Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite; Falla: El retablo de maese Pedro

Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite; Falla: El retablo de maese Pedro

HMM 902653 (Harmonia Mundi, CD)

FIRST RELEASE (23 February 2024)

Playing time: 62'07"
Tracks: 22
Booklet pages: 48
℗ 2024 Harmonia Mundi Musique sas
© 2024 Harmonia Mundi Musique sas
Main country of recording: Spain
Country of manufacture: Netherlands
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite; Falla: El retablo de maese Pedro published on 19 March 2024

Airam Hernández, tenor (Maese Pedro) (tracks 1, 2, 5 and 8-10)
José Antonio López, bass-baritone (Don Quijote) (tracks 5, 9 and 10)
Héctor López de Ayala Uribe, boy soprano (El Trujamán) (tracks 2-9)
Benjamin Alard, harpsichord (Pleyel 'Grand Model') (tracks 2 and 4-13)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

Manuel de Falla:

El retablo de maese Pedro (Master Peter's Puppet Show)
1 El pregón
2 La sinfonía
3 La corte de Carlomagno
4 La entrada de Carlomagno
5 Melisendra
6 El suplicio del Moro
7 Los Pirineos
8 La fuga
9 La persecución
10 Final

Harpsichord Concerto
11 Allegro
12 Lento (giubiloso e energico)
13 Vivace (flessibile, scherzando)

Igor Stravinsky:

Pulcinella Suite
14 Sinfonia
15 Serenata
16 Scherzino
17 Tarantella
18 Toccata
19 Gavotta (con due variazioni)
20 Minuetto
22 Finale

The three works on this CD evoke the worlds of commedia dell'arte (Pulcinella), Don Quixote (El retablo de maese Pedro) and picaresque Spain (the Harpsichord Concerto). Telling their stories with colour, rhythm and humour, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Pablo Heras-Casado and Benjamin Alard (playing a sumptuous Pleyel harpsichord) invite us to an exhilarating fireworks display.

Recorded in February 2023 at Sala Montsalvatge, Auditori de Girona, Spain.