Manuel de Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, Nights in the Gardens of Spain & Seven Spanish Folk Songs

Released 2025 | SOMM Recordings

Tracklist

Total CD Time: 74:43 minutes

The Three-Cornered Hat [38:54]
(El sombrero de tres picos)

[1] Introduction 1:31

Part I
[2] La tarde (Afternoon) (5:26)
[3] Danza de la molinera (Dance of the Miller’s Wife): Fandango – El corregidor (The Magistrate) – La molinera (3:47)
[4] Las uvas (The Grapes) (4:28)

Part II
[5] Danza de los vecinos (The Neighbours’ Dance): Seguidillas (3:34)
[6] Danza del molinero (The Miller’s Dance): Farruca – Scene: Allegretto – Las coplas del cuco (The Cuckoo Couplets): Nocturno (7:25)
[7] Danza del Corregidor (The Magistrate’s Dance): Minué – Allegro (6:21)
[8] Danza final (Final Dance): Jota (6:24)

Nights in the Gardens of Spain [23:41]
(Noches en los jardines de España)

[9] I. En el Generalife (In the Generalife) (10:25)
[10] II. Danza lejana (Distant Dance) (5:01)
[11] III. En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba (8:15)
(In the Gardens of the Sierra de Córdoba)

Seven Spanish Folk Songs [12:09]
(Siete canciones populares españolas)
orch. Luciano Berio

[12] I. El paño moruno (The Moorish Cloth) (1:24)
[13] II. Seguidilla murciana (1:28)
[14] III. Asturiana (2:02)
[15] IV. Jota (3:11)
[16] V. Nana (1:17)
[17] VI. Canción (1:15)
[18] VII. Polo (1:32)

Reviews

Read the latest reviews about the CD

“A piano concerto in all but name, Nights in the Gardens of Spain, is a programmatic depiction of Andalusia…The Climax in the first scene, En el Generalife, is tremendously exiting.”

Natasha Loges, BBC Music Magazine, February 2025

“Some of the piano passages, as in a concerto, demand technical flair from the performer, and Brazilian pianist Clélia Iruzun is more than up to the task…Her graceful phrasing, runs and arpeggios echo the faint nocturnal sounds of a distant brook, or winds rushing through the trees, and paint a highly evocative canvas.”

Jean-Yves Duperron, Clasical Music Sentine, January 2025

“Soloist for the work’s first London performance in 1921 was the composer himself; and I am sure he would have approved of the pianist here: the internationally much admired Brazilian Clélia Iruzun who is based in London.”

Peter Burt, London Light Music, January 2025

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