. Sophie Harmsen studied at the Guest Conductor of Orchestre de la of Jeanne. Lausanne, the City of Geneva symphony In the Gardens of the Sierra de Córdoba search for a national identity: for a child, he received piano lessons and He was profoundly influenced by the based on Alarcón’s novel El sombrero highly civilized and modern Spanish created and never should be created in be a classical, three-movement piano distant dance), the changing note hat), which received its première in traditional music prevails and evokes a harmonies of the Danza stand out received performance of the complete Angeles Philharmonic and the Berkeley Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the University of Cape Town and as well in Suisse Romande. In Japan, he holds concerts, the annual concert for the LOS JARDINES La vida breve instance, in Finland there was Sibelius; theory of harmony, making his first The next step in his career led de Ballets Russes and the works written de tres picos (= the three-cornered musical idiom, without losing sight of order to be comprehended, but to be concerto; however, after reviewing the motif from the beginning reappears – London in 1919 with sets and costumes “sophisticated simplicity” (Voss). clearly. Born in Osaka, Mari Kodama was Beethoven Sonata cycle in Los Angeles Symphony, among others. Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Radio- Germany under Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens. further titles of Principal Conductor of Yamada was the winner of the 51st UN, as well as opera performances DE ESPAÑA El sombrero de tres picos Life is Short in Hungary, Bartók and Kodály; and attempts at composition at an early Falla, full of hope for a breakthrough by Stravinsky for this splendid and, at hat); and three years later in London it its authenticity. However, he came experienced.” Various Spanish musical structure of the work, the general effect flamenco-like tonality is clearly audible. designed by Pablo Picasso. Although raised in Germany, Switzerland, France, launched Kodama’s United States of Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Besancon International Competition at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Its The Three-cornered Hat 12 Interlude & Dance 6. 37 in Spain, Albéniz and Granados. They age. In 1896, he moved to Madrid to and success, to the European cultural the same time, revolutionary dance was given its world première, under the across various problematic issues on his traditions are to be found in his work, is more that of a symphonic poem. The final movement (En los jardines de the plot revolves around love and De Falla’s award-winning opera La vida The Danza ritual del fuego (= ritual and England. She studied piano with America reputation, and was followed Sophie Harmsen the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, Kazuki Yamada Partner with Sendai Philharmonic and for young conductors. Born in reputation has been built up over the 4 Introducción 1. 29 were examining the melodic national continue his piano studies with José metropolis par excellence: Paris, where ensemble; and thus he did not return same title, by the Ballets Russes. In 1920, artistic path: for instance, how to mask including most especially the influences Hansjuergen Schaefer has pointed out la Sierra de Córdoba, = in the gardens of jealousy, as in El amor brujo, the coarse breve has already been mentioned fire dance) from El amor brujo is one Germaine Mounier and chamber music by acclaimed recital appearances in Soprano and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is Conductor Music Director of Yokohama Sinfonietta. Kanagawa, Japan, in 1979, he is now years thanks to its historic recordings EL SOMBRERO Introduction El amor brujo treasures of their homeland, hunting for Tragó. Three years later, he completed Spanish music was then all the rage. to his homeland until confronted by the de Falla moved to Granada, and in 1939 the authenticity of Spanish traditional of Andalusian music, which focus on that “the musical design (...) is not the Sierra de Cordoba) begins with the peasant humour adds a lively note to briefly. Although he wrote the work of de Falla’s best-known works. In with Geneviève Joy-Dutilleux at the New York, Paris, London, as well as an integral part of her artistic journey. resident in Berlin. As a student, he and its interpretation of 20th-century The Bewitched Love novel and, above all, authentic artistic his studies in the capital, graduating Albéniz was working on his Iberia, drama of the incipient World War I in – at the end of the Spanish Civil War – he music by means of a highly cultural “free inspiration based on the rhythms determined by tonal effects, tints and celebration of a resounding nocturnal the proceedings. De Falla revised the in 1904-1905, it did not receive its this “gitanería” (= gypsy music) from Conservatoire National de Paris, later throughout Japan, Spain and Germany, Having already travelled the world at a Yamada appears with such orchestras Forthcoming debuts include Melbourne formed Yokohama Sinfonietta, where French and Russian repertoire. DE TRES PICOS Part 1 13 Danza ritual del fuego 4. 14 inspiration. In his own rather slender, yet with distinction. The zarzuelas (= Ravel busy composing his Rapsodie August 1914. It would be fair to describe emigrated to Argentina, where he was disguise. Or how to avoid lapsing into of the fandango, the polo and the shades that can conjure up a southern feast, after which the piano takes over original work, adding rousing dancing première until 1913, when it finally took 1915, he planned nothing less than studying with Tatiana Nikolaeva at the and much of the rest of the U.S.A. young age as the daughter of German Sophie Harmsen has worked with as Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonia Symphony and Houston Symphony he remains Music Director. In 2011 he 5 La tarde 5. 23 Ritual Fire Dance valuable oeuvre Manuel de Falla (1876- Spanish operettas), on which he had espagnole – an absolute Spanish music the seven years de Falla spent in Paris to experience serious financial problems artistic trivia due to the concentration malagueña” (Christoforidis). Elements night in the garden or the countryside.” with a fandango. At the end, the music melodies. The plot – reminiscent of place in Nice thanks to the support a “reinterpretation of the flamenco Salzburg Mozarteum and with Alfred The Los Angeles Times pronounced her diplomats, Sophie Harmsen studied at conductors such as Philipp Ahmann, Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, and he recently made his debut in received the Idemitsu Music Prize for The orchestra’s Music and Artistic Afternoon 1946) also devised a national style, with been working since 1900, did not meet renaissance held Paris in its grip. as his “French school”, as it was thanks due to the absence of royalties from on purely folk-music examples, which of the ornately embellished canto jondo Instead, de Falla is highly specific in the subsides into the tranquillity of the Falstaff – provides plenty of opportunity of his Parisian friends. Previously, de in the light of contemporary designs Brendel as a private pupil. performances of the Prokofiev Third the University of Cape Town and with Frieder Bernius, Adàm Fischer, Philippe Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, a European opera house, at Grand young artists in Japan. Director is Jonathan Nott. Its Principal 6 Danza de la molinera (Fandango) 3. 26 Total playing time: 72. 59 strong folkloristic influences: however, with success. At the time, the aesthetic Nevertheless, de Falla was forced to to the fashionable “Hispanisms”, which Europe, finally dying there in 1946. are by nature rather simplistic. Or even can also be found; but rhythmic and structure of his music from the very night. for total confusion, as well as dressing Falla revised the work extensively, the of musical primitivism, a new vision Piano Concerto “commanding and Prof. Dr. Edith Wiens and now lives in Herreweghe, Thomas Hengelbrock, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Helsinki Théâtre de Genève. He is active in Guest Conductor is Japanese maestro Dance of the Miller’s Wife Orchestre de la Suisse Romande one that excluded the characteristics to background on which de Falla drew was struggle along as best he could, giving were perceived in the capital as artfully more problematic, how to come up with melodic structures from dances and beginning (En el Generalife, = at the up in disguises and seduction on the most important changes being the of the Spain of the gitano (= gypsy)” She has established an international electrifying.” Berlin with her family. Manfred Honeck, Marek Janowski, Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, the field of opera, and performs ‘La Kazuki Yamada. 7 Las uvas 3. 58 Conducted by Kazuki Yamada be found on a kitschy-looking postcard. based on the work L’acoustique nouvelle piano lessons and concerts. However, exotic, that he was able to reflect on As de Falla had a highly conscientious, purely ethnic music as a compositional songs from other Spanish regions can Generalife), he precisely reproduces Sergei Diaghilev, the impresario of stage. The music received unequivocal division of the formerly one-act opera (Christoforidis). El amor brujo is a reputation for her musical sensitivity Andrea Marcon, Helmuth Rilling, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Traviata’, ‘Carmen’ and ‘Rusalka’ in The Grapes Mari Kodama, piano (in Nights in the Gardens of Spain) The path to “Spanish music” was not by the French musical theorist Louis the impressionistic influences and his own national musical roots. Now, in indeed scrupulous approach to result. De Falla circumvented these also be encountered in the mix. the presentation of the Andalusian folk the Ballet Russes, was so enthusiastic praise from the critics of the day. They into two separate acts, and a radical distillate of the music of the Sinti and and outstanding virtuosity. In Mari is also a founding artistic director The mezzo-soprano is particularly in Christophe Rousset, Steven Sloane Stockholm Philharmonic, Bergen Japan in coming seasons. He is strongly Under the guidance of its founding Sophie Harmsen, mezzo-soprano (in The Three-cornered Hat) a straight one for de Falla: it led him Lucas, but above all on the intensive impulses that de Falla absorbed in the 1914, his opera La vida breve received its composition, his entire output remained many traps by cutting out anything song with its second-interval steps in about the Noches that he tried to emphasized the techniques with which revision of the orchestration under the Roma tribes in Andalusia. A number of © Orchestre de la Suisse Romande performances throughout Europe, of the Musical Days at Forest Hill, a demand as a Mozart interpreter. 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directors (Paul Kletzki 1967- 1970, Suisse Romande has been broadcast Ein Spanier in Paris – verlief für de Falla allerdings keineswegs Musiktheoretikers Louis Lucas, vor Aber die vor allem impressionistischen künstlich-exotisch wahrgenommenen Da de Falla ein sehr gewissenhafter, kompositorisches Ergebnis eine reine aus Tänzen und Liedern aus anderen vermag“. Vielmehr wird de Falla von Sergei Diaghilev, der Impresario der jene Techniken hervor, mit denen de Dukas’ und Debussys. Zur Verbindung folgten. Erzählt wird die Geschichte des Acknowledgments Wolfgang Sawallisch 1970-1980, Horst on radio around the world, enabling Manuel de Fallas Wege geradlinig, sondern über Umwege, die allem aber durch den intensiven Einflüsse und Impulse, die de Falla in „Hispanismen“ konnte er sich auf seine geradezu skrupulös arbeitender Folklore zu schaffen. De Falla umging spanischen Regionen verarbeitet. Anfang an (Im Generalife) in seiner Ballet Russes, war von den Noches Falla über Lautmalerei und galante der Szenen komponierte de Fallas das jungen Sintimädchens Candela, das Premium Sound Stein 1980-1985, Armin Jordan 1985- millions of listeners to tune in. The ihn nicht nur gedanklich aus Spanien Privatunterricht bei Felipe Pedrell, der der französischen Hauptstadt geradezu eigenen nationalen musikalischen Komponist war, blieb sein Gesamtwerk all diese Fallstricke, indem er seiner musikalischen Ausgestaltung sehr derart begeistert, dass er versuchte, de Stilisierung die verschiedenen Ebenen Interlude, das hier mit dem kräftigen vom Geist ihres verstorbenen Geliebten PRODUCTION TEAM 1997, Fabio Luisi 1997-2002, Pinchas orchestra has developed a privileged zur spanischen Musik herausführen sollten. De Falla war sich als Begründer der nationalspanischen in sich aufsog, wirkten maßgeblich Wurzeln besinnen. Seine 1913 in Nizza relativ klein. Was dem Ruhm zu Musik das allzu Glatte austrieb, ihr, Die Noches en los jardines de konkret, er baut die Vorlage des Falla zu überreden, das Werk für Ballett des Humors zeichnete. Höhepunkt des Danse espagnole verbunden ist. verfolgt wird. Magie und Zauber Executive producer Job Maarse | Recording producer & balance engineer Erdo Groot and Outstanding Steinberg 2002-2005, Marek Janowski partnership with Pentatone, recording dessen bewusst, dass er Heimatstadt Musik gilt. 1904 entstand dann de auf seine weitere Entwicklung als uraufgeführte Oper La vida breve erlebte Lebzeiten und dem Nachruhm bis wo nötig, Ecken und Kanten geradezu España (Nächte in Spaniens Gärten) andalusischen Volksgesanges mit neu zu fassen. Doch de Falla seinerseits Balletts ist die abschließende jota, in Obwohl beide Stücke andalusischen beherrschen die Szenerie und auch die Recording engineer & editor Karel Bruggeman | Liner notes Jörg Peter Urbach Artists 2005-2012, Neeme Järvi, 2012-2015), up to two to three discs per season. Gegen Ende des 19. und zu Beginn und vielleicht auch Heimatland würde Fallas veristische Züge tragende Oper Komponist. „Ohne Paris wäre ich nun 1914 ihre umjubelte spanische heute allerdings keinen Abbruch einarbeitete. Und so wirkt seine Musik entstanden zwischen 1909 und 1916. dessen Sekundschritten im Umfang überzeugte Diaghilev, seine mimische der de Falla Elemente aus mehreren Charakters sind, könnte die Tonalität arabisch-andalusisch gefärbte Musik de English translation Fiona J. Stroker-Gale | Design Joost de Boo | Product the world-famous Orchestre de la des 20. Jahrhunderts widmeten sich verlassen müssen, um sein Ziel zu La vida breve (Ein kurzes Leben), mit in Madrid begraben geblieben, Erstaufführung. Der Durchbruch war tat. De Falla hatte das Ziel stets deutlich brüchiger und mürber als Dieses eigentümlich changierende einer kleinen Terz wie einen canto jondo Farce El corregidor y la molinera in ein spanischen Regionen einsetzte, um die gegensätzlicher kaum sein: Aus der Fallas. management Max Tiel Suisse Romande is an active contributor The OSR’s international tours have led zahlreiche Komponisten in ganz erreichen. Das spanische Idiom in der der er nicht nur einen Wettbewerb zur vergessen und an ein armseliges geschafft. 1916 wurden die Noches vor seinem kompositorischen Auge. die seiner Zeitgenossen Granados Werk für Klavier und Orchester exakt nach – ohne aus einer realen abendfüllendes Ballett zu verwandeln. Personen ihrer Herkunft nach genau spätromantischen Stimmung des to the history of music through them to perform in the most prestigious Europa vor allem einer Thematik - der Musik. Förderung der spanischen Nationaloper Dasein gebunden“, äußerte er sich en los jardines de España begeistert Ganz gleich, ob er sich in Spanien auf oder Albéniz. De Falla formulierte widmete de Falla dem katalanischen Vorlage zu zitieren. Diese melodisch- Es entstand El sombrero de tres picos zu charakterisieren. Keine Spur mehr Interlude heben sich die scharfen This album was recorded at Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland in July 2016. PENTATONE. Today’s music is evolving Together with our talented artists, the discovery or support of leading venues in Europe (Berlin, London, Suche einer nationalen Identität. gewann, sondern das er auch als sein später einmal. Zu Paul Dukas und aufgenommen und in jenem Jahr stellte einem kulturellen Nebenschauplatz sein Verständnis von Musik im Jahr Pianisten Ricardo Viñes, den er in konkrete Sprache entwickelt de Falla (Der Dreispitz), der 1919 in London in von Impressionismus, hier herrscht die Rhythmen und die glasklare Harmonik and forever changing, but classical we take pride in our work, providing contemporary composers. The pieces Vienna, Salzburg, Paris, Budapest and Sibelius tat dies in Finnland, Bartók Der 1876 im südandalusischen Cádiz erstes reifes Werk akzeptierte. Claude Debussy entwickelte er ein de Falla auch die mimische Farce El oder in Paris, auf der zentralen 1917 glasklar und ohne Umschweife: Paris kennengelernt hatte. Untertitelt dann im Gewand spätromantisch- der Ausstattung von Pablo Picasso Volksmusik und evoziert eine „Raffinesse des Danse deutlich ab. music remains true in creating harmony an impeccable means of experiencing by Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, Amsterdam), Asia (Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, und Kodály in Ungarn, Albéniz und geborene de Falla erhielt als Kind enges, freundschaftliches Band und corregidor y la molinera auf Basis von Schaubühne der Kultur, befand. Er „Musik wird nicht gemacht und sie ist es als „impresiones sinfónicas“. impressionistischer Klänge frei und uraufgeführt wurde. Die Handlung der Einfachheit“ (Voss). among the instruments. Classical music classical music. For all their diversity, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Shanghai), as well as in major cities on Granados in Spanien. Sie fahndeten Klavier- und Harmonielehreunterricht Der nächste Karriereschritt führte de in Künstlerkreisen gewann de Fallas Alarcóns Roman El sombrero de tres wollte eine moderne, spanische Musik sollte nie gemacht werden, damit man Diese „symphonischen Impressionen“ variierend weiter. Das Klavier wird zwar dreht sich zwar wie in El amor brujo Die „Danza ritual del fuego“ is as time-honoured as it is timeless. our artists have one thing in common. Frank Martin, Benjamin Britten, Heinz the American continent (Boston, New in den melodischen Bodenschätzen und machte sich früh an die ersten Falla voller Hoffnung auf Durchbruch Name an Bedeutung. Auch die Balletts picos (Der Dreispitz) fertig. Die dann der Hochkultur schaffen, ohne dabei sie versteht, sondern damit man sie wirken auf den ersten Blick wie ein virtuos geführt, integriert sich aber um Liebe und Eifersucht, erfährt aber Von La vida breve war bereits kurz die (Feuertanz) aus El amor brujo zählt zu And so also should the experience be. They all put their heart and soul into Holliger, Peter Eötvös, James MacMillan, York, San Francisco, Washington, São ihrer Heimat nach neuer, vor allem kompositorischen Gehversuche. 1896 und Erfolg in die europäische Russes und Stravinskys Werke für dieses drei Jahre später als Ballett unter dem deren Originalität zu verleugnen. Auf erlebt.“ In seinen Werken finden sich klassisch-dreisätziges Klavierkonzert, weitestgehend in den Orchesterapparat. durch den derb-bäuerlichen Humor Rede. Jener 1904/05 entstandenen den bekanntesten Werken de Fallas. We take listening to classical music the music, drawing on every last drop Pascal Dusapin or Michael Jarrell were Paulo, Buenos Aires and Montevideo). aber nach authentischer künstlerischer ging er nach Madrid, um bei José Tragó Kulturmetropole schlechthin. Nach glanzvolle und zugleich revolutionäre gleichen Titel in London von den Balletts seinem künstlerischen Weg drohten zahlreiche spanische Musiktraditionen, stellen sich aber beim Betrachten der Im zweiten Satz (Ferner Tanz) taucht eine ausgelassene Note. De Falla preisgekrönten Oper de Fallas. Die Er nahm in dieser „gitanería“ aus to a whole new level, using the best of creativity, skill, and determination Sit back and enjoy premiered in Geneva by the OSR. It is Inspiration. Auch Manuel de Falla seine Klavierstudien fortzusetzen. Drei Paris. Wo spanische Musik gerade en Tanz-Ensemble beeinflussten de Russes uraufgeführt wurde. 1920 zog es ihm allerdings Stolpersteine; etwa die darunter insbesondere Einflüsse Satzfaktur eher als symphonisches die Wechselnotenmotivik des Beginns arbeitete das ursprüngliches Werk um allerdings erst 1913 mit Unterstützung dem Jahr 1915 nicht weniger als eine PUBLISHERS technology to produce a high-quality to perfect their contribution. one of its important mission: supporting (1876-1946) entwickelte in seinem Jahre später schloss er das Studium vogue war. Albéniz arbeitete an „Iberia“, Falla tiefgreifend. Erst das Drama de Falla nach Granada. 1939 ging er, mit Authentizität der spanischen Traditionen der andalusischen Musik mit dem Poem dar. Hansjuergen Schaefer wieder auf – flamencoartige Tonalität und fügte zündende Tanzmelodien seiner Pariser Freunde zur Uraufführung „Neuinterpretation des Flamenco im The Three-cornered Hat Chester Music, London | Nights in the Gardens of Spain Editions Max Eschig, Paris recording, in whichever format it may the symphonic creation, and particularly recht schmalen, aber doch wertvollen in der Hauptstadt mit Auszeichnung Ravel komponierte seine „Rapsodie des beginnenden Ersten Weltkriegs dem Ende des spanischen Bürgerkrieges, durch das Gewand der Hochkultur Fokus auf „freie Inspiration durch die hat darauf hingewiesen, dass „die erklingt. Im Schlusssatz (In den Gärten hinzu. Die an „Falstaff“ gemahnenden in Nizza kam. Vorher arbeitete de Lichte zeitgenössischer Entwürfe des La vida breve Editions Max Eschig, Paris | El amor brujo Chester Music, London come, in whichever format it may be Find out more: the Swiss one. Œuvre einen von folkloristischen Zügen ab. Seinen ab 1900 entstandenen espagnole“ - eine regelrechte spanische veranlasste ihn im August 1914, wieder nach Argentinien, wo er nach dem zu verschleiern. Oder auch, durch die Rhythmen des fandango, des polo und musikalische Gestaltung (...) nun nicht der Sierra de Cordoba) wird anfänglich Handlungszüge liefern jede Menge Falla das Werk tiefgreifend um, die musikalischen Primitivismus, eine neue released. www.pentatonemusic.com geprägten Nationalstil. Allerdings Zarzuela-Kompositionen blieb der Erfolg Musikrenaissance hatte Paris erfasst. in seine Heimat zurückzukehren. Die Ausbleiben der Tantiemen aus Europa Konzentration auf rein volksmusikalische der malagueña“ (Christoforidis). Auch durch die Farbwirkungen, Tönungen ein rauschendes, nächtliches Fest Anlass für totale Verwirrung, Verkleidung wichtigsten Änderungen waren die Vision eines Spaniens der gitanos“ PENTATONE TEAM From its very early days and in close ohne eine auch nur halbwegs kitschig verwehrt. Ästhetisch geformt wurde Dennoch musste sich de Falla eher sieben Jahre in Paris könnte man in ernsthafte finanzielle Schwierigkeiten Vorbilder, die per se simpel gestrickt Elemente des verzierten canto jondo und Schattierungen bestimmt (wird), gefeiert, bevor das Klavier einen und Verführung auf der Bühne. Die Aufteilung des Einakters auf zwei (Christoforidis) vor. El amor brujo ist ein Vice President A&R Renaud Loranger | Managing Director Dirk Jan Vink

collaboration with the Radio-Télévision Mari Kodama anmutende Postkarten-Folklore. Der de Falla zu dieser Zeit durch das Werk schlecht als recht mit Klavierunterricht als „französische Schule“ de Fallas geriet, und 1946 starb. sind, ins künstlerisch Triviale abzugleiten. finden sich. Aber gleichfalls werden die eine südliche Nacht im Garten Sophie Harmsen fandango anstimmt. Am Ende kehrt Musik wurde von den zeitgenössischen Szenen sowie eine radikale Neufassung Destillat der Musik andalusischer Sinti Director Product, Marketing & Distribution Simon M. Eder | A&R Kate Rockett Suisse Romande, the Orchestre de la © Vincent Garnier Weg zum „Spanischen in der Musik“ L’acoustique nouvelle des französischen und Konzertieren durchschlagen. bezeichnen, denn erst durch die dort als Oder noch problematischer, als rhythmische und melodische Strukturen und in der Landschaft zu zaubern © Tatjana Dachsel dann wieder nächtliche Ruhe ein. Kritikern ausdrücklich gelobt. Man hob der Orchestration unter Anleitung und Roma. Verschiedene Bearbeitungen Marketing & PR Silvia Pietrosanti | Distribution Veronica Neo

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