BLAS DE LASERNA (1751-1816): Tiranas: La Tirana del Trípili, No aparece la Tirana and La Tirana se despide, Tonadilla: El desengañado, PABLO ESTEVE (c.1730-c.1801): Tonadilla Los payos del Malbrú, JACINTO VALLADOR (1744-1809): Tonadilla La cantada vida y muerte del General Malbrú.

Description: The tonadilla (like a shorter version of the Italian intermezzo) was the Spanish version of the popular vocal genre performed between acts of stage comedies; the tirana a song of similar popular origins. This recordings offers three of each from the years around 1800, providing more valuable information about a very popular Spanish genre still relatively neglected today. Tiranas: Spanish-English texts, Tonadillas: Spanish texts, English synopses. Raquel Andueza (soprano), Marta Infante (mezzo), Juan Sancho (tenor), Jordi Ricart (baritone), El Concierto Español; Emilio Moreno.