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To celebrate the centenary next year of the birth of one of the fathers of Argentinian art-music, Mariangela Vacatello turns her considerable skills to the music of Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983). And the moment is right: as the pianist Hugo Aisemberg remarks in the booklet-notes, ‘Europe still sees Argentinian music in terms of tango and nothing else’; yet even in his early and superficially vernacular works such as the Danzas Argentinas Op.2, Ginastera could hardly stand farther distant from the ready appeal of Astor Piazzolla’s music with its evocation of Buenos Aires nightlife. Which is not to say that Ginastera’s music has to be challenging, more that this music is more thoughtful and does not so overtly court popularity. In fact Piazzolla’s own memories of his teacher are warm and generous: ‘“I remember those years of study with Alberto for more than the technical expertise he taught me; he also passed on his humanity. He made an electrifying impact on me.”
Composer: Alberto Ginastera
Artist: Mariangela Vacatello piano
Tracklist:
00:00:00 Danzas argentinas, Op. 2: I. Danza del viejo boyero
00:01:32 Danzas argentinas, Op. 2: II. Danza de la moza donosa
00:04:59 Danzas argentinas, Op. 2: III. Danza del gaucho matrero
00:07:52 Tres piezas, Op. 6: I. Cuyana
00:11:39 Tres piezas, Op. 6: II. Norteña
00:17:36 Tres piezas, Op. 6: III. Criolla
00:22:02 Malambo, Op. 7
00:24:35 Doce preludios Americanos, Op. 12: I. Para los acentos
00:25:06 Doce preludios Americanos, Op. 12: II. Triste
00:26:31 Doce preludios Americanos, Op. 12: III. Danza criolla
00:27:53 Doce preludios Americanos, Op. 12: IV. Vidala
00:28:58 Doce preludios Americanos, Op. 12: V. En el 1er. modo pentáfono menor
00:30:39 Doce preludios Americanos, Op. 12: VI. Homenaje a Roberto García Morillo
00:31:24 Doce preludios Americanos, Op. 12: VII. Para las octavas
00:31:53 Doce preludios Americanos, Op. 12: VIII. Homenaje a Juan José Castro
00:32:48 Doce preludios Americanos, Op. 12: IX. Homenaje a Aaron Copland
00:33:40 Doce preludios Americanos, Op. 12: X. Pastoral
00:35:33 Doce preludios Americanos, Op. 12: XI. Homenaje a Heitor Villa-Lobos
00:36:18 Doce preludios Americanos, Op. 12: XII. En el 1er. modo pentáfono mayor
00:38:30 Suite de danzas criollas, Op. 15: I. Adagietto pianissimo
00:40:30 Suite de danzas criollas, Op. 15: II. Allegro rustic
00:41:09 Suite de danzas criollas, Op. 15: III. Allegretto cantabile
00:43:03 Suite de danzas criollas, Op. 15: IV. Calmo e poetico
00:45:41 Suite de danzas criollas, Op. 15: V. Scherzando – Coda. Presto ed energico
00:48:08 Rondo sobre temas infantiles argentines, Op. 19
00:51:01 Sonata para piano No. 1, Op