Cuadernos Secretos Raquel Lojendio & Irene Alfageme

• Francisco Javier Martín Abril (1908 - 1997), Jesús Legido (b. 1943):
• 1 Abril, Legido: Violetas mojadas: I. Paseo del faro (verano de mar) 01:58
• 2 Abril, Legido: Violetas mojadas: II. En el pinar de los regatos verdes (verano de sierra) 02:11
• 3 Abril, Legido: Violetas mojadas: III. Resplandor de Castilla otoñal 02:26
• 4 Abril, Legido: Violetas mojadas: IV. Invierno limpio, con río y serenos 01:45
• 5 Abril, Legido: Violetas mojadas: V. Reverdecer 02:09
• 6 Abril, Legido: Violetas mojadas: VI. Lluvia de abril 01:33
• 7 Abril, Legido: Violetas mojadas: VII. Los andenes de mis sueños 02:08
• 8 Abril, Legido: Violetas mojadas: VIII. La tarde se enfría 02:25
• 9 Abril, Legido: Violetas mojadas: IX. Atardecer en tus ojos 01:54
• 10 Abril, Legido: Violetas mojadas: X. Pulso de siesta en estío 03:36
• Anonymous, Jesús Legido:
• 11 Anonymous, Legido: Romances del bajo Duero: I. Ay luna, luna 04:13
• 12 Anonymous, Legido: Romances del bajo Duero: II. Al pasar la barca 02:44
• 13 Anonymous, Legido: Romances del bajo Duero: III. Ramo verde 03:19
• 14 Anonymous, Legido: Romances del bajo Duero: IV. Debajo del puente 03:19
• 15 Anonymous, Legido: Romances del bajo Duero: V. Viva el humor 02:36
• 16 Anonymous, Legido: Romances del bajo Duero: VI. Sayaguesas 02:25
• José Luis Hidalgo, Jesús Legido:
• 17 Hidalgo, Legido: Oración en silencio 02:47
• Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), Jesús Legido:
• 18 Lorca, Legido: Tríptico lorquiano: I. Canción otoñal 03:45
• 19 Lorca, Legido: Tríptico lorquiano: II. Gacela del amor 03:15
• 20 Lorca, Legido: Tríptico lorquiano: III. Alba 03:44
• Antonio Machado (1875 - 1939), Jesús Legido:
• 21 Machado, Legido: Soledades: I. Anoche cuando dormía 03:18
• 22 Machado, Legido: Soledades: II. Es una tarde cenicienta y mustia 03:00
• 23 Machado, Legido: Soledades: III. La primavera besaba 02:41
• 24 Machado, Legido: Soledades: IV. Soñé que tú me llevabas 03:09
• Total Runtime 01:06:20

Info for Cuadernos Secretos

Jesús Legido, one of the greatest composers of contemporary Art song in Spain, is portrayed here in this first recording of a selection of his voice and piano songs, which draw inspiration from folklore and his poetic influences (like Antonio Machado and Federico García Lorca). Renowned Spanish soprano Raquel Lojendio, accompanied by pianist Irene Alfageme, invites us to this marvelous voyage through love, death and life, the three pillars of Legido’s poetic and powerful language.

Raquel Lojendio, soprano
Irene Alfageme, piano

Raquel Lojendio
The versatility of soprano Raquel Lojendio has enabled her to build up an extensive repertoire, which spans composers as diverse as Bach, Mozart, Stravinsky, Verdi, Shostakovich or Wagner.

She has worked with conductors such as Sir Neville Marriner, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Juanjo Mena, Jun Märkl, Antoni Wit, Jesús López Cobos, Guillermo García Calvo, Víctor Pablo Pérez, Jiri Kout, Edmon Colomer and Vasily Petrenko.

She has performed with all the major Spanish orchestras, and internationally with the Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Turin, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Filarmonica “Giuseppe Verdi”, Trieste and the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse amongst many others.

She studied at the Conservatorio Superior in her native city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, then at the Conservatorio Superior de Musica del Liceo in Barcelona with Carmen Bustamente. She has taken part in masterclasses with María Orán and Krisztina Laki.

Irene Alfageme
Specialized in vocal and chamber music repertoire, spanish pianist Irene Alfageme Borge began her musical studies in Valladolid with Isabel Guerras and continued at the Conservatorio Superior de Salamanca, Royal Academy of Music in London and Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève with Javier San Miguel, Claudio Martínez Mehner, Patrín García Barredo, Ia Fountain and Dominique Weber. She attends to the prestigious Masterclasses for repetiteurs at the Accademia Solti-Te Kanawa, Residence Mozart du Festival d’Aix en Provence and the International Lied Masterclasses in Brussels, receiving valuable advises of Richard Bonynge, Ann Murray, Wolfram Rieger, Julius Drake or Rudolf Jansen among others.

She has collaborated with singers as Felicitty Lott, Bryn Terfel, Magdalena Kozena, Iain Bostridge, Angela Denoke, Katerina Karneus, Charlotte Hellekant, Ekaterina Bakanova, Annalisa Stroppa, Roman Trekel, Hanno Müller or Ainhoa Arteta and conductors as Jesús López Cobos, David Afkham, Lepold Hager, Jean Christophe Spinosi, Lionel Bringuier, Vasily Petrenko, Ros Marbá or Jordi Casas. As repetiteur she has work with Hoffmann Theatre of Bamberg and Teatro Calderon de Valladolid in productions of Teatro del Liceu and Teatro de la Zarzuela. She has accompanied masterclasses of Angelika Kirschlager, Francisco Araiza, Nicola Beller Carbone, Carlos Chausson and Jaume Aragall. Besides she regularly collaborates with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Orquesta y Coro Nacional de España and she is a founder member of the Natalia Ensemble.In 2018 she became artistic director of the project “Calderón Lírico” of the Teatro Calderón de Valladolid.

Irene has offered concerts as soloist and chamber musician in Europe, Canada, South Africa and Japan in festivals and auditoriums as Palau de la Música de Barcelona, St. Martin in the Fields, Barceló Hall of the United Nations (Geneva), Yamaha Hall (Fukuoka), Hill Side Darayama (Tokio), Brooklyn Theater (Pretoria), Fundación Juan March and Isaac Albéniz of Camprodón. As soloist, she has performed with the Amersham Festival Orchestra, Orquesta Andres Segovia and Orquesta Sinfónica de León. Her concerts have been broadcasted by Radio Nacional de España, Radio Clásica and Radio Cataluña Musica.

She has been awarded at the following competitions: Janet Duff Greet Prize, International Piano Competition Ciudad de San Sebastián, International Competition Pedro Bote, Young Emergent Artists Junta de Castilla y León, Ateneo Guipuzcoano, Chamber Music Competition Ciudad de Manresa and Monserrat Alavedra.

Since 2012, she is Professor of the Escuela Superior de Canto de Madrid and she has given masterclasses in Spain, Italy, Portugal and Switzerland.

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