Planos [Import]

1. Planos

2. Ponte

3. Segredos

4. Luz de Outono

5. Floripa

6. Vista Chinesa

7. Kay & I

8. Pinta Lá

9. Seperagüi

10. I° de Outubro

Tracks:

Sensemaya
Redes: Los pescadores, Funeral del nino, Salida a la pesca, Lucha, Regreso de los pescadores con su companero muerto
Itinerarios
Caminos
Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca: I. Baile, II. Duelo, III. Son
Danza geometrica
Cuauhnahuac
Sensemaya

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Janitizo
Alcancias: I. Allegro
Alcancias: II. Andantino
Alcancias: III. Allegro vivo
El renacuajo paseador
8 x Radio
Toccata (sin fuga)
Planos
La Noche de los Mayas: I. Noche de los mayas
La Noche de los Mayas: II. Noche de jaranas
La Noche de los Mayas: III. Noche de Yucatan
La Noche de los Mayas: IV. Noche de encantamiento
Cinco canciones de ninos y dos canciones profanas: I. Caballito (Antonio de Trueba)
Cinco canciones de ninos y dos canciones profanas: II. Las cinco horas (Anonymous)
Cinco canciones de ninos y dos canciones profanas: III. Cancion tonta (Federico Garcia Lorca)
Cinco canciones de ninos y dos canciones profanas: IV. El lagarto y la lagarta (Federico Garcia Lorca)
Cinco canciones de ninos y dos canciones profanas: V. Cancion de cuna (Federico Garcia Lorca)
Cinco canciones de ninos y dos canciones profanas: VI. Serenata (Federico Garcia Lorca)
Cinco canciones de ninos y dos canciones profanas: VII. Es verdad (Federico Garcia Lorca)

Customer Reviews:

Spirited playing of fine compositions.......2007-07-07

This Revueltas anthology is very well played by first class orchestras. The selections by Mata and de la Fuente are particularly played with spirit and verve.

Magical Compositions Brilliantly Performed.......2007-05-03

If you enjoy Bartok & Stravinsky, you will adore Revueltas. Among the 15 works are two versions of sensemaya plus Cuauhnahuac and La Noche de los Mayas, all richly evocative of the ancient Mayan culture which underlies that of Mexico - bold tributes to proud traditions not unlike the musical paintings of the Caucasus peoples rendered by Khachaturian. The music of Revueltas deserves much wider performance in the world, but probably will not be often heard due to its technical complexity and the need for specialized native instruments for some of the passages. At least Leopold Stokowski recognized the brilliance of this spectacular work.

Stokowski's Sensemaya.......2005-10-10

Great, great release. One of the reviews here (by "127") said that the Stokowski version of Sensemaya was interesting "historically but not musically" and I just wanted to strongly disagree with that. Leopold Stokowski has the orchestra playing in a different time-signature than the composer wrote! The piece is written mostly in 7 but this performance seems to have put the whole thing into 4 (it's probably more complicated than that but you get the idea) and the resulting performance is even more hectic and bombastic than the other recorded version of Sensemaya on the same CD. I don't know why Stokowski did this, but this performance is the most unique I've heard (of the piece.) Whether or not this is a "good" thing I don't want to get into but the recording is definitely very interesting and worth a listen.

A Compendium of Revueltas Works.......2003-04-09

Unlike many people I think, I've been a fan of Revueltas since I was quite young...I first heard Sensemaya at the age of 12 and was blown away. Unfortunately, for years most of his music was rather hard to find...darn near impossible actually. However, the composer has recently picked up a number of higher profile champions (including Esa Pekka Salonen) and a spate of rereleases during his Centennial a few years ago. Such a rediscover is long overdue!

This current CD is part of the Centennial celebration of Revueltas. It consists of a compilation of orchestral recordings by Eduardo Mata, chamber recordings by David Aetherton and the Jalapa Orquestra Sinfonica under Herrara de la Fuente. The results are quite stunning, with enough material to keep you listening for quite some time!

The first CD contains exclusively orchestral music under the baton of Maestro Mata. This is prime stuff indeed. The CD begins with Revueltas' most renowned piece, Sensemaya, a dense, barbaric orchestral fantasy inspired by a Cuban poem that details a traditional snake-killing ceremony in the Santeria religion. The piece is dominated by short pithy melodic statements which are gradually layered over each other to create greater and greater tension. The result is deeply compelling, Stravinsky's Rite is combined with Varese's Arcana...with native Mexican rhythms and instruments thrown in.

The other works on the album are also extremely compelling. They can be broken down into abstract orchestral works, chamber pieces and music for film. In addition, Revueltas shows two definate sides, one is the convinced modernist, who shows a lot in common with Varese, and even Scriabin. The best work in this vein is the Danza geometrica (and it's chamber version Planos). The other big vein is the "nationalistic" vein, of which Revueltas was a greater exponent than his compatriot Chavez. Many works on this CD, Itinerios, Homage to Garcia Lorca, and others display a sense of wild abandon present in traditional fiestas. And yet, even here, Revueltas is a formalist and modernist, treating his material less as color and more as another structural element.

The other really wonderful work on this disc is La Noche de los Mayas. Culled from a film score, this is beautifully written film music and quite ahead of it's time. It's not hard to imagine these Revueltas strains as an inspiration to Bernard Herrmann, Elmer Bernstein and the like. The work is structured as a large symphony, dominated by a broad, tonal but dissonant theme in the brass. There is a wealth of detail in this work that I come back to over and over.

Much of this material has very little competition. The chamber works have been basically neglected on CD and many of the orchestral works are only available on this disc. Sensemaya has significant competition however. Salonen has done a really wonderful disc of this material, which also includes a great reading of Noche. Bernstein has perhaps the best reading of Sensemaya available on his Latin American Fiesta album (which also includes a wonderful rendition of Chavez' Sinfonia India)But Mata's reading is nearly as good as Bernstein and just as good as Salonen. Overall, for breadth and depth of music covered, this is a superlative disc and the one to get.

Abstract but deep........2003-02-05

I've got this cd when I first heard of this composer. He is the biggest composer that Mexico has had to offer to the classical music scene. Mexico has a variety of notable composers such as Chavez but none of them match Revueltas impact on the scene.

This cd pretty much has all of Revueltas' major works including his most known one: Sensemaya. That piece has been conducted by Bernstein and Stowkowski with the latter being on this disc. There is two performances of Sensemaya which includes the one mentioned above and a new version.

The best piece I believe is Janitzio. If you are Mexican you will be reminded of Mexican big bands because Revueltas incorporated the sound into this piece as well as imitations of a Mariachi band. It is a very abstract piece but very remenicent of Mexico. Excellent cd as a whole.
The cd includes a booklet with information on Revueltas and the pieces on this cd.

Night of the Mayas: Music of Silvestre Revueltas
Average customer rating:

Powerful and eerie

Night of the Mayas: Music of Silvestre Revueltas
Silvestre Revueltas , Eduardo Mata , David Atherton , Herrera de la Fuente , and Orquestra Sinfonica de Jalapa
Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Music Of Silvestre Revueltas

Latin American Classics, Vol. 1

ASIN: B000003ELK
Release Date: 1994-09-13

Tracks:

Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca
Sensemaya
Ocho X Radio
Toccata
Alcancias: Allegro
Alcancias: Andantino
Alcancias: Allegro vivo
Planos
La Noche de los Mayas: I. La noche de los Mayas
La Noche de los Mayas: II. La noche de Jaranas
La Noche de los Mayas: III. La noche de Yucatan
La Noche de los Mayas: IV. La noche de encantamiento

Customer Reviews:

Powerful and eerie.......2000-01-29

This was my first real introduction to Revueltas's work, and it's an excellent primer to this composer. Propulsive without being bombastic, challenging without being pretentious, it's remarkable and essential music. The performances on this CD serve the music uniformly well; the Orquesta Sinfónica de Jalapa features a remarkable battery of percussion on "La noche de los Mayas."

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Homenaje a Revueltas

Manufacturer: Channel Classics Nl
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00061X9AG
Release Date: 2004-11-09

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Outros Planos
14 Bis
Manufacturer: Indie
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000696RGQ
Release Date: 2004-11-01

Tracks:

Cans de Guerra
Outono
At Dia Clarear
Cedo Ou Tarde
Constelas
Gente Do Interior
Sete Raios de Cristal
Outros Planos
Sinais de Amor
Palavra Cora
Quando Fl Se Dizer...
MAmiga
Dias Melhores Vir

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Planos Opostos
Sergio Molina
Manufacturer: Tratore/Mola
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00042Y5BY
Release Date: 2004-08-01

Tracks:

Eu Nao Sou Daqui
Psiu!
Flor De Luz
Grao De Ar
Quem Sera Que Eu Sou?
Imbarueri / A Voz Incerta
Introducao
Cancao Do Exilio
Introducao Planos Opostos
Planos Opostos
Cristal
Poema Ruim
Noturno
Um So 2
Musica De Filme
Um So 1
Samba Reclamacao

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Great Brazilian Musicians
A real brazlian instrumental & jazz music with Marcus Nabuco

Planos
Marcus Nabuco
Manufacturer: Tratore
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007OAQN0
Release Date: 2005-02-28

Tracks:

Planos
Ponte
Segredos
Luz de Outono
Floripa
Vista Chinesa
Kay & I
Pinta L
Seperag
I de Outubro

Customer Reviews:

Great Brazilian Musicians.......2005-03-12

Marcos Nabuco got some of the best 'cariocas' musiciens to record this brasilian-jazz CD. Fan of Mike Stern and Helio Delmiro, Nabuco made a strog playlist with a real fusion of jazz, rock and bossa-nova.

A real brazlian instrumental & jazz music with Marcus Nabuco.......2005-03-12

Ever since I listened to Nabuco's music, I cannot help it to have it on my mind. He is a real artist as he touches our heart with his music. His musicians is also great! This CD is a great oportunity to have e real brazilian jazz music.