Composer: Luis Carlos Figueroa
Performer: Bryan Muñoz, Wilson Casallas, Cuarteto Q-Arte
Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfonica del Conservatorio Nacional de Colombia
Conductor: Guerassim Voronkov
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0165
Release: 2013
Size: 309 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Suite for Orchestra
01. I. Pastoral
02. II. Nocturno
03. III. Valse
04. IV. Finale. Allegro moderato
Piano Concerto in A Minor
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Moderato
07. III. Allegro scherzando
Concertino for Flute, String Orchestra and Timpani
08. I. Allegro
09. II. Andantino
10. III. Allegro
String Quartet in C Major
11. I. Allegro moderato
12. II. Scherzo
13. III. Lento
14. IV. Anime
Recorded on 18 and 19 August 2012 in the Auditorio Leon de Greiff of the National University of Colombia, Bogotá.
Luis Carlos Figueroa, born in 1923, is one of the senior figures in Colombian music, much esteemed as composer, pianist and teacher. His works marry spontaneous lyrical charm – perhaps with a French twist from his student days in Paris – with vibrant South American folk influences, thus siting him downstream from Canteloube and Villa-Lobos. His 1986 Piano Concerto, for example, combines rhythms from the Caribbean and the Valle del Cauca around his hometown of Medellin with classical forms and structures, creating a work full of passion and energy. The String Quartet is a first recording; the other works have not been released outside Colombia before.