Latin American Composers

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vandermolen

#40
September 20, 2024, 05:52:48 PM
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on July 02, 2024, 08:12:57 PMTo be released on September 27th:


No.4 is a fine work (also on BIS)
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#41
September 20, 2024, 07:05:31 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on September 20, 2024, 05:52:48 PMNo.4 is a fine work (also on BIS)

Yes, it is! It'll be interesting to compare both recordings, Jeffrey.
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Le Buisson Ardent

#42
September 20, 2024, 07:59:21 PM
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#43
September 20, 2024, 08:59:19 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 20, 2024, 07:59:21 PM@Symphonic Addict, I tried to send you a PM, but it wouldn't go through. Would you mind sending me a PM?

Done!
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#44
October 09, 2024, 05:34:07 PM Last Edit: October 17, 2024, 11:28:42 AM by Symphonic Addict
To be released on January 24th 2025.

Part of the tragedy of the Palestinians is that they have essentially no international support for a good reason: they've no wealth, they've no power, so they've no rights.

Noam Chomsky

Roy Bland

#45
November 01, 2024, 08:56:22 AM

Roy Bland

#46
November 03, 2024, 07:43:20 AM

Roasted Swan

#47
February 28, 2025, 04:33:20 AM
Now here's something new and rather impressive;

Jenny Peña Campo's substantial [35:00] Cuban Suite.  This seems to be the first work by Peña Campo that has been recorded and it really is very good - not exactly breaking down the walls of modernism or anything that extreme but just very well written.  The new release is this;



which is of a 2024 New Year's Concert by a Dutch orchestra with their British conductor.  The playing is perfectly good but not great - there's a bit of a sense of hair not being fully let down!  On Peña Campo's website there is a brief excerpt of a rehearsal with a French Orchestra from 5 years back that is instantly more vibrant.  But genuinely the whole work is worth hearing.  This is the sort of work you can imagine Dudamel absolutely nailing......

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#48
April 10, 2025, 07:37:29 PM
To be released on 16 May:

Part of the tragedy of the Palestinians is that they have essentially no international support for a good reason: they've no wealth, they've no power, so they've no rights.

Noam Chomsky

Roy Bland

#49
April 17, 2025, 07:16:27 PM

Roy Bland

#50
April 27, 2025, 07:35:10 PM

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#51
May 09, 2025, 12:11:06 PM
The star of this fresh release is undoubtedly the choral Symphony No. 2 'Brasília' created in response to a competition organised in 1960 by Brazil's Ministry of Education and Culture to celebrate the construction of Brasília. A lively, optimistic piece featuring vibrant orchestration and with lots of ongoing action. The cool choral interventions highlight its popular roots. In the 4th movement, the composer calls for a speaker to recite excerpts from the speech made by President Juscelino Kubitschek to the workers who had built Brasília.

The Symphony No. 1 has its moments despite being overtly serialistic/dodecaphonic. The Nonet, whilst serialistic too, did leave me cold.

Part of the tragedy of the Palestinians is that they have essentially no international support for a good reason: they've no wealth, they've no power, so they've no rights.

Noam Chomsky

Roasted Swan

#52
May 09, 2025, 12:41:03 PM
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on May 09, 2025, 12:11:06 PMThe star of this fresh release is undoubtedly the choral Symphony No. 2 'Brasília' created in response to a competition organised in 1960 by Brazil's Ministry of Education and Culture to celebrate the construction of Brasília. A lively, optimistic piece featuring vibrant orchestration and with lots of ongoing action. The cool choral interventions highlight its popular roots. In the 4th movement, the composer calls for a speaker to recite excerpts from the speech made by President Juscelino Kubitschek to the workers who had built Brasília.

The Symphony No. 1 has its moments despite being overtly serialistic/dodecaphonic. The Nonet, whilst serialistic too, did leave me cold.



This recording uses a recording of the actual speech given by President Juscelino Kubitschek.  Its a big 40+ minute work.  Not sure it really worked for me - too much of a collage of interesting moments that don't quite collalesce together...... well played and well recorded mind.

Der lächelnde Schatten

#53
May 09, 2025, 08:06:48 PM
I'm still waiting for a modern recording of Villa-Lobos' Harp Concerto. I hope the Naxos Brazil series circles back around to V-L at some point. Oh and Guarnieri, too. I'd love to hear another symphony cycle. I mean the Neschling on BIS is outstanding of course, but it's always good to hear a different interpretation.
"To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist." ― Robert Schumann

Roy Bland

#54
May 10, 2025, 04:36:00 AM
There are 6 cds

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