In celebration of 50 years of El Sistema, one of the world’s most visionary music education programmes, the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela and their Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel release Odyssey – a sonic journey through the landscapes, rhythms, and soul of Latin America.
This CD contains eight chamber works representing a creative period spanning thirty years, from 1989 to 2019, in stunning performances by internationally renowned artists like violinist Andrés Cárdenes, horn player Corbin Wagner, pianist Deborah Moriarty, soprano Jacquelyn Wagner, conductor Raphael Jiménez, the late harpist Deborah Hoffman as well as a younger generation of extraordinary performers from six different countries.
Monkey to the Sky features 5 world premiere recordings. It was recorded at the University of Nebraska at Kearney from 2017-2019
KING MANGOBERRY Music of Ricardo LorenzMichigan State University Wind SymphonyKevin L. Sedatole, DirectorManuel Alejandro Rangel, Maracas At once sincere, cryptic, poignant, and raw, this collection of works celebrates the artistic symbiosis between composer and performer. King Mangoberry challenges us to celebrate an identity different from our own while questioning the very notion of identify itself. Pataruco teaches us to reimagine the possibilities of an instrument we think we know. El Muro builds, and subsequently tears down, walls.
The CD “Street Song” marks the fourth major recording release of Ricardo Lorenz’s El Muro, this most recent one performed by the University of Georgia Wind Ensemble conducted by John P. Lynch. Previous releases of El Muro (Spanish for “The Wall”) include CDs by University of North Texas, University of Florida, and Michigan State University wind symphonies. This University of Georgia Wind Ensemble recording release on the Naxos label received 2nd Place in the 2012 American Prize in the category of Wind Ensemble/Concert Band Performance.
Rochela (Raw Cello). Germán Marcano, cello. Also featuring chamber arrangements of other works by Venezuelan composers. Esperanto CD Systems, Venezuela, 2011.
Compass Points. The Verdehr Trio: Walter Verdehr, violin; Elsa Verdehr, clarinet; Siliva Roederer, piano. Included in Vol. 19 of The Verdehr Trio series “The Making of a Medium.” Crystal Records, US, 2011
El Muro. University of North Texas Wind Symphony; Eugene Corporon, conductor. Included in a CD titled “Revelations” containing other works by Higdon, Grantham, and Reed. GIA Publications, US, 2011.
En Tren Va Changó (Destination Macondo). Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra; Raphael Jiménez, conductor. Included in a CD titled “Destinations: Orchestral Works from Latin American Composers.” Navona Records, US, 2009.
El Muro. University of Florida Wind Symphony; David Waybright, conductor. Along with works by Reed and Hindemith. Mark Masters Records, US, 2010
Bachangó. Marta Aznavoorian, piano. Included in a CD title “Composers in the Loft.” Cedille Records, US, 2007. Chosen as March 2008 Pick of the Month by Strad Magazine.
World Premiere Recordings of all works except track 7. Recorded: October 9-10, 2006 (Garrop); October 23, 2006 (Pann); December 5, 2006 (Fung); January 23, 2007 (Jalbert); and January 25, 2007 (Lorenz) at WFMT, Chicago. ℗&© 2007 Cedille Records
Salsa Inglesa. Elena Riu, piano; Wilmer Sifontes, Latin percussion. Included in a score/CD pack titled “Nueva Salsa: vibrant salsa beats meet contemporary classical piano” music published Boosey Hawkes. SOMM Recordings, UK, 2005.
Fantasía para Piano y Orquesta de Cámara: Gabriela Montero, piano; Manuel Hernández, conductor; Camerata Criolla. Together with other works by Venezuelan composers. CONAC, Venezuela, 2002.
Pataruco: Concerto for Maracas and Orchestra. Ed Harrison, maracas; Paul Freeman, conductor; Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Together with otherconcertos by Morton Gould, Jan Bach and Gustavo Leone. Albany Records, USA, 2002.
Está lloviendo afuera y no hay agua: Paulina Zamora, piano. Twentieth-Century Latin American piano music. Indiana University LAMC recording series, USA, 2001.
Jaromiluna: Ignace Jang, violin; Sirin Pancaroglu, harp. Twentieth-Century works for violin and harp. Doublemoon Records, Turkey, 2000.
Cecilia en Azul y Verde: Carlos Prieto, cello; Edison Quintana, piano. Included along with other Latin American and Spanish works. Urtex Digital Classics,Mexico, 1999.
Piedra en la Piedra: Alison Potter, flute; Orlando Cotto, marimba. Included with works for marimba by Astor Piazzolla and Antonio Lauro, among others. USA, 1998.
Llorença en el Nou Mon: Andrés Cárdenes, violin; Luz Manriquez, piano. Included along with little gems for the violin by Copland, Sibelius, Ravel, Debussy, and Szymanowski among others. Arabesque Recordings, USA, 1994.
