Velasco: La Purpura de la Rosa

On this CD:

1. La Purpura de Rosa, opera
Composed by Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco
Performed by Lina Maria Akerlund, Josep Benet, Josep Cabre, Clemencic Consort, Luiz Alves da Silva, Pedro Liendo, Elisabeth von Magnus, Andreas Martin, Mieke van der Sluis, Mark Tucker
Conducted by Rene Clemencic

Tracks:

Loa
Baylete
Venus & Adonis
Marte & Belona
Chato & Celfa
En Los Montes
Amor
Amor Y Los Soldados
La Gruta De Desengano
Xacara
En Los Montes
La Muerte De Adonis
Fin De Fiesta

Customer Reviews:

Another gem from the Harp Consort.......2005-09-06

I missed this one when it first came out. I am so glad I found it among the after-market sellers on Amazon.
Very compelling rhythmically.

Exuberant and bright.......2001-04-13

I must add a comment: Maria del Mar Fernandez Doval is absolutely magnetic! Her voice is rich and dark, and full of fire and passion--I have never heard a voice like hers before; it fits the repertoire like a glove. I can't recommend this recording enough, and her voice alone makes it worth the purchase! ALL the vocals are amazing, in fact, and the choice of cast is flawless... (I only wish that Montserrat Figueras had gotten involved in this project. ;))

Shades of interpretation are ever-changing and never make for boring listening, despite the predominance of recitative and the lack of real arias, strange to those unaccostumed to this style. The rhythms are incredible, gently swaying or vigorously jumping, and the chorus floats beautifully over the earthiness of the strumming guitars. Overall, this recording is an excellent embodiment of contrasts and colors of emotions, of sol y sombra.

Thanks to BMG for this outstanding CD! Can we have another?.......2000-10-08

It's opera, Spanish, baroque (1701), old-world Europe, new-world Americas and very unusual, but outstanding, and worth every cent. I've searched high and low but cannot find anything else like it, on Amazon or any other music venue. The liner notebook is superb and more thorough than almost any other complement to other recordings. But the notes are not necessary to enjoy this recording. While it is totally accessible on the first listen, it continues to reveal delicate nuances on the tenth listen. The first five days I owned it, I listened five times. Frank Behrens gives more detailed comments that I won't repeat, but he's correct in his assessment of this sublime piece.

Now for something completely different.......2000-01-25

Would you believe that a new release from Deutsche Harmonia Mundi offers us (1) the first known opera to be done in the New World and (2) a work of surpassing beauty? All too often works of great historical interest will not appeal to a large segment of the public, but here we have an exception. (DHM 05472 77355 2) was first performed in 1701 in Lima, Peru to portray by a comparison of allegories "the moral of love triumphing over jealousy, of harmony between the heavens and the earth" and "harmony between the Old World (Europe) and the New (America)" [quoted from the press release].

To do so, the story of Venus and Adonis is performed, followed by a second part about the "Vengeance of Mars." All very Baroque, all very mythological and loaded with symbols immediately grasped by the cultured audience who had just raped an entire continent in order to celebrate the "harmony."

At first blush, with no hint at what you are hearing, you might suspect Monteverdi was composing to a Spanish text. Long passages of lyrical recite are punctuated by dances noble and peasant-like while high myth is mixed with humorous incidents from the lower classes. The story is the usual Baroque complex of old stories changed to meet the Political Correctness of the times, and you can follow it with a large magnifying glass since the complete text (in four languages no less) is in a print about the size of a hydrogen atom. The composer is Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, the librettist Pedro Calderon de la Barca, and both were thorough professionals. In this recording the Harp Consort under Andrew Lawrence-King certainly captures both the Spanishness and the timeless fantasy of the score (just listen to those trumpets sounding like guitars!). As with most Baroque operas, the female voice predominates and even Mars is a trouser role here. So we have Judith Malafronte (Venus), Ellen Hargis (Adonis), Maria del Mar Fernandez-Doval (Mars), and a fine supporting cast that have prompted me to play this set over and over. The people at BMG are to be thanked for releasing this superlative and unusual offering.

Torrejon y Velasco: La Purpura de la Rosa
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Torrejon y Velasco: La Purpura de la Rosa

Manufacturer: Nuova Era
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
Vocal & Song | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems
General | Classical | Styles | Music
General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000INUW
Release Date: 1995-01-31

Tracks:

Loa (Prologo)
Al Bosque, Al Bosque
Sabras, Celfa, Responder A Una Duda
Corred, Corred, Cristales
En Poco Nos Ha Enganado
No Puede Amor
Huid, Pastores
Un Adonis!
Con La Fuerza Del Dolor

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Purpura De La Rosa
Torrejon Y Velasco , Ensemble Elyma , and Garrido
Manufacturer: K617 Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00004VSMN
Release Date: 2000-10-10

Tracks:

Prologue En Hommage Au Roi Philippe V: Loa Para La Purpura De La Rosa - Ens Elyma/Gabriel Garrido
Canzona - Ens Elyma/Gabriel Garrido
Scene 1: 'Al Bosque Monteros' - Eliana Bayon/Nadia Ortega/Sandrah Silvio/Elisabetta Riatsch
Scene 1: ''Tu Eres Venus?' - Graciela Oddone
Scene 2: 'A Quien Hermosa Venus' - Cecilia Diaz
Scene 2: 'Arma! Guerra! Viva Marte!' - Amalia Barrio/Ana Fabiola Massino/Soledad Gavilan/Patricia Arroyo/Carmen Iglesias...
Scene 3: 'Sabras, Celfa, Responder?' - Marcello Lippi
Scene 4: 'Pues Extremos Que El Vio,' - Isabel Monar
Scene 4: 'Que Quieres Oh Tu, Cuyo Gemir?' - Isabel Alvarez
Scene 4: 'Favor, Cielos Divinos' - Graciela Oddone
Scene 4: 'Y Bien, Que Es Lo Que Adviertes' - Isabel Monar
Scene 4: 'Corred Cristales' - Eliana Bayon/Nadia Ortega/Sandrah Silvio/Elisabetta Riatsch

Tracks:

Xacara - Ens Elyma/Gabriel Garrido
Scene 5: 'La Planta Fugitiva Del Laurel' - Alicia Borges
Scene 5: 'Ya Que La Altivez De Adonis' - Isabel Alvarez
Scene 5: 'Hola! Que Mandas' - Cecilia Diaz/Amalia Barrio/Ana Fabiola Massino/Soledad Gavilan/Patricia Arroyo...
Scene 5: 'Pues Nunca La Planta' - Cecilia Diaz
Scene 5: 'Oh Tu, Que Venciendo A Todos' - Ens Elyma/Gabriel Garrido
Scene 6: 'En Tanto Que Declinando El Sol' - Isabel Monar
Scene 6: 'Si Puede Y No Puede Amor' - Isabel Alvarez
Scene 6: 'Si Puedes Que Yo' - Alicia Borges
Scene 7: Passacaille: 'Pues sabeis Por Donde Fue' - Cecilia Diaz
Scene 7: 'Pues Aqui Ya No Hay Que Hacer' - Marcello Lippi
Scene 8: 'Pastores, Decidme' - Isabel Monar
Scene 8: 'Como La Paz' - Cecilia Diaz
Scene 8: 'Ay Infelice De Mi' - Isabel Monar
Scene 8: 'Porque Vean' - Isabel Alvarez

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