Release Date: 01 January 2000
Label: Naxos / Naxos Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 730099583824
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Latin American Classics
Description
Latin American Classics Volume IJosé Pablo Moncayo (1912 - 1958)HuapangoBorn as the composer was in Guadalajara, Jalisco, in 1912, the most important work of José Pablo Moncayo and the Mexican orchestral composition most widely known internationally is dedicated to the state of Veracruz. In a journey that Moncayo and Blas Galindo undertook to Alvarado to collect the folk-music of the region they met with serious difficulties in the transcription of the very varied rhythms of the people of Huapango. In doubt as to how to proceed, Moncayo had recourse to another composer, Candelario Hufzar, who advised him to publish the material as he had heard it and then to develop it in accordance with his own ideas. From this comes this score that may be regarded as a second national anthem. The clever use of the trumpet and the trombone in popular themes such as El Gavilán, Siqui Siri and Balahú gives the work a national character not found in any other Mexican composition.Silvestre Revueltas (1899 - 1940)SensemayáBorn on the last day of 1899, the last day of the century, in the state of Durango, Silvestre Revueltas studied at the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City and, with his notable aptitude for composition and conducting, completed his musical education with the greatest distinction at the Chicago College of Music. With Carlos Chávez he organized the first concerts of contemporary music in Mexico in 1924 and 1925, events that had a great impact with music then completely unknown to audiences in the capital. He occupied various positions of importance in the musical life of the country and wrote music for films. It was the celebration of the success of La Noche de los Mayas that precipitated his final illness and death on 5th October 1940. On 15th December 1938 Revueltas himself conducted the Symphony Orchestra of Mexico in the Palacio de Bellas Artes in a programme that included Sensemayá, inspired by the poem of the same name by the famous Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén, a work dealing with the negro ritual of the death of a snake. A work of marked rhythms, it strangely brings to mind at times the music of the North American composer Aaron Copland in his compositions based on North American folk-music.Manuel M. Ponce (1882 - 1948)EstrellitaBorn in the state of Zacatecas in 1882, Ponce earned international fame with a simple song that has won popularity throughout the world, Estrellita. Sung in many languages and scored in a diversity of orchestral forms, Estrellita is internationally the best known Mexican song. Like Moncayo, Ponce had the patience to collect elements of popular music and then to make faithful use of them. Many of his songs and themes have deep roots in popular repertoire. While they may be arrangements or re-creations, they serve perfectly the diffusion of this music throughout the world. The catalogue of his songs is still incomplete, since there is st
Tracklisting
Dariia Lytvishko
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop
Alice Di Piazza; Basel Sinfonietta; NDR Bigband; Titus Engel
Anna Alas i Jove; Miquel Villalba
David Childs; Black Dyke Band; Nicholas Childs
The Brahms Trio
Roman Fediurko
London Symphony Orchestra; Rafael Sanz-Espert
