This album invites you to travel from Spain to South America in the company of the greatest composers the countries of the region have produced: next to Spanish folk songs reshaped by Falla, compositions by Casals, Granados, Montsalvatge, and the beloved Ária from the Bachiana brasileira by Brazil’s Villa-Lobos, an Argentine tango by Piazzolla is paired with its Spanish counterpart by Albéniz (though his is in the form of a habanera). A wide-ranging programme which brings together two virtuoso soloists... who are not about to part anytime soon.
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA [1921-1992] · Le Grand Tango (12'20) XAVIER MONTSALVATGE Cinco canciones negras Transcriptions by Kim Kashkashian & Robert Levin and by Tabea Zimmermann · I. Cuba dentro de un piano. Lento (4'53) · II. Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito. Lento (2'53) · III. Punto de habanera (siglo XVIII). Tempo de Guajiras (1'13) · IV. Chévere. Lentissimo (2'13) · V. Canto negro. Leggero (1'10) MANUEL DE FALLA [1876-1946] Siete canciones populares españolas Transcriptions for viola and piano by Emilio Mateu and Miguel Zanetti · I. El paño moruno. Allegretto vivace (2'18) · II. Seguidilla murciana. Allegro spiritoso (1'13) · III. Asturiana. Andante tranquillo (2'35) · IV. Canción. Allegretto (1'33) · V. Polo. Vivo (1'15) · VI. Nana. Calmo e sostenuto (2'13) · VII. Jota. Allegro vivo (3'35) HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS [1887-1959] · Ária (Cantilena) from Bachianas Brasileiras, no.5. Adagio Arrangement for viola and piano by William Primrose (5'50) PABLO CASALS Transcriptions for viola by Tabea Zimmerman · En sourdine. Lento (4'15) · En el mirall canviant de la mar blava (Cançó catalana, núm. 1). Moderato (1'35) · El ángel travieso. Allegretto (2'54) · Tres estrofas de amor. Agitato (4'07) ENRIQUE GRANADOS [1867-1916] Tonadillas en estilo antiguo(excerpts) Transcriptions by Kim Kashkashian and Robert Levin · El mirar de la maja. Allegretto comodo (2'57) · El majo olvidado. Andantino (3'54) · La maja dolorosa (núm. 3).Andantino (3'01) · El majo discreto. Allegretto (1'27) ISAAC ALBÉNIZ [1860-1909] · Tango.Andantino extr. from España op.165 for solo piano Transcription for viola and piano by Henri Classens (2'34)
