Saturday, November 15, 2008

Fiesta

Copy at Case Memorial Library
Contents: Sensemayá / Silvestre Revueltas — Margaritena / Inocente Carreño — Mediodia en el llano / Antonio Estévez — Danzon No. 2 / Arturo Márquez — Fuga con pajarillo / Aldemaro Romero — Dances from the ballet "Estancia" - Los trabajadores agricolas / Danza del trigo / Los peones de hacienda / Alberto Ginastera — Santa Cruz de Pacairigua (Suite Sinfónica) / Evencio Castellanos — "West Side Story," Mambo / Leonard Bernstein.
Justin Davidson wrote in New York: "Fiesta [is] a sensational CD of Latin music detonated by Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela. The disc ends with the West Side Story 'Mambo,' which erupted from my speakers in a raucous tumble of rhythms. The performance taps a subversive wildness that runs through even the most beloved numbers" ("Classical Music: Rethinking Lenny," 10/13/08, p. 68).
Diederik de Jong writes in Classical Music: The Listener's Companion: "Sensemayá is … based on a poem by Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén [and is] often called a Mexican Sacre du Printemps."

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