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Joaquin Turina, Antonio de Almeida, Dr. Stefan Mikorey
Danzas Fantasticas
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Classical

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. Danzas fantasticas Op. 22: Exaltacion
2. Danzas fantasticas Op. 22: Ensueno
3. Danzas fantasticas Op. 22: Orgia
4. La procesion del Rocio Op. 9: Triana en fiestas
5. La procesion del Rocio Op. 9: La procesion
6. Sinfonia sevillana Op. 23: Panorama (Andante)
7. Sinfonia sevillana Op. 23: Porel Rio Guadalquivir
8. Sinfonia sevillana Op. 23: Fiesta en San Juan de Aznalfarache
9. Ritmos Op. 43 (Fantasia coreografica): Preludio
10. Ritmos Op. 43 (Fantasia coreografica): Danza lenta
11. Ritmos Op. 43 (Fantasia coreografica): Vals tragico
12. Ritmos Op. 43 (Fantasia coreografica): Garrotin
13. Ritmos Op. 43 (Fantasia coreografica): Intermedio
14. Ritmos Op. 43 (Fantasia coreografica): Danza exotica

CD Details

All Artists: Joaquin Turina, Antonio de Almeida, Dr. Stefan Mikorey, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Title: Danzas Fantasticas
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: RCA
Release Date: 6/9/1992
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Concertos, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Instruments, Keyboard, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 090266089529

Synopsis

Amazon.com

Turina's colorful and picturesque music seems to be represented almost solely by the last dance--"Orgia"--of the Danzas Fantásticas. This is a pity, for although he didn't write very much orchestral music (what Spanish composer did?), what we have is just terrific. The late ballet, Rítmos, is particularly rewarding purely as a piece of music, while the Sinfonía Sevillana remains one of the most tuneful and immediately appealing of the world's great musical cityscapes. These performances, by the late Antonio de Almeida, are simply the finest available. He brings an irresistible momentum and energy to each piece, and the orchestra gives him 100 percent effort all the way. --David Hurwitz

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CD Reviews

Very exciting performances -- the Ritmos is especially thril

Classic Music Lover | Maryland, USA | 09/14/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album of Turina works conducted by Antonio Almeida packs a lot of excitement in its 60+ minutes. It's probably the best all-Turina disk out there. The performances are so effective, it almost makes you think Turina was an equal talent to his contemporaneous compatriots deFalla and Albeniz.

The most famous work here is the Danzas Fantasticas. Almeida does a very nice job with them -- fully up to the level of Ernest Ansermet on London/Decca or Enrique Batiz on EMI. The Procesion del Rocio and the Sinfonia Sevillana are also highly effective ... Almeida makes these works sound more exciting than one typically hears. Even if you already know them well, hearing them here will bring back the old excitement you probably felt the first time around.

But the biggest thrill comes with the less well-known Ritmos, a suite of six dances that are played to perfection, each selection building on the other until we reach the penultimate Danza Exotica. There, Almeida whips his orchestral forces to a rousing conclusion, accentuated by one of the loudest, most penetrating bass drum thwacks you're ever likely to hear on CD. It's guaranteed to rattle your windows! The Bamberg Symphony plays better on this CD than on any other of theirs I've heard -- they really are with the conductor every step of the way.

If you were to purchase only one set of Turina works, this is clearly the one to buy.

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