A hard-to-find sleeper hit from the Reader's Digest Series, featuring exceptional sound engineering by Wilkinson/Gerhardt, as well as Rosalind Elias and the National Philharmonic's stunning performances.
Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Rosalind Elias
Orchestra - National Philharmonic Orchestra
Engineer – Kenneth G. Wilkinson Producer – Charles Gerhardt
Analog: Transferred using a modified Studer 810 tape deck feeding a Merrill Tape Preamp
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Love The Magician
1 Introduction & Scene...In The Cave
2 Song Of Suffering Love
3 The Spectre...Dance Of Fear
4 Magic Circle...Midnight
5 Ritual Fire Dance
6 Scene
7 Song Of The Will-O'-The-Wisp
8 Pantomime
9 Dance Of The Game Of Love
10 Finale: The Bells Of Dawn
The 3-Cornered Hat
11 Introduction
12 Afternoon
13 Dance Of The Miller's Wife
14 The Corregidor
15 The Grapes
16 The Neighbour's Dance
17 The Miller's Dance
18 Final dance
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De Falla Music - Robert Mandell
Eine der besten Einspielungen von De Falla's Meisterwerken. Der Sound und die Interpretation sind nahezu perfekt. Unbedingt empfehlenswert!! P.Krismer


Another winner!
Another winner from the Readers Digest series of recordings engineered by Kenneth Wilkinson and produced by Charles Gerhardt. I'd not heard this recording before and was quite nicely stunned by it on my first listen. These performances of El Amor Brujo and The Three-Cornered Hat are as dynamic, characterful and colorful as any I know of in the catalog. I may prefer Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos' readings slightly, but these by Mandell are very fine and I'm grateful to now have them in my music library. Plus, the sound quality is just luscious in every way! It is so immediate and clear that it rivals the best modern recordings. Well done!
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