Performer: Dana Zemtsov, Claudio Constantini, Anna Fedorova, Nicholas Schwartz, Angelo Verploegen, André Groen
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Channel
Catalogue: CCS47525
Release: 2025
Size: 2.3 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Granda: La flor de la canela
02. Jobim: Luiza
03. Farrés: Quizás, quizás, quizás
04. Leguizamón: Balderrama
05. Piazzólla: La Calle 92
06. Velázquez: Bésame mucho
07. Piazzólla: Le Grand Tango
08. Canché: Esta Tarde vi llover
09. Mosalini: Alle et retour
10. Guizar: Sin ti
11. Bonfa: Manhã de Carnaval
12. Ponce: Estrellita
13. Mores: Uno
14. Carrillo: Dos gardenias
15. Ramirez: Alfonsina y el Mar
Born in Mexico City, violist Dana Zemtsov has always retained a deep love for the colourful Latin-American culture. The discovery of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s book One Hundred Years of Solitude, in which the vivid literary images of clouds of yellow butterflies precede a forbidden lover’s arrival, inspired Dana to revisit her earliest musical memories. This led to a unique project embodying the most characteristic expression of love in Latin-American culture: the beautiful boleros presented on this album entitled Yellow Butterfly. They are so well known that practically every Spanish-speaking person can sing them by heart. With arrangements by the legendary Joan Albert Amargos and Claudio Constantini, the recording conjures the surreal atmosphere of the Americas: melancholy, roughness, poetry, vitality and joy. These ‘recomposed’ boleros were arranged for solo viola and a small ensemble that consists of pianist Anna Fedorova, trumpeter Angelo Verploegen, bandoneonist Claudio Constantini, double bassist Nicholas Schwartz and percussionist Andre Groen.
