El niño judío (Luna)

Ana María Iriarte, Lina Huarte, Manuel Ausensi, Gerardo Monreal, Joaquín Portillo, Rafael Campos. Coro Cantores de Madrid, Orquesta Sinfónica, c. Ataulfo Argenta
BMG Alhambra WD 71807

Although this is by no means the strongest of the great Alhambra series it continues to serve as a useful stopgap, as it has been doing since the mid 1950's! Iriarte is a gusty Concha, not least in the famous Canción española "De España vengo". Ausensi is a bruising Manacor and Portillo caricatures Jenaro unamusingly. The recording is horribly murky, and the transfer clouds the issue further. Still, here we have a reasonable selection of Luna's sophisticated and exotic score (46') and in all honesty gratitude must outweigh gripes.

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