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The Spanish Soul - Teresa BERGANZA
CD 1
Manuel de FALLA (1876-1946)
El corregidor y la molinera
 Chamber orchestra of Lausanne/Jesus Lopez-Cobos
Recorded December 1983, Salle Communale d'Epalinges
Seven Popular Spanish songs: El pano moruno. Sequidilla murciana. Asturiana. Jota. Nana. Cancion. Polo
 Juan Antonio Alvarez Parejo, (piano)
Recorded October 1986, Church of Seon Switzerland

CD 2
Enrique GRANADOS (1867-1916)
La maja dolorosa: 1. La maja dolorosa 2. La maja dolorosa 3 El majo timido. El majo discreto. El tra la la y el punteado
Joaquin TURINA (1882-1949)
Poems in form of canciones: Dedicatoria. Nunca olvida. Cantares. Los dos miedos. Las locas por amor. Saeta. Dios tesalve, Macarena. El Fantasma. Farruca
Jesus GURIDI (1886-1961)
Six canciones castellanas: Alia arriba en aquella Montana. Sereno. Llamale con el panuelo. No quiero tus avellanas.
Como quieres que adivine. Mananita de San Juan
Eduardo TOLDRA (1895-1962)
Six canciones: La zagale alegre. Madre, unos ojuelos vi. Mananita de San Juan. Nadie puede ser dichoso. Cantarcillo Después que te conoci 
 Juan Antonio Alvarez Parejo, (piano)
Recorded October 1986, Church of Seon. Switzerland

CD 3
Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)
Viola quebrada. Modinha de M de A
Adeus Ema, ‘Minas Geraes’. 
Cancao do poeta do seculo XVIII, Alfredo Ferreira
Samba classic, Desejo Guilherme de Almeida 
Xangô, Canto fetiche de Makumba do Brasil 
Francisco Ernani BRAGA (1868-1945)
O'Kinimba, Cancion de Makumba 
Capim di pranta, Cancion Jongo 2'06
Nique-nique-ninhas, Cancion de cuna afro-brasilena 
Sao Joao-da-ra-rao, Cancion de ronda infantil, Piani 
Engenho novo, Cancion de trabajo, Rio Grande do Norte 
A casinha pequenina, Cancion amorosa 
Carlos GUASTAVINO (b.1912)
Milonga de dos hermanos Jorge Luis Borges 
Hermano, Cancion del Sur 
Mi vina de Chapanay, Cueca 
La rosa y el sauce, Francisco Silva 
Pampamapa, Aire de Huelta
Se equivocó la paloma, Rafael Alberti 
Abismo de sed, Zamba 
Bonita rama de sauce, Canción 
El Sampedrino, Canción Pampeana 
 Juan Antonio Alvarez Parejo, (piano)
Recorded September 1983, Church of Seon. Switzerland
 BRILLIANT CLASSICS 6990 [47'20 + 64'32 + 57'13]

The year 2005 marks Teresa Berganza’s 70th anniversary. To celebrate the occasion Universal has issued a 4CD set at full price. It incorporates the singer in Falla’s ever-popular Three CorneredHat and La vida breve as well as arias from operas by Bizet, Mozart and Rossini. Also included, as well as Arie Antiche, are some Spanish songs. What is lacking in the Universal issue is the words or translations. If you have bought that issue, to luxuriate is the vocal art of one of Spain’s greatest singers, you should really go on and purchase this bargain-priced issue by Brilliant. It is a perfect complement. Not only is the price right, and the recordings of a uniformly high standard, but also the repertoire breaks away from the most popular to give a wider perspective on Spanish song and its South American derivatives. The latter will be the least known. Brilliant are to be commended for both the brief biographical details on composers concerned and also giving a synopsis of each of the 21 songs (CD 3 trs. 1-21). The texts of all the songs included on the three discs are given in Spanish.

Teresa Berganza arrived in the operatic firmament like a mini meteor in 1957. Within a year she had appeared in all the major Italian opera houses, at the Vienna State Opera, the Aix and Glyndebourne Festivals and at Dallas, where she sang Neris to Callas’ Medée. Her voice is that of a warm Rossini lyric coloratura mezzo with a range of over two octaves, an easy top, and a rich variety of vocal colours. She was Isolier in Le Comte Ory at La Scala in 1957 and Cenerentola at Glyndebourne two years later. She added Isabella in L’Italiana in Algeri later. Her range and capacity for vocal expression enabled her to add, and keep, Mozart’s Cherubino and Dorabella. These two roles we