Clara Rodriguez - Lecuona: Cuba España (2013)

Tracklist

01. Ante el Escorial
02. Granada
03. Zambra Gitana
04. En Tres por Cuatro
05. 19th Century Cuban Dances: La Primera en la Frente
06. 19th Century Cuban Dances: A la Antigua
07. 19th Century Cuban Dances: Impromptu
08. 19th Century Cuban Dances: Interrumpida
09. 19th Century Cuban Dances: La Cardenense
10. 19th Century Cuban Dances: Ella y Yo
11. 19th Century Cuban Dances: La Mulata
12. 19th Century Cuban Dances: Minstrels
13. 19th Century Cuban Dances: Arabesque
14. 19th Century Cuban Dances: Al Fin Te Vi
15. San Francisco el Grande
16. Afro-Cuban Dances: Danza Lucumi
17. Afro-Cuban Dances: La Comparsa
18. Afro-Cuban Dances: Danza Negra
19. Afro-Cuban Dances: ... Y la Negra Bailaba
20. Afro-Cuban Dances: Danza de los Ñáñigos
21. Afro-Cuban Dances: La Conga de Media Noche
22. Analusian Suite: I. Córdoba
23. Analusian Suite: II. Andalucía
24. Analusian Suite: III. Alhambra
25. Analusian Suite: IV. Gitanerías
26. Analusian Suite: V. Guadalquivir
27. Analusian Suite: VI. Malagueña


Ernesto Lecuona was born in Guanabacoa, a village near Havana, Cuba. His oldest sister Ernestina introduced him to the instrument for which he showed extraordinary talent, playing the accompaniment of silent movies from the age of 7 to financially help his family. In 1908 he composes his first piece 'Cuba and America', in 1912 his first musical, 'Fantasia Tropical' as well as his first ballet, 'La comparsa' thus marking the beginning of a prolific life as a composer. He wrote more than 400 songs, 176 pieces for the piano, 50 theatrical pieces, 31 orchestral works, 15 soundtracks for the cinema, 5 ballets, one trio and an opera. His popularity came to him thanks to his virtuosic, passionate, piano playing, the beauty of his melodies, the force of the rhythms of his compositions but also thanks to the hundreds of interpretations of pieces such as Siboney, Para Vigo Me Voy, Canto Karabali Maria my Own, La comparsa and Malagueña. His creative talent touched intensely a generation of Latin Americans who have not forgotten his music. During the 40s and 50s The Metro Goldwyn Mayer and the 20th Century Fox film companies asked him to write the music for many of their films. In 1942 he was awarded an Academy Award for his song 'Always in my heart', from a film produced by the Warner Brothers.

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