The Very Best of Victoria de los Angeles

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Annotation

Tracks recorded at widely differing times. Dates of recording and digital remastering indicated in individual track annotations.
The EMI Classics catalog# and EAN given in the Release event are for the 2 CD set. Disc 1 also has an individual catalog # of 5 75889 2 and an EAN (but no graphic barcode) of 7243 5 75889 2 8 in fine print around the rim of the disc. Disc 2 also has an individual catalog # of 5 75890 2 and an EAN (but no graphic barcode) of 7243 5 75890 2 4 in fine print around the rim of the disc.

Annotation last modified on 2013-03-07 13:31 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, op. 34, no. 2
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
orchestra:
Sinfonia of London (John Wilson’s session orchestra)
conductor:
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1966)
recording of:
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, op. 34 Nr. 2
lyricist:
Heinrich Heine (German poet)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1836)
part of:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV K 86)
part of:
6 Gesänge, op. 34
Felix Mendelssohn2:42
2Ich liebe dich, op. 5, no. 3
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
orchestra:
Sinfonia of London (John Wilson’s session orchestra)
conductor:
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1966)
recording of:
Ich liebe dich, op. 5 no. 3 (in German, von Holstein)
lyricist:
Hans Christian Andersen
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1864)
translator:
Franz von Holstein
translated version of:
Jeg elsker dig, op. 5 nr. 3
Edvard Grieg2:36
3Wiegenlied, op. 49, no. 4
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
orchestra:
Sinfonia of London (John Wilson’s session orchestra)
conductor:
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1966)
recording of:
5 Lieder, op. 49: Nr. 4. Wiegenlied "Guten Abend, gute Nacht" (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
"Des Knaben Wunderhorn" (special purpose artist) and Georg Scherer
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (in 1868)
dedicated to:
Bertha Faber
premiered at:
[concert] (1869-12-22)
part of:
5 Lieder, op. 49
Johannes Brahms2:25
4Les Filles de Cadiz
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
orchestra:
Sinfonia of London (John Wilson’s session orchestra)
conductor:
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1966)
recording of:
Les Filles de Cadix (Chanson espagnole)
lyricist:
Alfred de Musset
composer:
Léo Delibes (composer)
Léo Delibes3:05
5Cinco canciones negras: I. Cuba dentro de un piano
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
conductor:
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1962)
recording of:
Cinco canciones negras, nº 1: Cuba dentro de un piano (for orchestra)
orchestrator:
Xavier Montsalvatge (composer) (in 1949)
lyricist:
Rafael Alberti
composer:
Xavier Montsalvatge (composer) (in 1945)
orchestration of:
Cinco canciones negras, nº 1: Cuba dentro de un piano (for piano)
part of:
Cinco canciones negras (for orchestra)
Xavier Montsalvatge4:03
6Cinco canciones negras: II. Chèvre
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
conductor:
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1962)
recording of:
Cinco canciones negras, nº 3: Chévere (for orchestra)
orchestrator:
Xavier Montsalvatge (composer) (in 1949)
lyricist:
Nicolás Guillén
composer:
Xavier Montsalvatge (composer) (in 1945)
orchestration of:
Cinco canciones negras, nº 3: Chévere (for piano)
part of:
Cinco canciones negras (for orchestra)
Xavier Montsalvatge1:55
7Cinco canciones negras: III. Punto de habanera
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
conductor:
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1962)
recording of:
Cinco canciones negras, nº 2: Punto de habanera (for orchestra)
orchestrator:
Xavier Montsalvatge (composer) (in 1949)
lyricist:
Néstor Luján
composer:
Xavier Montsalvatge (composer) (in 1945)
orchestration of:
Cinco canciones negras, nº 2: Punto de habanera (for piano)
part of:
Cinco canciones negras (for orchestra)
Xavier Montsalvatge1:56
8Cinco canciones negras: IV. Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
conductor:
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1962)
recording of:
Cinco canciones negras, nº 4: Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito (for orchestra)
orchestrator:
Xavier Montsalvatge (composer) (in 1949)
lyricist:
Ildefonso Pereda Valdés
composer:
Xavier Montsalvatge (composer) (in 1945)
orchestration of:
Cinco canciones negras, nº 4: Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito (for piano)
part of:
Cinco canciones negras (for orchestra)
Xavier Montsalvatge2:20
9Cinco canciones negras: V. Canto negro
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
conductor:
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1962)
recording of:
Cinco canciones negras, nº 5: Canto negro (for orchestra)
orchestrator:
Xavier Montsalvatge (composer) (in 1949)
lyricist:
Nicolás Guillén
composer:
Xavier Montsalvatge (composer) (in 1945)
orchestration of:
Cinco canciones negras, nº 5: Canto negro (for piano)
part of:
Cinco canciones negras (for orchestra)
Xavier Montsalvatge1:19
10El niño judio: “De España vengo”
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
orchestra:
Sinfonia of London (John Wilson’s session orchestra)
conductor:
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1966)
recording of:
El niño judío: Acto II. Canción española "De España vengo"
composer:
Pablo Luna
librettist:
Enrique García Álvarez and Antonio Paso y Cano (the father)
part of:
El niño judío: Acto II
Pablo Luna4:54
11El amor brujo: Canción del amor dolido
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976)
conductor:
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1966)
recording of:
El amor brujo: III. Canción del amor dolido
lyricist:
Gregorio Martínez Sierra
composer:
Manuel de Falla (Spanish composer)
part of:
El amor brujo (for symphony orchestra)
Manuel de Falla1:33
12El amor brujo: Canción del fuego fatuo
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976)
conductor:
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1966)
recording of:
El amor brujo: X. Canción del fuego fatuo
lyricist:
Gregorio Martínez Sierra
composer:
Manuel de Falla (Spanish composer)
part of:
El amor brujo (for symphony orchestra)
Manuel de Falla1:40
13Chants d’Auvergne: La pastoura als camps
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestre Lamoureux
conductor:
Jean‐Pierre Jacquillat (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1975)
recording of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Première Série: No. 1. La pastoura als camps
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joseph Canteloube
part of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Première Série
Joseph Canteloube2:23
14Chants d’Auvergne: Baïlèro
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestre de chambre des Concerts Lamoureux and Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
conductor:
Jean‐Pierre Jacquillat (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1973)
recording of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Première Série: No. 2. Baïlèro
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joseph Canteloube
part of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Première Série
Joseph Canteloube4:49
15Chants d’Auvergne: Chut, chut
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestre Lamoureux
conductor:
Jean‐Pierre Jacquillat (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1973)
recording of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Quatrième Série: No. 4. Chut, chut
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joseph Canteloube
part of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Quatrième Série
Joseph Canteloube1:59
16Chants d’Auvergne: Uno jionto postouro
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestre Lamoureux
conductor:
Jean‐Pierre Jacquillat (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1975)
recording of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Cinquième Série: No. 7. Uno jionto postouro
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joseph Canteloube
part of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Cinquième Série
Joseph Canteloube2:58
17Joshua: “Oh! had I Jubal’s lyre”
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1961)
recording of:
Joshua, HWV 64: Act III, no. 56. "Oh! had I Jubal's lyre" (Achsah)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1747-07-19 until 1747-08-19)
librettist:
Thomas Morell
part of:
Joshua, HWV 64: Act III
George Frideric Handel2:56
18An die Musik, D. 547
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1961)
recording of:
An die Musik, D. 547 (original, for solo voice and piano)
lyricist:
Franz von Schober
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1817-03)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 547)
Franz Schubert3:04
19Dein blaues Auge, op. 59, no. 8
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1961)
recording of:
8 Lieder und Gesänge, op. 59: Nr. 8. Dein blaues Auge hält so still
lyricist:
Klaus Groth
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer)
part of:
8 Lieder und Gesänge, op. 59
Johannes Brahms2:11
20Vergebliches Ständchen, op. 84, no. 4
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1961)
recording of:
5 Romanzen und Lieder, op. 84: Nr. 4. Vergebliches Ständchen
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer)
part of:
5 Romanzen und Lieder, op. 84
Johannes Brahms1:39
21L’Invitation au voyage
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1963)
recording of:
L’Invitation au voyage (for voice and orchestra)
lyricist:
Charles Baudelaire
composer:
Henri Duparc (composer)
Henri Duparc4:12
22Shéhérazade: La Flûte enchantée
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1963)
recording of:
Shéhérazade: II. La Flûte enchantée
lyricist:
Tristan Klingsor
composer:
Maurice Ravel (classical composer) (in 1903)
part of:
Schéhérazade: Trois poèmes pour chant et orchestre
Maurice Ravel2:49
23Chants populaires: I. Chanson espagnole
piano:
Gonzalo Soriano (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1967)
recording of:
Chants populaires: I. Chanson espagnole
composer:
Maurice Ravel (classical composer) (in 1910)
part of:
Chants populaires
Maurice Ravel2:38
24Chants populaires: II. Chanson française
piano:
Gonzalo Soriano (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1967)
recording of:
Chants populaires: II. Chanson française
composer:
Maurice Ravel (classical composer) (in 1910)
part of:
Chants populaires
Maurice Ravel1:56
25Chants populaires: III. Chanson italienne
piano:
Gonzalo Soriano (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1967)
recording of:
Chants populaires: III. Chanson italienne
composer:
Maurice Ravel (classical composer) (in 1910)
part of:
Chants populaires
Maurice Ravel1:25
26Clavelitos!
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1961)
recording of:
Clavelitos
lyricist:
José Juan Cadenas
composer:
Joaquín “Quinito” Valverde Sanjuán (the son, composed "Clavelitos")
Joaquín Valverde1:46
27Malagueña
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1969)
recording of:
20 cantos populares españoles: No. 6. Malagueña
composer:
Joaquín Nin y Castellanos
part of:
Veinte cantos populares españoles
Joaquín Nin2:42
28Granadina
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1961)
recording of:
20 cantos populares españoles: No. 7. Granadina
composer:
Joaquín Nin y Castellanos
part of:
Veinte cantos populares españoles
Joaquín Nin2:02
29Adiós, Granada
guitar and soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
guitar arranger:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1961)
recording of:
Emigrantes: "Adiós, Granada"
composer:
Tomás Barrera Saavedra and Rafael Calleja Gómez
librettist:
Pablo Cases
part of:
Emigrantes
Tomás Barrera & Rafael Calleja2:13
30La tempranica: Zapateado “La tarántula é un bicho mú”
piano:
Alicia de Larrocha (pianist)
soprano vocals:
Victoria de los Ángeles (soprano)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1972)
live recording of:
La tempranica: Zapateado "La tarántula é un bicho mú malo"
composer:
Gerónimo Giménez
librettist:
Julián Romea Parra
part of:
La tempranica
Gerónimo Giménez1:46

Credits

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photography:Cecil Beaton
Luc Joubert
liner notes:Alan Blyth (UK classical singing critic and book editor, 1929-2007)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 2003)
ASIN:UK: B000083GOE [info]