De Falla - Danza Del Terror • Alicia de Larrocha

Alicia de Larrocha plays ’Danza del terror’ from ’El amor brujo’. Originally composed for a ballet in 1914-15, ’El amor brujo’ tells the story of a Gypsy woman, Candela. As a girl, she is promised to be married to a man (then a boy), but her love is directed to another: Carmelo. Years later, Candela’s husband is killed (by Lucía’s husband) but continues to haunt his wife. The entire village knows about the haunting but still brands Candela as crazy because every night she dances with her husband’s ghost (Danza del terror). After talking to other women in the village, she realises that her husband had been unfaithful to her, with Lucía. Candela and Carmelo are advised that a ritual dance is needed to cast off the ghost. Candela asks Lucía to come that night, with the excuse of hooking her up with Carmelo. As she turns up, Candela’s dance with her husband’s ghost begins, but at the last moment Candela moves away and Lucía is taken away by her dead lover. Dawn breaks and Candela and Carmelo are finally free to