Flores Argentinas: Canciones de Carlos Guastavino

Dalton Baldwin (piano), Desiree Halac (mezzo-soprano)

Catalog #: TROY1023
Release Date: July 1, 2008
Format: Digital
Vocal

Argentinian-born Désirée Halac presents a beautifully performed recital of songs by Carlos Guastavino. The obituary written for The Guardian called Guastavino the most quietly distinctive voice in 20th century Argentinian music. His distillation of local folk elements into an avowedly romantic-nationalist idiom was unique and markedly different from his colleagues. Guastavino wrote some 300 works, more than half of them the delightful songs, often winsome or tinged with sadness, on which his reputation rests.

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Title Composer Performer
Bonita rama de sauce Carlos Guastavino Désirée Halac, mezzo-soprano, Dalton Baldwin, piano
Pampamapa Carlos Guastavino Désirée Halac, mezzo-soprano, Dalton Baldwin, piano
La rosa y el sauce Carlos Guastavino Désirée Halac, mezzo-soprano, Dalton Baldwin, piano
Se equivocó la paloma Carlos Guastavino Désirée Halac, mezzo-soprano, Dalton Baldwin, piano
Mi viña de Chapanay Carlos Guastavino Désirée Halac, mezzo-soprano, Dalton Baldwin, piano
Hermano Carlos Guastavino Désirée Halac, mezzo-soprano, Dalton Baldwin, piano
Anhelo Carlos Guastavino Désirée Halac, mezzo-soprano, Dalton Baldwin, piano
Cita Carlos Guastavino Désirée Halac, mezzo-soprano, Dalton Baldwin, piano
Milonga de los dos hermanos Carlos Guastavino Désirée Halac, mezzo-soprano, Dalton Baldwin, piano
Pueblito, mi pueblo Carlos Guastavino Désirée Halac, mezzo-soprano, Dalton Baldwin, piano
El sampedrino Carlos Guastavino Désirée Halac, mezzo-soprano, Dalton Baldwin, piano
Abismo de sed Carlos Guastavino Désirée Halac, mezzo-soprano, Dalton Baldwin, piano
Ordinario rosal Carlos Guastavino Désirée Halac, mezzo-soprano, Dalton Baldwin, piano
Préstame tu pa#241uelito Carlos Guastavino Désirée Halac, mezzo-soprano, Dalton Baldwin, piano
Prisionero Carlos Guastavino Désirée Halac, mezzo-soprano, Dalton Baldwin, piano
Por los campos verdes Carlos Guastavino Désirée Halac, mezzo-soprano, Dalton Baldwin, piano
Balada Carlos Guastavino Désirée Halac, mezzo-soprano, Dalton Baldwin, piano
Flores Argentinas Carlos Guastavino Désirée Halac, mezzo-soprano, Dalton Baldwin, piano
Seis Canciones de Cuna Carlos Guastavino Désirée Halac, mezzo-soprano, Dalton Baldwin, piano
Cuatro Canciones Argentinas Carlos Guastavino Désirée Halac, mezzo-soprano, Dalton Baldwin, piano

Reviews

  • "Halac sounds at home in this music and never tries to overplay its fragile charms. ...This is a lovely recital and I hope it makes both the music of Carlos Guastavino and the voice of Desirée Halac better known."

    – MusicWeb

  • "Guastavino surely deserves greater recognition in North America. His easily accessible music bridges the gap between the...populism of Astor Piazzolla and the austere academicism of Alberto Ginastera. ...Ms. Halac...is so assured, so comfortable in her delivery...that one wonders why we have never heard her on record before."

    – American Record Guide

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