Sharon Isbin & Isabel Leonard - Alma Española (2017) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

ALMA ESPAÑOLA presents GRAMMY Award-winning singer Isabel Leonard and GRAMMY Award-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin in an all-Spanish recording for voice and guitar, including twelve arrangements by Ms. Isbin in their premiere recordings. Duos by Federico García Lorca, Manuel de Falla, Xavier Montsalvatge, Agustín Lara and Joaquín Rodrigo, with guitar solos by Granados and Tárrega, are heard in performances that evoke the rich and magnificent tradition of Spain. The Philadelphia Inquirer described Leonard & Isbin's performance as “Feasts of beautifully sculpted phrases… glimpses of heaven", and The New York Times referred to the “Soulful depth" of their interpretations. The collaboration of Isabel Leonard and Sharon Isbin brings together one of today's brightest vocal stars, heard on the stages of the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, and Paris Opera, with a guitar virtuoso acclaimed as “the pre-eminent guitarist of our time."

Tracklist:
1. Isabel Leonard – Canciones Españolas Antiguas (Excerpts Arr. for Soprano & Guitar): No. 7, En el Café de Chinitas (02:59)
2. Isabel Leonard – Canciones Españolas Antiguas (Excerpts Arr. for Soprano & Guitar): No. 5, Las Morillas de Jaén (02:08)
3. Isabel Leonard – Canciones Españolas Antiguas (Excerpts Arr. for Soprano & Guitar): No. 1, Anda, Jaleo (02:01)
4. Sharon Isbin – 12 Danzas Españolas: No. 5, Andaluza (Arr. for Guitar) (05:36)
5. Isabel Leonard – Canciones Españolas Antiguas (Excerpts Arr. for Soprano & Guitar): No. 11, Romance de Don Boyso (05:02)
6. Isabel Leonard – Canciones Españolas Antiguas (Excerpts Arr. for Soprano & Guitar): No. 10, Zorongo (01:11)
7. Isabel Leonard – Canciones Españolas Antiguas (Excerpts Arr. for Soprano & Guitar): No. 8, Nana de Sevilla (04:22)
8. Isabel Leonard – Canciones Españolas Antiguas (Excerpts Arr. for Soprano & Guitar): No. 13, La Tarara (00:57)
9. Isabel Leonard – Canciones Españolas Antiguas (Excerpts Arr. for Soprano & Guitar): No. 4, Los Mozos de Monleón (06:18)
10. Isabel Leonard – Canciones Españolas Antiguas (Excerpts Arr. for Soprano & Guitar): No. 6, Sevillanas del Siglo XVIII (02:45)
11. Isabel Leonard – Aranjuez, Ma Pensée (Version for Soprano & Guitar) (06:29)
12. Isabel Leonard – Granada (Arr. for Soprano & Guitar) (03:08)
13. Sharon Isbin – Capricho Árabe (05:55)
14. Isabel Leonard – 7 Canciones Populares Españolas (Arr. for Soprano & Guitar): No. 1, El Paño Moruno (01:22)
15. Isabel Leonard – 7 Canciones Populares Españolas (Arr. for Soprano & Guitar): No. 2, Seguidilla Murciana (01:22)
16. Isabel Leonard – 7 Canciones Populares Españolas (Arr. for Soprano & Guitar): No. 3, Asturiana (02:38)
17. Isabel Leonard – 7 Canciones Populares Españolas (Arr. for Soprano & Guitar): No. 4, Jota (03:19)
18. Isabel Leonard – 7 Canciones Populares Españolas (Arr. for Soprano & Guitar): No. 5, Nana (01:57)
19. Isabel Leonard – 7 Canciones Populares Españolas (Arr. for Soprano & Guitar): No. 6, Canción (01:04)
20. Isabel Leonard – 7 Canciones Populares Españolas (Arr. for Soprano & Guitar): No. 7, Polo (01:38)
21. Isabel Leonard – 5 Canciones Negras (Excerpts Arr. for Soprano & Guitar): No. 5, Canto Negro (01:17)
22. Isabel Leonard – 5 Canciones Negras (Excerpts Arr. for Soprano & Guitar): No. 4, Canción de Cuna para Dormir a un Negrito (02:42)


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