Kansas Virtuosi, Woodwind Quintet - Salgado: Chamber Music, Vol. 1 (2023) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Viola Sonata: I. Adagio in tempo rubato - Allegro animato
02. Viola Sonata: II. Allegretto - Andante sostenuto ed espressivo
03. Viola Sonata: III. Allegro energico
04. Selene "Trío programático": I. Partida
05. Selene "Trío programático": II. Alunizaje
06. Selene "Trío programático": III. Retorno
07. Cello Sonata: I. Allegro con ánima
08. Cello Sonata: II. Andante sostenuto
09. Cello Sonata: III. Quasi recitativo - Allegro giusto
10. Woodwind Quintet: I. Allegro con vita
11. Woodwind Quintet: II. Andante sostenuto
12. Woodwind Quintet: III. Allegretto giocoso

2023 marks the 120th anniversary of the Luis Humberto Salgado’s birth. Luis Humberto Salgado was an essentially self-taught Ecuadorian composer inspired equally by the folk music of his country and by currents in contemporary modernism. He defined himself as a ‘polytechnic’ composer, absorbing folk motifs and individual dances into an eclectic, vibrant and highly personal idiom. This can be heard in the Viola Sonata where the lively sanjuanito indigenous dance is evoked in music of sophisticated harmonies. The Cello Sonata is more neo-Classical, while Selene commemorates the moon landing of 1969 in striking, unconventional sonorities. Salgado’s Woodwind Quintet combines pentatonic scales and serial techniques to create a ‘polychrome fabric’.

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