The works on this recording span Ginastera’s entire compositional output. The Cinco canciones populares argentinas are derived directly from folk-music but in Pampeana No. 2 the use of folk-music is more symbolic. Puneña No. 2 is a tour de force for solo cello that explores all registers of the instrument as well as a wide range of extended techniques.
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Ginastera himself wrote of the Sonata, Op. 49, one of his last works from his Neo-Expressionist period: “Strong rhythms, lyrical singing, and a mysterious atmosphere are, I think, the characteristics of this work consisting of four movements”.
Alberto Ginastera: Pampeana No. 2, Op. 21
Pampeana No. 2, Op. 21
Alberto Ginastera: 5 canciones populares argentinas, Op. 10 (arr. for cello and piano)
No. 4. Chacarera
No. 1. Triste
No. 3. Zamba
No. 2. Arrorro
No. 5. Gato
Alberto Ginastera: Punena No. 2, Op. 45, "Hommage a Paul Sacher"
I. Harawi
II. Wayno karnavalito
Alberto Ginastera: Cello Sonata, Op. 49
I. Allegro deciso
II. Adagio passionato
III. Presto mormoroso
IV. Allegro con fuoco
“the music’s percussive rhythms as well as its reflective and mysterious melodic invention”
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