Ginastera
Fri, Dec 2 2011, 7:54AM
It's a name that very rearly crops up and I've not heard any of his music but this morning Amazon put a couple of his recordings in the 'recordings you might be interested in based on your purchases' box. I've read a couple of reviews on his music, one recommends him stating 'like Bolero mixed with the Rite of Spring' ! this and the fact that his most famous outing seems to have been by a PROG ROCK BAND seems to suggest AVOID AT ANY COST. Is he, like Tippett, once thought to be interesting but now seen as irrelevant. Or is he worth a try.
Fri, Dec 2 2011, 12:07PM
#2
RE: Ginastera
Been looking at Wikipedia by any chance?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Ginastera#Concertante
Uncanny similarities, I'm sure you'll agree...
Fri, Dec 2 2011, 12:32PM
#3
RE: Ginastera
How does he compare to the Dixie Chicks Craig ?
Fri, Dec 2 2011, 12:38PM
#4
RE: Ginastera
Dunno - never heard any of his stuff.
All I know is what I read about him in Wikipedia.
Fri, Dec 2 2011, 8:19PM
#5
RE: Ginastera
I've heard Ginastera's piano sonata played by Ronald Turini. It's a very skilfully crafted work, rather prokofievian in style. I liked it (perhaps because Prokofiev is one of my favourite composers...).
Fri, Dec 2 2011, 9:38PM
#6
RE: Ginastera
Have you heard the piano sonata by Dutilleux, Carlos. That reminds me a lot of Prokofiev in style, it just doesn't seem to have any forward movement, at the end of the sonata you don't seem to have been on a journey (unlike Prokofiev). OK I'm taking the plunge with Ginastera.
ASV - Piano concerto 1, Harp Concerto, BATIZ
and
String Quartets 1 and 2. Henschel Quartet.
Ordered from Amazon. It works every time, they dangle the bate, I bite.
Tue, Dec 6 2011, 6:59PM
#7
RE: Ginastera
The string quartets are pretty strong works - some of them are obviously indebted to Bartok, but they have personality of their own, and some very propulsive rhythms and lyrical even when he's using 12 tone methods.
Wed, Dec 7 2011, 12:41PM
#8
RE: Ginastera
Hi, Magnus !
I'm afraid the Dutilleux sonata has passed me by, but I'll give it a try. Thanks for the tip !
Thu, Dec 8 2011, 12:27PM
#9
RE: Ginastera
To explore Ginastera give your hifi system a workout with Panambi & Estancia on the CD from the LSO conducted by Gisele Ben-Dor. A sonic spectacular; musically make your own minds up! Originally on Conifer I have a vague recollection it was reissued on Naxos.
Thu, Dec 15 2011, 4:36PM
#10
RE: Ginastera
Someone recently recommended the Martha Argerich interpretation of Danzas Argentinas (audio on Youtube) to me.
For the Argentinians, he is something like sine qua non. Like a national composer and its music is a sort of a quite nationalistic one. Technically, he is a very skillful composer and a very prolific too: 3 Operas (not easily performed outside Argentina), 2 ballets (very well known, Panambi and Estancia), a dozen of Orchestral works of any kind (except proper Symphonies), another dozen of Concertante works (some well known and performed, like the Piano Concertos and somehow the Violin and Cello Concertos).
For me, his Piano and Chamber Music work better along with some of his songs.
There is a wide and worthy discography in many labels (Naxos, as usual, has a wide range of recordings) to explore.
Good hunting. Give a shot, anyway.
Parla