The Latin Connection
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"La Rumba" by Antonio Sanchez Araujo, oil on canvas, 1937
For more than 150 years, the music of Mexico and Cuba has inspired composers in the U.S. to explore Latin rhythms in a variety of ways.
In this hour, some engaging examples by Gottschalk, Joplin, Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein, and more.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| CD Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| Copland: Symphony No. 3, etc. [for El Salon Mexico] |
Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland |
EMI Classics 094633156128 |
094633156128 |
| Gottschalk Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 [for A Night in the Tropics] |
Hot Springs Festival Symphony Orchestra, Richard Rosenberg |
Naxos 8.559320 |
636943932025 |
| Scott Joplin: Piano Rags [for "Solace: A Mexican Serenade"] |
Joshua Rifkin |
Nonesuch 79159 |
075597915921 |
| Antonio Machin: Echale Salsita |
Antonio Machin |
Glinka Records, iTunes download |
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| Gershwin: Complete Orchestral Works [for Cuban Overture] |
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin. |
Vox CDX 5007 |
04716350072 |
| Spanish, Mexican and Turkish Folk Songs |
Cynthia Gooding |
Elektra Records, iTunes download |
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| Music in the American Grain [for Paul Boles' 'Six Latin American Pieces"] |
Ramon Salvatore |
Cedille CDR90000-010 |
735131901024 |
| Copland: Clarinet Concerto, etc. [for "Dance of Jalisco"] |
Nashville Chamber Orchestra, Paul Gambill |
Naxos 8.559069 |
636943906927 |
| American Journey [for Dave Grusin's Three Latin American Dances] |
Steinhardt, Mayorga, Grusin, Forsyth |
Naxos 8.559235 |
636943923528 |
| Fiesta [for Bernstein's "Mambo"] |
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel |
Deutsche Grammophon B0011340-02 |
0028947774570 |
