Las Encantadas

出版社:Songburd Music
商品描述:
Las Encantadas was the eloquent name bestowed upon the Galápagos Islands by the Dominican friar and Panamanian bishop, Fray Tomás de Berlanga. He had discovered these enchanted isles quite by chance as the ship he was on, sailing by order of the Holy Roman Emperor, was blown off course hundreds of miles from its Peruvian destination, landing him among the islands of the Columbus Archipelago. Born in fire and rich with natural beauty Las Encantadas held some mystery for sailors as these isles would seemingly appear, and disappear, from sight, apparently becoming lost in the mists and sea currents that surrounded the islands. Las Encantadas also held some intrigue for the American author Herman Melville, who in his novella by the same name, included ten fictional short sketches about the Galápagos Islands in The Piazza Tales. Kerion Anderson tells the story of these now well-known islands in his own inimitable way with his work, Las Encantadas, by drawing musical sketches for us that depict the discovery of this archipelago with their sandy warm beaches, their rugged and forbidding coast lines with towering rocks standing as sentinels to the peaceful, blue-watered bays. When listening to Las Encantadas one can’t help but picture a ship arriving among the isles, with sails unfurled, and sailors standing on deck gazing in wonderment at the strange animals, colorful flora and the exotic birds swirling overhead. The uplifting spirit of Las Encantadas takes us from island to island until the music bids farewell to these enchanted isles as the ship sails away at the setting of the sun, leaving us with a sense of pathos and wonder.

Las Encantadas 是多明我會修士、巴拿馬主教 Fray Tomás de Berlanga 為加拉帕戈斯群島起的一個響亮的名字。 他是在一次偶然的機會中發現這些迷人的島嶼的，當時他所乘坐的船隻奉神聖羅馬帝國皇帝之命航行，卻被風吹偏離了秘魯的目的地數百英里，使他落入了哥倫布群島的島嶼之中。

拉斯恩坎塔達斯群島生在火中，擁有豐富的自然景觀，對水手們來說有些神秘，因為這些島嶼似乎從視線中出現，又似乎從視線中消失，顯然是迷失在島嶼周圍的迷霧和海流中。 美國作家赫爾曼-梅爾維爾（Herman Melville）也對拉斯恩坎塔達斯群島充滿好奇，他在同名長篇小說《廣場故事》（The Piazza Tales）中虛構了十個關於加拉帕戈斯群島的小故事。

凱裡恩-安德森用自己獨特的方式，通過他的作品《Las Encantadas》向我們講述了這些如今已廣為人知的島嶼的故事，他為我們描繪了發現這個群島的音樂素描，其中有溫暖的沙灘，有崎嶇險峻的海岸線，還有高聳入雲的礁石，就像寧靜、碧水環繞的海灣的哨兵。 聆聽《Las Encantadas》時，人們會情不自禁地聯想到一艘船駛抵群島，船帆展開，水手們站在甲板上，驚奇地注視著奇異的動物、五顏六色的植物和頭頂掠過的奇異鳥類。 Las Encantadas》振奮人心的精神將我們從一個島嶼帶到另一個島嶼，直到音樂告別這些迷人的島嶼，船在夕陽西下時駛離，留給我們一種悲愴和驚奇的感覺。