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Thanks Mark. A veil has been lifted :)

Fantasía Andaluza - Kumela, Widenius

Alba Records  ABCD 391

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Crossover

Sabicas (1912-1990): Fantasía Andaluza; La delicada; Sevillanas
Falla Manuel de (1876–1946): Homenaje “Le Tombeau de Debussy”; Danza del molinero (El sombrero de tres picos); Danza Española No. 1 (La vida breve)
Tárrega Fransisco (1852-1909): Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Albéniz Isaac (1860-1909): Sevilla (Suite española Op.47)
trad. - Manuel Granados: Malagueña 8:10
trad.: Verdiales
Ricardo Niño (1904-1972):Sierra Nevada
trad - Federico García Lorca (1898-1936): Nana de Sevilla

Petri Kumela (guitar)
Joonas Widenius (flamenco guitar)

All

Works (5)

• Isaac Albéniz: Suite española No. 1 (8), Op. 47 No. 3 Sevilla
• Manuel de Falla: El sombrero de tres picos (1919)
• Manuel de Falla: La vida breve (1913) Interludio y danza No. 1
• Manuel de Falla: Pour le tombeau de Claude Debussy (1920)
• Francisco Tarrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra (with Julio Sagreras)