Composer: Wim Statius Muller
Performer: Louise Bessette
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Analekta
Catalogue: AN29845
Release: 2021
Size: 1.07 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Antillean Dances, Op. 2
01. No. 1. Tumba di Johan
02. No. 2. Shon Coco, Waltz
03. No. 3. Tristeza, Waltz
04. No. 4. El Curaçao, Calypso
05. No. 9. Tumba ostinato
06. No. 11. Na kaya, Calypso
07. No. 13. Piet Maal, Waltz
08. No. 17. Tumba calypso
09. No. 19. Kalin, Tumba
10. No. 22. Nostalgia, Waltz
Antillean Dances, Op. 4
11. No. 1. Bo tei?, Tumba
12. No. 2. Avila Beach, Waltz
13. No. 3. Elegancia, Mazurka
14. No. 5. Chuchubi, A la rumba
15. No. 6. Montmartre, Waltz
16. No. 8. Un anochi na Scharloo, Dance
17. No. 9. Toteki, Waltz
18. No. 12. Escondida, Waltz
19. No. 14. Kwalke dia, Waltz
20. No. 22. Zazinka, Tumba
21. No. 25. Despedida, Waltz
Antillean Dances, Op. 5
22. No. 3. E yobida di ayera, Waltz
Wim Statius Muller, who came to be known as “the Chopin of Curaçao,” spent just over thirty years in various security and counter-espionage organizations! Although for the most part Wim Statius Muller’s music is based on folk dance rhythms, it is nevertheless garbed in the fine attire of concert music, with the waltzes and other dance tunes. The extraordinary musician Louise Bessette offers on this new album all 22 pieces from the Antillean Dances collection and gives these dances the “royal treatment”, offering precise and exceptionally clear performances.