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Track(s) taken from CDA67186

Canción al arbol del olvido, Op 3 No 2

First line:
En mis pagos hay un arbol
composer
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
author of text
Francisco Silva y Valdés (?-?)

Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Recording details: December 2000
All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Julian Millard
Release date: June 2002
Total duration: 2 minutes 31 seconds
 

Reviews

‘Full of rare delights … this well-recorded disc is highly recommendable’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Fink is one of the best singers I’ve encountered in some time, and she goes a long way to making this recording the most enjoyable anthology of Spanish songs I’ve heard’ (American Record Guide)

‘Recommended with enthusiasm’ (International Record Review)

‘A strong case for the inclusion of at least some Spanish Song into mainstream repertoire … Vignoles’s accompaniment is beautifully defined throughout; the perfect foil to Fink’s delicately nuanced, smooth and increasingly sensual singing’ (The Independent on Sunday)

‘One of the loveliest mezzos of our time’ (The Sunday Times)

‘Enthusiasts for song recitals should certainly investigate this disc, which offers one beautiful song after the other, running the gamut from elegant art songs to simple, folk-like tunes’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘The performances are excellent’ (Turok’s Choice)

‘A delightful recital’ (Classics Today)

«On sent qu’elle connaît parfaitement ce répertoire et cette langue» (Répertoire, France)
Canción al arbol del olvido is a characteristically lean-textured song, underpinned by a hypnotically repetitive rhythm in the piano part. Its poet, Francisco Silva y Valdes, was clearly fond of trees—he also provided the text for the best-known song of Carlos Guastavino, La rosa y el sauce.

from notes by Roger Vignoles © 2002

Canción al árbol del olvido es canción con una textura característicamente nutrida, reforzada por un ritmo hipnóticamente repetitivo al piano. A su poeta, Francisco Silva y Valdés, obviamente le gustaban los árboles: también proporcionó el texto de la canción más conocida de Carlos Guastavino, La rosa y el sauce.

extraído de las notas de Roger Vignoles © 2002
Español: Jacqueline Cockburn

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