More than a century of song is gathered here in a charming bouquet around folk themes and lullabies. The song that gives the album its title is by Manuel de Falla, from his justifiably famous Seven Popular Spanish Songs, and there are also excerpts here from the Canciones negras of Montsalvatge. Much less often encountered outside their native countries are the songs of the Spaniard Antón García Abril (b.1933) and the Argentine composer Carlos Guastavino (1912–2000), both composing in a light and charming lyric style, shared by the early music of Guastavino’s countryman Alberto Ginastera (1916–83), who later composed in a more Modernist vein.
Works:
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Falla: Oración de las madres que tienen a sus hijos en brazos
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Falla: Siete Canciones populares españolas
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Garcia Abril: Nana de la ciguena
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Garcia Abril: Nana de la negra flor
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Garcia Abril: Nana del nino malo
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Ginastera: Arrorró
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Ginastera: Cinco canciones populares argentinas Op. 10
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Guastavino: Seis Canciones de Cuna
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Halffter, E: Crepúsculos
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Halffter, E: Lullaby
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Iriarte, G: Nana del nino malo
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Lorca: Canciónes (13) españolas antiguas
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Lorca: Canciónes (13) españolas antiguas: Nana de Sevilla
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Montero, J: Nana de la lejania
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Montsalvatge: Canción negra No. 4, Cancion de cuna para dormir a un negrito
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Toldrà: Cantareillo
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Torroba: Ea, la nana (Sleep, my child)
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Turina: Berceuse (No. 4 from Ninerias, Series 1, Op. 21)
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Turina: Cancion de cuna (No. 7 from La mujer del heroe)
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Turina: Niñerías (Petite Suite), Series 1, Op. 21