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Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Flamenco - Carlos Montoya & Lydia Ibarrondo

 

Toque de Levate

Flamenco
Carlos Montoya
Lydia Ibarrondo
A Don Galor Production
Musirama 3 Dimensional Sound
Remington Records R-199-134
1953

From the back cover: Carlos Montoya, a full-blooded Spanish gypsy, was born in Madrid. He was a professional guitarist at fourteen. After serving in the Spanish army in Morocco, he was invited by La Argentina to accompany her during a European tour. He also traveled with Escudero and Teresian, appearing in the Orient and America, and visited South America with Argentinita. Since the outbreak of Wold War II, he has pent most of the time in the United States. In 1940 he married an American girl, by whom he has had two sons.

Lydia Ibarrondo was born in Bilbao. She studied at the Paris Conservatoire, and has appeared in opera in (among other cities) Barcelona, New York, and Chicago – where she made her American debut with the New York City Opera Company, as Amneris in Aida. She has also given concerts throughout Europe

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Variaciones por Roas
Toque de Levante
Bolero Mallorquin; Castilla; Galicia
Tanguillo; Zambrilla
La Hija de Don Juan Alba (The Daughter of Juan Alba)
Solea; Bulerias por Solea
Las Cositas del Querer (The Trifles of Love)

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