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Music of the Americas / Orozco-Estrada, Houston Symphony
PENTATONE

Music of the Americas / Orozco-Estrada, Houston Symphony

$21.99

Details

Composer
BERNSTEIN REVUELTAS GERSHWIN
Artist
Orozco-Estrada
Format
SACD
Label
PENTATONE
Released
Feb 16, 2018
Catalog #
PTC5186619
UPC
827949061967

About

Having demonstrated their musical excellence with three well-received recordings on PENTATONE of orchestral works of Antonin Dvorák, Houston Symphony and Andrés Orozco-Estrada now present an album that comes closer to their cultural roots than ever before. Dance rhythms, jazzy harmonies, bright colors, city sounds; everything one associates with The Americas can be heard on this recording. With George Gershwin’s 1928 piece An American in Paris, Silvestre Revueltas’s Sensemayá (1938), Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (1961) and Ástor Piazzolla’s Tangazo (1970), it brings together composers from across the twentieth century, all connected by their belonging to the Americas. Moreover, all of these composers reconfigured the barriers between classical and popular music, combining them to produce a sound that illustrates their home region. In choosing these particular works, Houston Symphony and Andrés Orozco-Estrada have aimed not to cover the entire continent but rather to provide ‘impressions’ of America and to ‘illuminate’ as many colors in the music as possible.

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REVIEW:

What a nice disc from Pentatone. All the works here are well played by the Houstonians, under the baton of the orchetra's music director. The recording is a fine one. Microphones are well placed giving an in-the-hall listener perspective. Surrounds are used for ambiance, and they successfully recreate the sound of a live orchestra.

– Audiophile Audition

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 Sensemayá 06:27
    Track
    1
    Title
    Sensemayá
    Duration
    06:27
    Composer
    Silvestre Revueltas
    Ensemble
    Houston Symphony
    Conductor
    Andrés Orozco-Estrada
  2. 2 I. Prologue 04:39
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Prologue
    Duration
    04:39
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Houston Symphony
    Conductor
    Andrés Orozco-Estrada
  3. 3 II. Somewhere 04:17
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Somewhere
    Duration
    04:17
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Houston Symphony
    Conductor
    Andrés Orozco-Estrada
  4. 4 III. Scherzo 01:27
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Scherzo
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Houston Symphony
    Conductor
    Andrés Orozco-Estrada
  5. 5 IV. Mambo 02:28
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. Mambo
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Houston Symphony
    Conductor
    Andrés Orozco-Estrada
  6. 6 V. Cha-cha 00:58
    Track
    6
    Title
    V. Cha-cha
    Duration
    00:58
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Houston Symphony
    Conductor
    Andrés Orozco-Estrada
  7. 7 VI. Meeting Scene 00:50
    Track
    7
    Title
    VI. Meeting Scene
    Duration
    00:50
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Houston Symphony
    Conductor
    Andrés Orozco-Estrada
  8. 8 VII. Cool 00:41
    Track
    8
    Title
    VII. Cool
    Duration
    00:41
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Houston Symphony
    Conductor
    Andrés Orozco-Estrada
  9. 9 VIII. Fugue 03:01
    Track
    9
    Title
    VIII. Fugue
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Houston Symphony
    Conductor
    Andrés Orozco-Estrada
  10. 10 IX. Rumble 01:57
    Track
    10
    Title
    IX. Rumble
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Houston Symphony
    Conductor
    Andrés Orozco-Estrada
  11. 11 X. Finale 03:20
    Track
    11
    Title
    X. Finale
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein
    Ensemble
    Houston Symphony
    Conductor
    Andrés Orozco-Estrada
  12. 12 Tangazo: Variations on Buenos Aires 15:16
    Track
    12
    Title
    Tangazo: Variations on Buenos Aires
    Duration
    15:16
    Composer
    Astor Piazzolla
    Ensemble
    Houston Symphony
    Conductor
    Andrés Orozco-Estrada
  13. 13 An American in Paris 19:58
    Track
    13
    Title
    An American in Paris
    Duration
    19:58
    Composer
    George Gershwin
    Ensemble
    Houston Symphony
    Conductor
    Andrés Orozco-Estrada