Ginastera - Estancia, Concerto For Harp, Etc

(Josep Pons)

Dances from Estancia, dance suite from the ballet, Op. 8a:
1. Los trabajadores agrícolas
2. Danza del trigo
3. Los peones de hacienda

4. Danza final (Malambo)

Harp Concerto, Op. 25:
5. Allegro giusto
6. Molto moderato
7. Liberamente capriccioso – Vivace

8. Creole Faust Overture, for orchestra, Op. 9

Variaciones concertantes, for chamber orchestra, Op. 23:
9. Tema per violoncello ed arpa
10. Interludio per corde
11. Variazione giocosa per flauto
12. Variazione in modo di scherzo per clarinett
13. Variazione drammatica per viola
14. Variazione canonica per oboe e fagotto
15. Variazione ritmica per trombe e trombone
16. Variazione in modi di moto perpetuo per vio
17. Variazione pastorale per corno
18. Interludio per fiati
19. Ripresa dal tema per contrabasso
20. Variazione finale in modo di rondo per orch

Magdalena Barrera  - harp
Jacopo di Tonn – cello
Orquesta Ciudad de Granada
Josep Pons – conductor

This is a great CD. Why? Because these are probably the Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera's four most accessible pieces, the sound is clear and cool, and Pons and his smallish orchestra play with finesse. This is, in my opinion, the best harp concerto written in the last hundred years, and the Variaciones concertantes Op. 23 is a masterpiece. You can certainly find bigger, splashier versions of the Estancia ballet suite: if that's your main interest, look for Gisele Ben-Dor's LSO version of the complete ballet (with the complete Panambi) on a hard to find Conifer CD. And Howard Hanson's old Rochester recording of the Creole Faust Overture is much more earthy. Nevertheless, Pons lays it all out beautifully before us, and avoids the slow tempi that characterize some of his other performances (the Bizet Symphony, for instance). Make no mistake, this is music to be savoured. --- philvscott, amazon.com

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