Cantilena - Tabea Zimmerman

Tabea Zimmermann - Viola

Javier Perianes - Piano

This album invites you to travel from Spain to South America in the company of the greatest composers the countries of the region have produced: next to Spanish folk songs reshaped by Falla, compositions by Casals, Granados, Montsalvatge, and the beloved Ária from the Bachiana brasileira by Brazil’s Villa-Lobos, an Argentine tango by Piazzolla is paired with its Spanish counterpart by Albéniz (though his is in the form of a habanera). A wide-ranging programme which brings together two virtuoso soloists... who are not about to part anytime soon.



Astor Piazzolla [1921-1992]

1Le Grand Tango 12'20
Xavier Montsalvatge

Cinco canciones negras
Transcriptions by Kim Kashkashian & Robert Levin and by Tabea Zimmermann

2I. Cuba dentro de un piano. Lento 4'53
3II. Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito. Lento 2'53
4III. Punto de habanera (siglo XVIII). Tempo de Guajiras 1'13
5IV. Chévere. Lentissimo 2'13
6V. Canto negro. Leggero 1'10
Manuel de Falla [1876-1946]

Siete canciones populares españolas
Transcriptions for viola and piano by Emilio Mateu and Miguel Zanetti

7I. El paño moruno. Allegretto vivace 2'18
8II. Seguidilla murciana. Allegro spiritoso 1'13
9III. Asturiana. Andante tranquillo 2'35
10IV. Canción. Allegretto 1'33
11V. Polo. Vivo 1'15
12VI. Nana. Calmo e sostenuto 2'13
13VII. Jota. Allegro vivo 3'35
Heitor Villa-Lobos [1887-1959]

14Ária (Cantilena) from Bachianas Brasileiras, no.5. Adagio
Arrangement for viola and piano by William Primrose 5'50
Pablo Casals

Transcriptions for viola by Tabea Zimmerman

15En sourdine. Lento 4'15
16En el mirall canviant de la mar blava (Cançó catalana, núm. 1). Moderato 1'35
17El ángel travieso. Allegretto 2'54
18Tres estrofas de amor. Agitato 4'07
Enrique Granados [1867-1916]

Tonadillas en estilo antiguo(excerpts)
Transcriptions by Kim Kashkashian and Robert Levin

19El mirar de la maja. Allegretto comodo 2'57
20El majo olvidado. Andantino 3'54
21La maja dolorosa (núm. 3).Andantino 3'01
22El majo discreto. Allegretto 1'27
Isaac Albéniz [1860-1909]

23Tango. Andantino
extr. from España op.165 for solo piano
Transcription for viola and piano by Henri Classens 2'34