![]() ![]() The soundscapes are huge - wall to wall and as deep as your audio system will provide. Powerful rolls of thunder, the click of castanets, lively rhythms and rich sonority conjure up a picture of fiery Spanish temperament so tangibly before our eyes that any comment on the recording quality appears almost superfluous. The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande executes the slightest nuance, the most exquisite of figures and gentlest lyrical tone with meticulous precision. The Swiss conductor Ernest Ansermet proves in this DECCA recording that he is a power to be reckoned with. Overflowing with the thrilling rhythms and electrifying melodies of Spanish folk music, this work achieved worldwide popularity virtually overnight. ![]() ![]() Sets and costumes were created by Pablo Picasso.Īlthough the Impressionistic character of the musical language reflects his studies with Debussy, the composer never once renounces his native origins. This was first performed in London at the Alhambra Theatre on 22 July 1919. The story - a magistrate infatuated with a miller’s faithful wife attempts to seduce her - derives from the novella by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón. El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat ) is a ballet by Manuel de Falla commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev and premiered complete in 1919. ![]()
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