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 With this first release from Arte Verum, the new label created by Barbara Hendricks for which she now exclusively records, the great soprano offers us a veritable novelty, in a musical genre that she very specially appreciates: song. In recording, for the first time, works from the Spanish repertory, Barbara Hendricks highlights the orientation of her label: the return to a discographic production that mirrors her activity as a concert artiste. She has sung these songs by Granados, Obradors, de Falla and Montsalvatge dozens of times in concert, not only for an ever faithful Spanish audience but also for musiclovers from Tokyo to Buenos Aires. It was therefore logical to record them on disc; now it is done, and what a pleasure it was!
Canciones Españolas is a disc full of freshness: it is both festive and tender. It is flattered by the voice of Barbara Hendricks, a unique voice, instantly recognisable among all others, with a transparent tone-colour full of vitality and emotion. The formidable Swedish pianist Love Dewinger is her ideal partner, his playing full of both refinement and creativity.
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