蓋哈德: (唐吉訶德)芭蕾舞曲全集
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The Catalan Roberto Gerhard studied piano with Granados, and was the only Spanish composer to study with Arnold Schoenberg. It was, however, over twenty years before he committed himself to writing twelve-tone music. In the interim, his output brought a new focus and precision (owing more to Stravinsky and Bartok) to the Spanish style. All the works on this album were composed in that period. Dating from the early 1940s, his ballet Alegrias was originally conceived for two pianos, but soon evolved into the four-movement suite heard here. The flamenco-inspired movements are linked in pairs, and show Gerhard's brilliance and humour in equal measure. During this same period Gerhard decided to mark the centenary of his first teacher, Felipe Pedrell (who had also taught Albeniz, Granados, and de Falla), with a three-movement symphony, Homenaje a Pedrell (CHAN 9693). Gerhard failed to secure a performance of the work, but in 1954 was invited to re-work the final movement for a BBC Symphony Orchestra concert, which became Pedrelliana. Gerhard's ballet on episodes from Cervantes's Don Quixote evolved for almost a decade, from a work for chamber orchestra, for a touring company (abandoned because of the war), via a version for radio and an expanded orchestral suite, to the work recorded here, in its full and final orchestration for performances at the Royal Opera House in 1950, choreographed by Ninette de Valois. Robert Helpmann danced the title role and Margot Fonteyn Dulcinea

ROBERTO GERHARD

Alegrias 12:37
Suite from the Ballet for Orchestra
1. I Preambulo. Allegro - L''istesso tempo - 2:10
2. Jacara. Allegretto 2:15
3. II Farruca. Andante (tempo di farruca) - Pochissimo piu animato - 5:07
Poco a poco accelerando - Allegro - Lo stesso tempo -
4. Jaleo. (Crotchet = c.160) - Allegrissimo - Poco accelerando - 2:59

Con brio
5. Pedrelliana 11:27

Don Quixote 37:10
Ballet in Five Scenes with Interludes and an Epilogue
on Quixote''s Room: [5:47}
7. [Andante maestoso] - Poco piu largamente - Incalzando - 0:53
8.Don Quixote''s vision of Dulcinea. Calmo - 3:04
9. Sancho Panza. Allegretto - 0:56
10. Interlude I (The Plain of La Mancha) - 0:53
Scene 2. A Wayside Inn (Chacona de la Venta): [8:16]
11. Allegretto giocoso - Poco piu mosso - Brisk - 3:01
Tempo I, poco pesante - Andante -
12. The Vigil at Arms (Vigilia de las armas). L''istesso tempo - 1:31
Con un poco di moto -
13. The duel with the muleteer. Alquanto animato - 1:31
Tempo giusto - Andante -
14. The knighting'' of Don Quixote. [Andante] - 0:59
15. Interlude II. Poco piu lento - Poco pesante - Incalzando - 1:12
Scene 3. The Plain of La Mancha: [9:47]
16. The Windmills (Molinos de viento). Andante - Poco agitato - 1:29
17. The village barber and his basin. Allegretto trivale - 2:13
Tempo da prima (Andante) - Andante affettuoso -
Sostenuto -
18. The Golden Age (La Edad de Oro). Adagietto - Poco piu mosso - 2:44
Tempo da prima [Adagietto] - Allegretto comodoo -
Poco meno -
19. the galley-slaves (Paso doble de los galeotes). [Allegro] - 2:22
Animando - Tempo I - Animando - Vivace - Allegretto -
Poco meno -
20. Interlude III. L''istesso tempo - Andante - 0:56
Scene 4. The Cave of Montesinos (Chacona de palacio): [3:44]
21. Allegro moderato - 3:09
22. Interlude IV. Maestoso (Tempo I) - 0:33
Scene 5. The Prison (Variaciones): [9:06]
23. Con moto - Poco piu mosso, quasi vivace - 3:23
Agitato, poco stretto - Meno mosso - Animando - Agitato -
Allegretto placido - Poco piu calmo - Affrettando -
24. Dulcinea revealed as Aldonza. Larghetto - 2:10
25. Epilogue. Adagietto - Tempo I 3:32
Total time: 60:59

Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic
Zoe Beyers leader
Conductor: Juanjo Mena