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Alma de Cuerda (Soul of String) by La Reverie La Reverie : Alma de Cuerda (Soul of String).
 Recreating traditional music from a modern perspective.

La Rêverie have extensive experience in Early and Eastern music, in this album they propose an improvised take on a selection of pieces by European composers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, namely Manuel de Falla, Erik Satie, Edvard Grieg, Federico Garcia Lorca, Claude Debussy and Francisco Tárrega.

La Rêverie work the sounds of the guitar, the santur and the oud for the magic and timbric novelty with which they recreate this repertoire. Enhancing the oriental flavour which underlies pieces like Gnossienne No. 1 or Dance of Anitra, and along with the guitar, achieve a dreamlike atmosphere.

Songs:

1. Cancion Del Fuego Fatuo (Manuel de Falla)
2. Gymnopedie no1 (Erik Satie)
3. Gnossienne no3 (Erik Satie)
4. Danza De Anitra (Edvard Grieg)
5. La Tarara (Federico Garcia Lorca)
6. Reverie (Claude Debussy)
7. Mazurca en Sol (Francisco Tarrega)
8. Los Cuatro Muleros (Federico Garcia Lorca)
9. Gnossienne no1 (Erik Satie)
10. Danza Del Molinero (Manuel de Falla)

Listen to: the entire album.

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Release date: 7/4/2010
La Reverie lives in Granada Spain

Tagged as: Classical, Romantic Era, Impressionism, Spanish, Instrumental, Composer: Claude Debussy, Composer: Edvard Grieg, Composer: Erik Satie, Composer: Federico Garcia Lorca, Composer: Francisco Tarrega, Composer: Manuel de Falla, Classical Guitar, Oud, Santur

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