Fantasies and Habaneras new album by flautist Niurka González available starting June 16 on major digital platforms

June 15, 2023

On Friday, June 16, the album "Fantasies and Habaneras" by Cuban flautist Niurka González is released on major digital platforms.

We share with you the words of Niurka González and the repertoire that will be included in her latest CD:

"Harmony, coincidence, coexistence between the "classical" and the "modern", perhaps between the past and the future, where everything comes together.

Fantasies and Habaneras is an aesthetic proposal for the daily coexistence of dichotomies, of differences.

That is the reason why Telemann, Piñera, baroque and modernity, and vice versa, are intertwined in this sound exhibition that banishes barriers.

Through a single instrument, minimal expression of chamber music; the expressive grandeur of the transverse flute, so close to the human voice. I hope you enjoy it".

Niurka González, Havana September 26, 2022

REPERTOIRE:

12 Fantasies by Georg Philipp Telemann TWV 40:2-13
5 Habaneras for solo flute by Juan Piñera

1. Fantasy 1. A Major TWV 40:2 Vivace/Allegro

2. Fantasy 2. A minor TWV 40:3 Grave/Vivace/Adagio/Allegro

3. Habanera Opus Habana I Tentative Moves

4. Fantasy 3. B minor TWV 40:4 Largo-Vivace/Allegro

5. Fantasy 4. B♭ Major TWV 40:5 Andante/Allegro/Presto

6. Habanera Opus Habana II Flirtations

7. Fantasy 5. C Major TWV 40:6 Presto-Largo/Allegro/Allegro

8. Fantasy 6. D minor TWV 40:7 Dolce/Allegro/Spirituoso

9. Habanera Opus Habana III Distant

10. Fantasy 7. D Major TWV 40:8 Alla francese (Largo-Allegro)/Presto

11. Fantasy 8. E minor TWV 40:9 Largo/Spirituoso/Allegro

12. Habanera Opus Habana IV Sprightly

13. Fantasy 9. E Major TWV 40:10 Affettuoso/Allegro/Grave/Vivace

14. Fantasy 10. F# minor TWV 40:11 A Tempo Giusto/Presto/Moderato

15. Habanera Opus Habana V Intermezzo at the Church of Mercy

16. Fantasy 11. G Major TWV 40: 12 Allegro/Adagio-Vivace/Allegro

17. Fantasy 12. G minor TWV. 40:13 Grave-Allegro-Dolce-Allegro/Presto (Minore- Maggiore- Minore)

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Estudios Ojalá, Havana, Cuba, between March and November 2021.

General Production: Silvio Rodríguez Domínguez
Recording, editing, mixing and mastering: Olimpia Calderón Arias
Musical production and mixing: Niurka González Núñez
Production Assistant: Mirtha Almeida Camejo
Photos: Daniel Mordzinski
Design: Vladimir Pérez Díaz (Vlade)