Zuill Bailey & Isabel Bayrakdarian talk about The Spanish Masters album from Zenph

In 1928, Spanish composer Manuel de Falla recorded a version of his "Siete Canciónes Populares Españolas" song cycle with himself on piano and soprano Maria Barrientos.

In 2011, current classical music stars cellist Zuill Bailey and soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian were able to perform these same songs live in the studio with Falla at the piano, even though he had died years before.

This was made possible by revolutionary technology from Zenph Sound Innovations which can turn old audio recordings back into live performances, precisely replicating every note and nuance played in the original recording.

Building on previous re-performance/live artist collaborations with Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band (with Art Tatum) and violinist Joshua Bell (with Sergei Rachmaninoff), Zenph released Zuill and Isabel's duets with Falla on their fifth album, entitled "The Spanish Masters."

In this video, Zuill and Isabel talk about the excitement and challenges of breathing new life into a beautiful song cycle and crossing the boundaries of time to perform with the composer himself.

As featured on NPR's Weekend Edition.

http://www.zenph.com/music
http://www.zenph.com/the-spanish-masters
http://www.zuillbailey.com
http://www.isabelbayrakdarian.com

Produced by Dal Segno Media for Zenph Sound Innovations, Inc.

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• Zenph
• re-performance
• The Spanish Masters
• Zuill Bailey
• Isabel Bayrakdarian
• piano
• chamber music
• cello
• Spanish composers
• Manuel de Falla