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The Music => Recordings & Broadcasts => Topic started by: Alan Howe on Monday 29 August 2022, 17:50

Title: Conrado del Campo 'El infierno' from 'La Divina Comedia' (1908, rev. 1910)
Post by: Alan Howe on Monday 29 August 2022, 17:50
A gorgeous tone poem from 1908 (rev. 1910):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHu8maRDHcQ

...from a recording on ASV conducted by Adrian Leaper (who was in the year above me at school!)
Title: Re: Conrado del Campo 'El infierno' from 'La Divina Comedia' (1908, rev. 1910)
Post by: Ebubu on Monday 29 August 2022, 21:39
A not very infernal inferno, but a pleasant "post-wagnerian" score.
Title: Re: Conrado del Campo 'El infierno' from 'La Divina Comedia' (1908, rev. 1910)
Post by: Alan Howe on Monday 29 August 2022, 23:03
I thought it was rather more than merely 'pleasant'.
Title: Re: Conrado del Campo 'El infierno' from 'La Divina Comedia' (1908, rev. 1910)
Post by: semloh on Tuesday 30 August 2022, 03:18
Yes, very atmospheric. That's quite an impressive opening. The brasswind does a fine job in grabbing one's attention from the first bar, with the strings then adding the nervous tension, and there was just a hint of a movie soundtrack. I think it's a fine piece. Thanks for drawing attention to it, Alan.

Linked on that page, I also found the longer symphonic poem 'Granada' (1913) an enjoyable piece.
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