José Cura - Anhelo
View record and artist detailsRecord and Artist Details
Composer or Director: Carlos Guastavino, Hilda Herrera, José Cura, María Elena Walsh, Alberto (Evaristo) Ginastera, Carlos López Buchardo, Ariel Ramirez, Julián Aguirre, Alberto Muzzio, Jorge Cardoso, Astor Piazzolla
Label: Erato
Magazine Review Date: 8/1998
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 62
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 3984-23138-2

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Preludio a los Sonatos de Amor y Muerte |
José Cura, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Eduardo Delgardo, Piano José Cura, Conductor José Cura, Composer |
(La) rosa y el sauce |
Carlos Guastavino, Composer
Carlos Guastavino, Composer Eduardo Delgardo, Piano José Cura, Tenor |
Se equivicó la paloma |
Carlos Guastavino, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Carlos Guastavino, Composer Eduardo Delgardo, Piano José Cura, Tenor |
(El) único camino |
Carlos Guastavino, Composer
Carlos Guastavino, Composer Eduardo Delgardo, Piano José Cura, Tenor |
Elegía para un gorrión |
Carlos Guastavino, Composer
Carlos Guastavino, Composer Eduardo Delgardo, Piano José Cura, Tenor |
(La) campanilla |
Carlos Guastavino, Composer
Carlos Guastavino, Composer Eduardo Delgardo, Piano José Cura, Tenor |
Riqueza |
Carlos Guastavino, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Carlos Guastavino, Composer José Cura, Tenor |
Soneto IV |
Carlos Guastavino, Composer
Carlos Guastavino, Composer Ernesto Bitetti, Guitar José Cura, Tenor |
Anhelo |
Carlos Guastavino, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Carlos Guastavino, Composer José Cura, Tenor |
Caminito |
Julián Aguirre, Composer
Eduardo Delgardo, Piano José Cura, Tenor Julián Aguirre, Composer |
Nocturno |
Alberto Muzzio, Composer
Alberto Muzzio, Composer Eduardo Delgardo, Piano José Cura, Tenor |
(24) South American compositions, Movement: Milonga: D minor |
Jorge Cardoso, Composer
Ernesto Bitetti, Guitar Jorge Cardoso, Composer |
Canción al arbol del olvido |
Alberto (Evaristo) Ginastera, Composer
Alberto (Evaristo) Ginastera, Composer Ernesto Bitetti, Guitar José Cura, Tenor |
Alfonsina y el mar |
Ariel Ramirez, Composer
Ariel Ramirez, Composer Ernesto Bitetti, Guitar |
Canción del carretero |
Carlos López Buchardo, Composer
Carlos López Buchardo, Composer Eduardo Delgardo, Piano José Cura, Tenor |
Canción de Perico |
Carlos López Buchardo, Composer
Carlos López Buchardo, Composer Eduardo Delgardo, Piano José Cura, Tenor |
Adiós Nonino |
Astor Piazzolla, Composer
Astor Piazzolla, Composer Eduardo Delgardo, Piano |
Desde el fondo de ti |
Hilda Herrera, Composer
Ernesto Bitetti, Guitar Hilda Herrera, Composer José Cura, Tenor Orchestra da Camera |
Postal de guerra |
María Elena Walsh, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Eduardo Delgardo, Piano José Cura, Tenor María Elena Walsh, Composer |
(2) Sonetos de amor y muerte |
José Cura, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra José Cura, Tenor José Cura, Composer |
Author: Edward Greenfield
Surprisingly, the Hispanic flavour is muted. The charming little Ginastera song is one of the few exceptions with its tango rhythm, and needless to say the piano piece by Piazzolla, Adios Nonino, transcribed from his Piano Quintet by Laecio Freta, much longer and more involved than any other item, does finally lead to sections in elaborated tango rhythm, set against a climactic polka-like section.
Almost all the pieces forming the sequence are yearningly melancholy, with the tone set by the opening instrumental piece by Cura himself, which begins rather like a sweetened version of Barber’s Adagio, before bringing in the piano and then the woodwind. La Campanilla (“The Harebell”), the fifth of the eight songs by Carlos Guastavino, is lighter in tone than the others, with a delightful pay-off, and it is quite a relief, when at last in the 16th item in the sequence of 20, Carlos Lopez Buchardo’s Cancion de Perico (“Perico’s Song”), you have a fast, vigorous, albeit brief, piece.
In the face of the overall mood of gentle melancholy, the title of the disc, “Anhelo”, taken from the last of the Guastavino songs, is perhaps surprising. The booklet-note says it is untranslatable but the dictionary defines it as “vehement desire”, not the mood I gather from the brief Guastavino song. Yet Cura’s own commitment is evident throughout. This plainly is a project that means much to him, and his note about meeting up with Bitetti and Delgado, two boyhood heroes of his from his home town of Rosario, is totally disarming.
Though the recording acoustic and close balance do not allow the full bloom of Cura’s fine tenor to emerge, these are warmly expressive performances, not just from him but from his associates too. The sequence is aptly rounded off with Cura’s own setting of two linked “Sonnets of love and death” by Pablo Neruda, typically fresh and open, with a brief passionate climax leading to an indeterminate ending on a half-close, the music simply fading away.'
Discover the world's largest classical music catalogue with Presto Music.

Gramophone Digital Club
- Digital Edition
- Digital Archive
- Reviews Database
- Full website access
From £8.75 / month
Subscribe
Gramophone Full Club
- Print Edition
- Digital Edition
- Digital Archive
- Reviews Database
- Full website access
From £11.00 / month
Subscribe
If you are a library, university or other organisation that would be interested in an institutional subscription to Gramophone please click here for further information.