Manuel de Falla is a unique album featuring the Orquestra Filarmonica de Malaga conducted by Jose Maria Moreno Valiente with Mezzo Sopranos Carol Garcia and Serena Perez. 

in which two of most important Falla’s works come together. The original El Corregidor y la Molinera and its later version El Sombrero de tres picos. No other album contains these two works together. 

It was Diaghilev who persuaded Falla of the opportunity involved in making a great ballet from the material of El Corregidor y la Molinera, not being satisfied with that farce which, moreover, delighted the public of his time. However, it should be emphasized, that the pantomime involved a formula particularly favored by Falla as it was based on a silent performance, both in terms of dialogue and incident.

Today we can return to “El corregidor y la molinera” not as a mere attempt at “El sombrero de tres picos”, but, from our own perspective, as a more faithful testimony to Falla’s proverbial wish, still outside the spectacular dimension of Massine and Diaghilev.

Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga
José María Moreno Valiente, Conductor
Carol García, Mezzo-Soprano
Serena Pérez, Mezzo-Soprano