Telarc has likely done well for itself by releasing this 1992 recording of Falla's La vida breve (Life Is Short) in its budget-price line. The two most celebrated modern performances of the work -- the EMI disc with Victoria de los Angeles and Carlo Cossutta as star-crossed lovers Salud and Paco and the Deutsche Grammphon version with Teresa Berganza and José Carreras -- are both unavailable, and this swift, passionate product of the young Falla's pen has long made a good way into the world of opera for young people ...
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Telarc has likely done well for itself by releasing this 1992 recording of Falla's La vida breve (Life Is Short) in its budget-price line. The two most celebrated modern performances of the work -- the EMI disc with Victoria de los Angeles and Carlo Cossutta as star-crossed lovers Salud and Paco and the Deutsche Grammphon version with Teresa Berganza and José Carreras -- are both unavailable, and this swift, passionate product of the young Falla's pen has long made a good way into the world of opera for young people interested in Latin culture. This release offered the only opera recorded by Jesús López-Cobos during his long tenure with the Cincinnati Symphony, and La vida breve, with its flamenco episodes and intense orchestral colors, was a good choice for showcasing this conductor's facility with the great Spanish classics. The sound, while not the equal of Telarc' recent spectaculars, has a big, spacious quality that catches every detail López-Cobos carves out. The Argentine soprano Alicia Nafé is...
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