Luis Leguia Plays Music For Cello and Piano By Composers From South America, Mexico and the Caribbean
from: Luis and Clark
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0781881200122 Label: Luis and Clark Manufacturer: Luis and Clark Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Luis and Clark Release Date: February 01, 2002 Studio: Luis and Clark
Disc 1:
Track 1-4 Suite Espanol Joaquin Nin
Track 5 O Canto Do Cysne Negro Heitor Villa-Lobos (Song of the Black Swan)
Track 6 Pampeana No. 2 Alberto Ginastera
Track 7 Triste Alberto Ginastera
Track 8-12 Peruvian Folklore Transcribed for cello and piano by Luis Leguia
Track 13-18 Pequena Suite Heitor Villa-Lobos
Track 19 Flor de Sancayo Edgar Valcarcel
Track 20-21 Ponteio E. Dansa Mozart Camargo Guarnieri
Track 22 Tango Washington Castro
Track 23 Cant Dell Ocells Pablo Casals (Song of the Birds)
Album Description: This album by composers from South America, Mexico and the Caribbean includes works by Joaquin Nin, Villa-Lobos, Ginastera, Guarnieri, Casals, and Chavez which may be well-known to cellists, though they are certainly not over-recorded and David Moore of the American Record Guide says, "it is very nice to have them all on a single CD played with flair." The CD also includes Casalsâ haunting ââSong of the Birdsââ. Perhaps the most intriguing piece and certainly the one receiving the most critical attention is an unknown and previously unrecorded work for solo cello, composed in 1984 for LeguÃa, by Peruvian composer Edgar Valcárcel, of which, David Moore in the American Record Guide said, "and in addition to being the most demanding work-out here for cello and cellist, it packs real musical variety into its seven-plus minutes."
It is also noteworthy to mention that this is the first recording ever made on a carbon fiber cello. Peter M. Knapp of the Patriot Ledger noted that "while made of modern materials instead of traditional wood, the carbon fiber cello LeguÃa has developed is no cold, high-tech instrument. Crisp, clear and even, its tone quality is outstanding.
"The celloâs stability and responsiveness are richly demonstrated in Argentine composer Alberto Ginasteraâs ââPampeana No. 2,ââ a 1950 composition based on folk traditions of the pampa-dwelling Argentine Gauchos. Ginasteraâs evocative rhapsody exploits the instrumentâs full range, LeguÃaâs cello displaying a smooth and sonorous and that human singing quality in the treble that makes the cello so special."
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Music
As a composer Torcuato has made tangos like “El Medallon”, school songs, lyric poems, etc.
Tango
El Medallon
Hymns
To Bernardino Rivadavia
To Nuestra Señora de la Paz
Cantos Liricos (Lyric melodies)
En el bosque Sombrio
Canciones escolares (School melodies)
El negrito mandinga
El Burro Flautista
Piano
Gauchesca
Mi alma
El jilguero
Jubilo en la campiña
Piano and voice
Mi vida
Soledad
Serenata Argentina
Mi alma
Adios Adios
Tribulacion
Al viento y al mar
Guardaba mi dolor
Ave Maria
Life
Born at El Candano, Asturias, Spain, Torcuato Rodriguez Castro lived in a little farm with his family in the Asturias mountains. He participated at a young age in a family group of instrumentalists — five instruments — that used to play in regional Asturian festivals.
In 1907, at the age of 13, and following the first steps of his father Jose Rodriguez y Rodriguez, he emigrated to Argentina, like thousands of Asturians at the ending of 19th century.
With great personnel effort, he studied at the Conservatorio Williams, property of the Composer Alberto Willams, in Buenos Aires. He quickly graduated in Harmony and Contrapunto, with honours.
He then started as Professor in Conservatorio Williams, then in Escuela Roca, at the Conservatory of Music La Plata, and at the New National Conservatory of Music Carlos Lopez Buchardo.
As Harmony Professor, Torcuato conducted first musical steps, being a mentor in Escuela Roca of Mr. Juan de Dios Filiberto, years after celebrity composer of Tango Caminito and other world wide well known tangos.
Also Mr. T. Rodriguez Castro was Professor of Argentinian Composers Ginastera, and Pedro Saenz. Between 1920 and 1930, he was one of the founders of the Cafe Tortoni Group of artists with friends like with Mr. Filiberto, Ms. Alfonsina Storni, Mr. Benito Quinquela Martin and other reputed artists.
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