dmoth
08-04-2014, 05:43 PM
My own LOSSLESS CD rip. I particularly come back to the title track on this CD - a beautiful 5 minute arrangement of all the major themes of the score with intoxicating strings, Spanish guitar and Flamenco flavoured percussion.
1. Sabana Santa
2. Hable Con Ella
3. Cucurrucucz Paloma
4. El Grito
5. Por Toda a Minha Vida
6. La Mesita de Noche
7. Jordania
8. El Amante Menguante
9. Maria Santmsima de Araceli
10. La Noche y el Viento
11. Trincheras/Decadance
12. Habitacion de Alicia
13. A Portagayola
14. La Discusisn Viaja en Coche
15. Alicia Vive
16. Los Olivos
17. Amancecer Agitato
18. Soy Marco
19. Raquel by Bau
20. The Plaint: O Let Me Weep, For Ever Weep
Continuing the rewarding collaboration begun on 1995's The Flower of My Secret, composer Alberto Iglesias infuses director Pedro Almod�var's 2002 meditation on love, obsession, and loss with a score of quiet, sophisticated grace. It ranges from the evocative Spanish guitar, violin, and vocal flourishes of "Hable con Ella" (showcasing contemporary flamenco stars Vincente Amigo and El Pele) and Brazilian vocalist Caetano Veloso's gorgeously spare rendition of the international hit "Cucurrucucu Paloma" to the Latin classicism of Ellis Regina and Tom Jobim's "Por Toda a Minha Vida" and a slate of moody string-driven, autumnal orchestral cues. The eight-minute "El Amante Menguante" for string quartet features compelling, almost playful modern flourishes while tracks like "Trincheras/Decadence" and the tense "A Portagayola" suggest a rewarding Spanish take on Hitchcockian romance and suspense. That it all meshes almost seamlessly with Purcell's closing "The Plaint: O Let Me Weep" is ample testimony to the transnational flavor and ever-subtle mastery Iglesias brings to bear here. --Jerry McCulley
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