Track Listing

1. Debussy: Iberia from "Images" For Orchestra: Par les rues et par les chemins
2. Debussy: Iberia from "Images" For Orchestra: Les parfums de la nuit
3. Debussy: Iberia from "Images" For Orchestra: La matin d'un jour de fete
4. Turina: Danzas Fantasticas, Op. 22: Exaltacion
5. Turina: Danzas Fantasticas, Op. 22: Ensueno
6. Turina: Danzas Fantasticas, Op. 22: Orgia
7. Turina: Sinfonia Sevillana, Op. 23: Panorama
8. Turina: Sinfonia Sevillana, Op. 23: Por el rio Guadalquivir
9. Turina: Sinfonia Sevillana, Op. 23: Fiesta en San Juan de Arznalfarache
10. Turina: La Procesion Del Rocio, Op. 9: Triana en fiestas
11. Turina: La Procesion Del Rocio, Op. 9: La procesion

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #86933 in Music
• Released on: 2001-11-27
• Number of discs: 1
• Original language: Spanish
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

From Amazon.com
López-Cobos, departing from his successful tenure at the helm of the Cincinnati orchestra, opens the program with "Iberia," the most popular of Debussy's Images for Orchestra. It's played beautifully, though without the drive that permeates versions by Munch and Paray, among others. But the main attraction here is the works of Turina, and they get bang-up performances. The three Danzas Fantàsticas, which Turina later transcribed for piano, are ravishing in their Impressionistic orchestral garb, and the final one bristles with the energy of flamenco. Sinfonia Sevillana, really a three-movement tone poem, paints a colorful picture of a colorful city, and La Procesión del Rocio, a tone portrait of a religious procession in Seville, is infused with gypsy melodies. López-Cobos and his orchestra are in their element here, and it's hard to imagine more fetching performances of Turina's music, especially as enhanced by Telarc's fine sonics. --Dan Davis