Notes and Editorial Reviews
With the welcome issue on Glossa of 'Las idas y las vueltas', evidence of the new spirit of musicmaking from Spain is evident from Fahmi Alqhai’s previous releases (A piacere and Rediscovering Spain). 'Las idas y las vueltas' is an exuberant display of music-making in its own right but also a demonstration of the interrelationship between Spanish Baroque music and flamenco. The melting pot of melodies, colours and rhythms that followed in the wake of Spain’s colonial expansion brought together European, South American and African influences. On 'Las idas y las vueltas', there is a constant to-ing and fro-ing of such influences – jácaras and guarachas, folías, Las morillas de Jaén and La Spagna, bulerías and
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jaleos – all brought to musical life by the cantaor Arcángel, the flamenco guitarist Miguel Ángel Cortés and the Baroque instrumentalists of Alqhai’s Accademia del Piacere, and the singer Mariví Blasco. This new release comes with two bonus tracks, both recorded live and previously unreleased: a pasacalle and a new version of ¡Ay, que me abraso! The whole album has been freshly remixed by Alqhai and his team in their studio in Seville Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Toná by Flamenco Traditional
Performer:
Arcangel (Voice)
Date of Recording: 12/2011-01/2012
Venue: Estudio Sputnik, Sevilla, Spain
Length: 1 Minutes 29 Secs.
2.
La Spagna by Anonymous
Performer:
Fahmi Alqhai ()
Conductor:
Fahmi Alqhai
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Accademia Del Piacere
Period: Renaissance
Date of Recording: 12/2011-01/2012
Venue: Estudio Sputnik, Sevilla, Spain
Length: 3 Minutes 10 Secs.
3.
Romance del Rey Moro & Granaína by Luis de Narváez
Performer:
Arcangel (Voice),
Fahmi Alqhai ()
Conductor:
Fahmi Alqhai
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Accademia Del Piacere
Date of Recording: 12/2011-01/2012
Venue: Estudio Sputnik, Sevilla, Spain
Length: 4 Minutes 16 Secs.
4.
Las morillas de Jaén, folk song (Andalusia) by Traditional
Performer:
Arcangel (Voice),
Fahmi Alqhai ()
Conductor:
Fahmi Alqhai
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Accademia Del Piacere
Date of Recording: 12/2011-01/2012
Venue: Estudio Sputnik, Sevilla, Spain
Length: 3 Minutes 47 Secs.
5.
Jaleos by Flamenco Traditional
Performer:
Arcangel (Voice),
Fahmi Alqhai ()
Conductor:
Fahmi Alqhai
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Accademia Del Piacere
Date of Recording: 12/2011-01/2012
Venue: Estudio Sputnik, Sevilla, Spain
Length: 3 Minutes 52 Secs.
6.
Vidalita, folk song by Traditional Argentinian
Performer:
Arcangel (Voice),
Fahmi Alqhai ()
Conductor:
Fahmi Alqhai
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Accademia Del Piacere
Period: Baroque
Written: Argentina
Date of Recording: 12/2011-01/2012
Venue: Estudio Sputnik, Sevilla, Spain
Length: 6 Minutes 59 Secs.
7.
Las Folías by Anonymous
Performer:
Fahmi Alqhai ()
Conductor:
Fahmi Alqhai
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Accademia Del Piacere
Date of Recording: 12/2011-01/2012
Venue: Estudio Sputnik, Sevilla, Spain
Length: 5 Minutes 35 Secs.
8.
Siguiriya by Flamenco Traditional
Performer:
Arcangel (Voice),
Fahmi Alqhai ()
Conductor:
Fahmi Alqhai
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Accademia Del Piacere
Date of Recording: 12/2011-01/2012
Venue: Estudio Sputnik, Sevilla, Spain
Length: 5 Minutes 20 Secs.
9.
No hay que decirle el primor by Anonymous
Performer:
Arcangel (Voice),
Fahmi Alqhai ()
Conductor:
Fahmi Alqhai
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Accademia Del Piacere
Period: Baroque
Date of Recording: 12/2011-01/2012
Venue: Estudio Sputnik, Sevilla, Spain
Length: 5 Minutes 30 Secs.
10.
Ay que me abraso, guaracha by Juan Garcia
Performer:
Fahmi Alqhai (),
Arcangel (Voice)
Conductor:
Fahmi Alqhai
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Accademia Del Piacere
Period: Baroque
Date of Recording: 10/2011
Venue: Live Auditorio Nacional, Madrid, Spain
Length: 6 Minutes 1 Secs.
11.
Pasacalle by Traditional
Performer:
Arcangel (Voice),
Fahmi Alqhai ()
Conductor:
Fahmi Alqhai
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Accademia Del Piacere
Period: Baroque
Date of Recording: 10/2011
Venue: Live Auditorio Nacional, Madrid, Spain
Length: 4 Minutes 25 Secs.
Sound Samples
Romance del Rey Moro e Granaina
Las morillas de Jaen [16th Century, Cancionero de Palacio]
No hay que decirle el primor
Ay, que me abraso!: (guaracha and guajira)
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