Composer: Alberto Ginastera
Performer: Xiayin Wang, Ladies of Manchester Chamber Choir
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Juanjo Mena
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Chandos
Catalogue: CHAN10923
Release: 2016
Size: 1.09 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Panambi, Op. 1
01. Claro de luna sobre el Paraná (Moonlight on the Paraná)
02. Fiesta indigena (Native Feast)
03. Ronda de las doncellas (Girls’ Round Dance)
04. Danza de los guerreros (Warriors’ Dance)
05. Escena (Scene)
06. Pantomina del amor eterno (Pantomime of Eternal Love)
07. Canto de Guirahú (Guirahú’s Song)
08. El Hechicero se dirige hacia Guirahú (The Sorcerer Approaches Guirahú)
09. Juego de las deidades del agua (The Water Sprites Play)
10. Reaparece el Hechicero (The Sorcerer Reappears)
11. Inquietud de la tribu (The Tribe Is Uneasy)
12. Aparece Panambi. Súplica de Panambi (Panambi Appears. Panambi’s Prayer)
13. Invocación a los espíritus poderosos (Invocation to the Powerful Spirits)
14. Danza del Hechicero (The Sorcerer’s Dance)
15. El Hechicero habla (The Sorcerer Speaks)
16. Lamento de las doncellas (The Girls’ Lament)
17. Se oscurece la escena. Aparición de Tupã (The Scene Darkens. Tupã Appears)
18. El Amanecer (Dawn) – Coro de las diedades del agua (Chorus of the Water Sprites)
Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 39
19. I. 32 Variazioni sopra un accordo di Beethoven
20. II. Scherzo per la mano sinistra. Molto vivace
21. III. Quasi una fantasia. Adagietto – Adagio molto
22. Cadenza. Maestoso e drammatico
23. Finale. Prestissimo
This is the second in our three-volume series of Juanjo Mena’s idiomatic exploration of Ginastera’s orchestra works with the BBC Philharmonic. The series was started to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the greatest of all Argentinean composers, Volume 1 receiving uniformly high praise.
This album features a late work, lesser-known, yet rich in surprises, namely the Second Piano Concerto. Here the keen musicality and sweeping virtuosity of Xiayin Wang meet the sumptuous sound of the BBC orchestra. It succeeds her recording of concertos by Tchaikovsky and Khachaturian with the RSNO [CHAN5167], which was made Editor’s Choice by Gramophone. It is coupled with the exotic early ballet Panambí, heard complete with a concluding contribution from the Manchester Chamber Choir.