Evencio Castellanos is one of Venezuela's best-known composers, notable not least as one of the groundwork-makers for that country's much-lauded "sistema" of music education. This album presents some of his best-known works, idiomatically and enthusiastically performed by the Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela under Jan Wagner. All three works are nationalistic, with plucked strings stating popular Venezuelan rhythms and melodies against various orchestral backdrops. The two more extended works at the beginning, colorfully ...
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Evencio Castellanos is one of Venezuela's best-known composers, notable not least as one of the groundwork-makers for that country's much-lauded "sistema" of music education. This album presents some of his best-known works, idiomatically and enthusiastically performed by the Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela under Jan Wagner. All three works are nationalistic, with plucked strings stating popular Venezuelan rhythms and melodies against various orchestral backdrops. The two more extended works at the beginning, colorfully orchestrated, are said to be popular in Venezuela; they have elaborate programs that make sense if you listen to the music but that could hardly be guessed independently. The real find is the Suite Avileña (1947), composed of five movements. These also have programmatic references, but the overall technique is more impressionistic and less episodic, and the ways of handling the popular material are sharp and fresh. Check out the Nocturno (track 5), with a guitar stating joropo rhythms...
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