Music Is a Thing of Mystery
Donald Macleod focuses on Falla's exploratory music from a settled period between 1920 and 1939, when he lived in Granada.
In the autumn of 1920, Manuel de Falla moved to Granada with his sister Maria del Carmen. The house in which they lived, from 1920-1939, in a little alley in the old Moorish quarter of Granada, overlooked by the Alhambra palace, is now the Manuel de Falla House-Museum. Living in Granada was the realisation of a dream for Falla. He now had a refuge from the public world of concert tours. He told one newspaperman: "I am absolutely dedicated to music, and music must be lived, must be inside you; it must be formed naturally. Music is a thing of mystery!" Donald Macleod celebrates Falla's exploratory music from this settled period.
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Manuel de Falla
Nocturno in F minor for piano
Performer: Miguel Baselga.- BIS : CD-773.
- BIS.
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Manuel de Falla
Canto de los remeros del Volga for piano
Performer: Daniel Ligorio.- Naxos 8.555066.
- Naxos.
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Manuel de Falla
Psyche for voice, flute, harp and string trio
Singer: Victoria de los Ángeles. Conductor: Josep Pons. Orchestra: Barcelona Free Theatre Chamber Orchestra.- HARMONIA MUNDI : HMC 901432-.
- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Manuel de Falla
El Retablo de maese Pedro - puppet opera
Singer: Ismael Pons-Tena. Singer: Jordi Galofre. Singer: Nancy Fabiola Herrera. Singer: Natacha Valladares.- Naxos 8.553499.
- Naxos.
- 20.
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Manuel de Falla
El Retablo de maese Pedro - puppet opera
Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.- RCA : 09026 -61389 2.
- RCA.
- 8.
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Manuel de Falla
Concerto in D major for harpsichord and 5 instruments
Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Performer: Rafael Puyana.- PHILIPS : 432-829-2.
- PHILIPS.
- 14.
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Manuel de Falla
Vals-capricho for piano
Performer: Len Vorster.- Naxos 8.554498.
- Naxos.
- 19.
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- Thu 27 Nov 201412:00BBC Radio 3
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