Venezuela
Dances that show there’s more to Venezuela than El Sistema
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Composer or Director: Antonio Lauro, Maria Luisa Escobar, Pablo Camacaro, Simon Diaz, Francisco Delfín Pacheco, Luis Laguna, Federico Ruiz, Manuel Yanez, Juan Carlos Núñez, Luisa Elena Paesano, Pedro Elias Gutierrez, Ramon Delgado-Palacios, Federico Vollmer, Modesta Bor, Evencio Castellanos, Miguel Astor, Heraclio Fernandez, Ricardo Teruel
Label: Nimbus
Magazine Review Date: 10/2010
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 74
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: NI6122
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Pajarillo |
Luisa Elena Paesano, Composer
Clara Rodriguez, Piano Luisa Elena Paesano, Composer |
Mañanita caraqueña |
Evencio Castellanos, Composer
Clara Rodriguez, Piano Evencio Castellanos, Composer |
Jarro mocho |
Federico Vollmer, Composer
Clara Rodriguez, Piano Federico Vollmer, Composer |
(La) Dulzura de tu Rostro |
Ramon Delgado-Palacios, Composer
Clara Rodriguez, Piano Ramon Delgado-Palacios, Composer |
(El) Pofiao |
Luisa Elena Paesano, Composer
Clara Rodriguez, Piano Luisa Elena Paesano, Composer |
(El) atravesado |
Federico Vollmer, Composer
Clara Rodriguez, Piano Federico Vollmer, Composer |
Aliseo |
Federico Ruiz, Composer
Clara Rodriguez, Piano Federico Ruiz, Composer |
Noche de luna en Altamira |
Maria Luisa Escobar, Composer
Clara Rodriguez, Piano Maria Luisa Escobar, Composer |
Zumba que zumba |
Federico Ruiz, Composer
Clara Rodriguez, Piano Federico Ruiz, Composer |
Adriana |
Miguel Astor, Composer
Clara Rodriguez, Piano Miguel Astor, Composer |
Diversión |
Pablo Camacaro, Composer
Clara Rodriguez, Piano Pablo Camacaro, Composer |
Suite venezolana, Movement: Cancíon |
Antonio Lauro, Composer
Antonio Lauro, Composer Clara Rodriguez, Piano |
Suite venezolana, Movement: Vals |
Antonio Lauro, Composer
Antonio Lauro, Composer Clara Rodriguez, Piano |
Retrato Solemnísimo de Ramon Delgado Palacios |
Juan Carlos Núñez, Composer
Clara Rodriguez, Piano Juan Carlos Núñez, Composer |
Fuga |
Modesta Bor, Composer
Clara Rodriguez, Piano Modesta Bor, Composer |
Juangriego |
Modesta Bor, Composer
Clara Rodriguez, Piano Modesta Bor, Composer |
Seis por derecho |
Antonio Lauro, Composer
Antonio Lauro, Composer Clara Rodriguez, Piano |
Sonatina Destilada |
Ricardo Teruel, Composer
Clara Rodriguez, Piano Ricardo Teruel, Composer |
(El) cumaco de San Juan |
Francisco Delfín Pacheco, Composer
Clara Rodriguez, Piano Francisco Delfín Pacheco, Composer |
Creo que te quiero |
Luis Laguna, Composer
Clara Rodriguez, Piano Luis Laguna, Composer |
Alma Llanera |
Pedro Elias Gutierrez, Composer
Clara Rodriguez, Piano Pedro Elias Gutierrez, Composer |
Don Luis |
Pablo Camacaro, Composer
Clara Rodriguez, Piano Pablo Camacaro, Composer |
Caballo viejo |
Simon Diaz, Composer
Clara Rodriguez, Piano Simon Diaz, Composer |
Viajera del río |
Manuel Yanez, Composer
Clara Rodriguez, Piano Manuel Yanez, Composer |
(El) Diablo suelto |
Heraclio Fernandez, Composer
Clara Rodriguez, Piano Heraclio Fernandez, Composer |
Author: Jeremy Nicholas
If the names of the composers of these 25 short solos are as unfamiliar as their compositions, it may be because most are indistinguishable from each other. All Venezuelan, the earliest is Federico Vollmer (1834-1901) – his mother, so the booklet tells us, was a cousin of Simón Bolívar – and the youngest is Ricardo Teruel (b1956). Their harmonic language is conservative, ranging from mid-19th-century European, highly reminiscent of Gottschalk, through to the jazz-inflected idiom of (Brazilian) Antônio Carlos Jobim, with frequently maddeningly catchy melodies and rhythms that are almost all dance-based.
The music may be undemanding to hear but it is certainly not undemanding to play; and, as with her previous engaging disc of music by her compatriot Teresa Carreño, Clara Rodríguez makes the most of her innate feel for the exuberant and languorous, dispatching the toe-tapping cross-rhythms with panache and a light touch. Almost any of these, but particularly Paesano’s joropo Pajarillo, Bor’s Fuga and Fernandez’s waltz-joropo El diablo suelto, would make a refreshing encore. We hear far too little piano music in recital from anywhere in South America and this is a treasure chest from which to cherry-pick.
The piano has been vividly recorded in Nimbus’s Wyastone Concert Hall in Monmouth, but I wish that someone from the label had taken it upon themselves to proof-read Miss Rodríguez’s chatty 12-page booklet and corrected her enchantingly idiosyncratic English.
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