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“Tempestad grande, amigo”
Fandango from the zarzuela “Vendado es amor, no es ciego”
Composer: José de Nebra (1702-1768)
Filmed during the recording of our CD “Muera Cupido”, this entertaining fandango is typical of the style of the great José de Nebra: it blends Spanish rhythms with the finest Baroque compositional technique, at a time when the Italian style had already been fully assimilated in Spain.
Lyrics
– Tempestad grande, amigo, se armó en la selva.
– ¡Muchas tempestades arman las suegras!
– ¡Ay, qué Brújula, Brújula, Brújula!
– ¡Ay, qué páparo, páparo, páparo!
– Que es tu Títiro, Títiro, Títiro.
– Es mi zángano, zángano, zángano.
– Y en bailando este son fandanguítico,
se les da de estos ruidos un rábano.
– A mighty storm, my friend, has risen in the woods.
– Mothers-in-law stir up many a storm!
– Oh, what a Brújula, Brújula, Brújula!
– Oh, what a páparo, páparo, páparo!
– For he is your Títiro, Títiro, Títiro.
– He is my zángano, zángano, zángano.
– And as they dance this little fandango tune,
they couldn’t care a fig for all this noise.
Credits
Fahmi Alqhai, quinton & direction
Núria Rial, soprano
ACCADEMIA DEL PIACERE
Rodney Prada, quinton
Johanna Rose, viola da gamba
Rami Alqhai, G violone
Francisco Javier Núñez, harpsichord
Miguel Rincón, theorbo
Video: Manuel Correa
Digital editing: Pedro Lara