Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo Hindoyan - Venezuela! Music from the Americas! (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Vigilia (Poema Sinfónica)
02. Santa Cuz de Pacairigua (Suite Sinfónica)
03. Margariteña (Glosa Sinfónica)
04. El Rio de las Siete Estrellas (Poema Sinfónica)
05. Mediodía en el Llano
06. Kanaima

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There are many reasons to welcome conductors from a wider range of geographical and social backgrounds than was usual in the past. Not least is the variety of music that they bring with them.

This is the first volume of a series devoted to music from the Americas, due for release on October 25. The series starts in Venezuela. Domingo Hindoyan, chief conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, was born in Venezuela and, like fellow conductors Gustavo Dudamel and Rafael Payare, came out of its El Sistema music education system.

With one exception, each of the five composers in this selection, none of them household names, offers brilliant colours and pulsating rhythms in their orchestral tone poems, well played and recorded here. Two of the pieces are by Evencio Castellanos (1915-84), offering folkloric elements and fiesta-like celebrations, interspersed with visionary moments. His Santa Cruz de Pacairigua (1954) imagines the descendants of slaves dancing in front of the Church of the Holy Cross. El Río de las Siete Estrellas (1946) travels up the “mighty” Orinoco river to tell a history of colonisation, wars and freedom.

Alongside, there is music of similar, glowing colours by Juan Bautista Plaza, Inocente Carreño and Antonio Estévez. The “exception” is Yuri Hung’s earthy, modern Kanaima from 2004, which ends with the sound of rainfall. More contemporary works might have helped vary the mix, but it is hard to resist all this Latin American alegría.

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