Alberto Ginastera: One Hundred
Sheet Music

SKU: NX.OC16-04

By Gil Shaham, Jason Vieaux, Oberlin Orchestra, Orli Shaham, Raphael Jimenez, and Yolanda Kondonassis. By Alberto Ginastera. Country of Origin: United States. Classical. Listening CD (1 disc). Published by Naxos (NX.OC16-04).

UPC: 751778166831.

Throughout his career, Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera artfully incorporated the folk music and dance forms of his native land into increasingly modernist creations. From the populist to the avant-garde, Ginastera's work was devised using an architectural approach that labeled each piece as uniquely his own. Marking the centennial anniversary of Ginastera's birth, Ginastera: One Hundred pays tribute to the composer and serves as a musical thank-you from internationally celebrated harpist Yolanda Kondonassis, whose career has been powerfully influenced by Ginastera. By her own estimation, Kondonassis has performed his Harp Concerto nearly 200 times—and each performance, she says, "brings new revelations amid its myriad twists and turns." It is accompanied by Danzas Argentinas, with its themes evoking Argentine history and customs juxtaposed with modernist structures—a piece that catapulted Ginastera to prominence in Argentina. Completing the collection is Pampeana No. 1, which bears the influence of Aaron Copland, with whom Ginastera had been studying at the time; and Sonata for Guitar, his sole work for the national instrument of his homeland. Ginastera: One Hundred features the artistry of Kondonassis—an Oberlin Conservatory faculty member of almost 20 years—and three dear friends, each of them world-renowned for their charismatic musicianship: violinist Gil Shaham, pianist Orli Shaham, and guitarist Jason Vieaux.

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