Castellanos - Santa Cruz de Pacairigua, etc | Naxos 8572681

Castellanos - Santa Cruz de Pacairigua, etc

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8572681

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 3rd January 2012

Contents

Artists

Orquesta Sinfonica de Venezuela

Conductor

Jan Wagner

Works

Castellanos, Evencio

Avilena Suite
El rio de las siete estrellas
Santa Cruz de Pacairigua

Artists

Orquesta Sinfonica de Venezuela

Conductor

Jan Wagner

About

Evencio Castellanos belonged to the generation of Venezuelan composers who established a new nationalistic style in the first half of the 20th century. One of his best known works, Santa Cruz de Pacairigua, pays homage to the construction of a church in Guatire, near Caracas, quoting popular dance rhythms and melodies, as well as a Venezuelan medieval carol.

El Río de las Siete Estrellas (The River of the Seven Stars), inspired by a poem about the Orinoco River, describes events of pre-colonial Venezuelan history leading up to the country’s independence in 1821.

The Suite Avileña, a compilation of scenes alluding to the coastal mountain of El Ávila, borrows from popular songs and Christmas carols, and features the cuatro (a four-stringed version of the European classical guitar) and maracas, two of the most typical Venezuelan folk instruments.

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