Quartet Records presents a new score composed by Fernando Velázquez (CRIMSON PEAK, A MONSTER CALLS, SAVAGE GRACE, PATRIA) for a Spanish classical romantic-period comedy directed by Vicente Villanueva and based on the acclaimed play by Alfredo Sanzol. LA TERNURA tells the story of a queen (who is something of a sorceress) and her two daughter princesses who travel in the Fleet of the Indies to fulfill marriages arranged by the king.
Fernando Velázquez provides a large, symphonic, varied, tuneful and emotional score—full of leitmotifs and wondrous melodic themes, performed by the Galicia Symphony Orchestra under the baton of the composer. Recorded by Marc Blanes and mastered by Chris Malone.
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Tracklist
La isla desierta (7:11) No estamos solas (2:34) Día triste y aciago (2:17) Demos gracias (1:10) Nunca he visto a una mujer (3:20) La ballesta (1:24) Extraña simpatía (1:14) Pasadme la bota (1:48) He soñado con el alférez (2:47) La flor de San Antonio (4:34) El volcán (2:58) Me rindo naturaleza (2:42) Querido leñador Azulcielo (2:28) La lombriz negra (1:21) El plan (6:39) Soy real (2:53) Recuerdos agradables (1:18) Traidora (1:06) Mi hermana melliza (3:16) Son mujeres (1:55) Perra mentirosa (1:36) El humo de mi cigarro (1:37) Enajenados (4:19) La erupción (2:59) Mi plan ha fracasado (3:18) Vals de “La ternura” (2:10)
Although I'm usually not interested by this composer, I must say that the samples of this score hooked me thanks to the appealing baroque sound that he came up with. I'm therefore very curious about the whole contents of this CD.
I sampled it awhile back, and although it has some "surface prettiness" about it, I'm afraid I found little to hang on to in terms of themes or interesting textures. It's not Velàsquez at LO IMPOSSIBLE level, but then few things are. Worth checking out, though.
This one took a while to get going with me. The first 10 tracks were a bit too comedic and frothy for me, heavy on the Rachel Portman oompah-loompah style scoring that tends to turn me off. I think only track 5 registered with me during first listen. Things improve from track 11 onwards though, with the more heartfelt, emotional cues starting to come forth. And track 25 is genuinely gorgeous!! It hasn't hit me instantly, like PODEROSO VICTORIA did, but there's enough fun stuff to make it worthwhile overall, and who knows what future listens (and moods) will entail.
I bothered but haven't played it in a while. Though, when I first looked, I thought it was a new release , just days after my box of sale item came. Ooh I would have been annoyed.
