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From Spain to Mexico and Brazil, the RNCM Wind Orchestra under the conductors Clark Rundell and Mark Heron here celebrates the strong Latin tradition of wind bands in an exhilarating programme.
The album prominently features works by one of the most iconic composers for winds, the Brazilian Villa-Lobos. Their liveliness, freely changing modalities, ease of flow, and likeable sonorities are a striking compositional signature, the unusual Concerto Grosso exploring a unique sound world with concertante discussion among the four wind soloists and the wind band.
Also heard are the tender wind Adagio by Rodrigo and his arrangement for band of his first major symphonic work, Per la flor del lliri blau, which in dreamily evoking the age of mediaeval tales inspired his Concierto de Aranjuez.
We are brought to Mexico with a stunning work by one of the country's most popular composers, Carlos Chavez, celebrating a range of popular national genres: the march, waltz, and song.
JOAQUIN RODRIGO
1. Per la flor del Iliri blau (1934) *17:40
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Concerto Grosso (1959) †16:53
2. I Allegro non troppo - Piu moss o4:26
3. II Allegretto scherzando - Meno - Tempo I - Quasi presto 3:58
4. III Andante - Poco piu mosso -- Andante come prima - Molto allegro - Cadenza :19
JOAQUIN RODRIGO
5. Adagio (1966) *9:50
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Fantasia em três movimentos (1958) †12:29
6. I Andante quasi Adagio 3:51
7. II Allegretto (scherzando) - Meno and Broader - Tempo I 3:12
8. III Molto allegro - Allegro meno mosso - Allegro qiusto - Andante -5:20
CARLOS CHAVEZ
Chapultepec (1835) †8:45
9. Marcha provinciana. Tempo di marcia 2:49
10. Vals nostalgico. Tempo di valse - Piu mosso - Mosso - Moderato -3:59
11. Canción de Adelita. - Vivo ed all'erta - Meno mosso - Lento 1:48 |
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