Suite de Danzas Criollas, Op. 15

5 star rating

Anonymous

Location: from IN

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced

June 28, 2006

Brilliant!

Ginastera was one of the greatest composers of the 20th Century. This piece is, like all his music, dazzlingly exiting. There are five dances in all; the first, third, and fourth are wonderfully beautiful,and the second and fifth are very difficult and impressive (the second contains passages of tone-clusters to...

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5 star rating

Alan C.

Location: from Port-of-Spain, Trinidad

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced

December 26, 2004

Great music

This music is a real gem in any pianists repetoire. The dissonant chords don't take away from the beautiful and often haunting melodies that recall the Argentine pampas. The pieces are short so no technicl difficulty lasts beyond a few bars; but all in all it isn't too difficult. Good...

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5 star rating

Richard Walker

Location: from San Francisco, CA

Difficulty Level:
Advanced

June 21, 2002

Charming and Brilliant music

These are charming and delightful to play and to hear, a perfect marriage of folk dances with European piano tradition. The 2nd and last are real finger-busters, but the rest are quite playable for the intermediate student. The virtuosic coda makes a fabulous ending to a program. Compositional techniques include...

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