ASV's Musica Mexicana, Vol. 2, is the second issue in ASV's trend-setting series of Mexican classical music releases, and one of the best of the lot. It pulls together three of the finest orchestral works Mexico has to offer, Manuel Ponce's Concerto for violin and orchestra, Carlos Chávez's Sinfonia India, and Silvestre Revueltas' La Noche de Los Mayos, in the standard configuration assembled by José Limantour. There is a hidden treasure here in the performance of Ponce's seldom-heard Concerto for violin and orchestra in ...
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ASV's Musica Mexicana, Vol. 2, is the second issue in ASV's trend-setting series of Mexican classical music releases, and one of the best of the lot. It pulls together three of the finest orchestral works Mexico has to offer, Manuel Ponce's Concerto for violin and orchestra, Carlos Chávez's Sinfonia India, and Silvestre Revueltas' La Noche de Los Mayos, in the standard configuration assembled by José Limantour. There is a hidden treasure here in the performance of Ponce's seldom-heard Concerto for violin and orchestra in that it is played by the dedicatee of the work, violinist Henryk Szeryng, in his fourth and final recording of it. This must have been one of Szeryng's last recordings, as he died in 1988, but for some reason ASV is not very forthcoming about the date of the recording, which appears to be from the mid-'80s; perhaps its presence might cast doubt as to whether the recording is truly "DDD" as it says. It makes no difference to one's ears, however, as Szeryng really earns his paycheck here...
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