Flores Argentinas: Canciones de Carlos Guastavino
Dalton Baldwin (piano), Desiree Halac (mezzo-soprano)
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
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"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."
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"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."
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