Various Composers - Habanera (Ana Beard Fernández; Roderick Williams)

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• Heitor Villa-Lobos - Bachianas brasileiras No. 5, W389
• Manuel de Falla - 7 Canciones populares españolas (arr. Roderick Williams)
• Xavier Montsalvatge - 5 Canciones negras (arr. Roderick Williams)
• Maurice Ravel - Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera, M. 51 (arr. Roderick Williams)
• Maurice Ravel - Yo soy la locura (arr. Ana Beard Fernández)
• Anonymous - So el encina (arr. Ana Beard Fernández)
• Xoán Montes - Negra sombra (arr. Ana Beard Fernández)
• Sergei Rachmaninov - 14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise (arr. Roderick Williams)
• Dmitri Shostakovich - 6 Spanish Songs, Op. 100: No. 1, Proshchai, Grenada! (arr. Ana Beard Fernández)
• Jean-Philippe Rameau - Les Indes galantes, RCT 44: Forêts paisibles (arr. Ana Beard Fernández)

Ana Beard Fernández, soprano

Roderick Williams, baritone

The Endellion Cellists

William Vann, conductor

Date: 2025

Label: SOMM Recordings

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Multi-part music for the same instrument, dating back to Elizabethan viol consorts, remains outside the typical orchestral repertoire nowadays, but, as ever, SOMM remains true to its stellar reputation for presenting rare and singular releases. Habanera, Music for Eight Cellos and Voice is a joyous recording that grew out of a collaboration between baritone Roderick Williams, cellist Joely Koos—joint Artistic Directors for the 2023 Endellion Summer Music Festival—and British-Spanish soprano, Ana Beard Fernandez. Together, they devised a concert featuring cello ensemble and voice.

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