Homenaje a Reveultas: Chamberworks of Silvestre Revueltas

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The sheer verve and power of his music leads one to think of Revueltas as primarily an orchestral composer, but many of his works are written for relatively modest forces (or started out that... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: CCSSA21104
Label: Channel
Length: 66 minutes

Gramophone Magazine

November 2004

Editor's Choice

Revueltas: Sensemayá

Work length4:46

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Ebony Band Amsterdam
Werner Herbers

Revueltas: Ocho por radio

Work length5:44

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Ebony Band Amsterdam
Werner Herbers

Revueltas: Planos

Work length7:47

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Ebony Band Amsterdam
Werner Herbers

Revueltas: Caminando

Work length3:56

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Ebony Band Amsterdam
Werner Herbers

Revueltas: Este era un rey

Work length5:38

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Ebony Band Amsterdam
Werner Herbers

Revueltas: Hora de junio: Primer soneto, Primer interludio, Segundo soneto

Work length10:56

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Juan Carlos Tajes, Ebony Band Amsterdam
Werner Herbers

Revueltas: El renacuajo paseador

Work length4:30

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Ebony Band Amsterdam
Werner Herbers

Revueltas: Piezz para doce instrumentos

Work length10:57

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Ebony Band Amsterdam
Werner Herbers

I. Lento

Track length1:58

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II. Deciso e ben ritmato

Track length2:00

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III. Allegrettto

Track length0:39

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IV. Allegro

Track length1:32

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V. Preludio y fuga rítmicos

Track length4:48

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Revueltas: Homenaje a Federico García Lorca

Work length4:10

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Ebony Band Amsterdam
Werner Herbers

Revueltas: Homenaje a Federico García Lorca

Work length3:51

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Ebony Band Amsterdam
Werner Herbers

Revueltas: Homenaje a Federico García Lorca

Work length3:52

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Ebony Band Amsterdam
Werner Herbers

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2010

The sheer verve and power of his music leads one to think of Revueltas as primarily an orchestral composer, but many of his works are written for relatively modest forces (or started out that way, like Sensemayá, given a spirited performance here). Often, it's the ferocity of his sound – and liberal use of percussion – that gives the music a bigger texture than its actual layout might suggest.
Even so relatively modest a piece as the playful octet Ocho x Radio (1933) feels like a small orchestral score. Curiously, the early Pieza paradoce instrumentos (1929; left untitled by Revueltas) seems much smaller in scale despite being longer.
The four movements chart a gentle course in increasing tempi from Lento to Allegro. Here the burlesque and grotesque strains in his musical psyche were yet to be allowed full rein, but were unleashed in El renacuajo paseador ('The Wandering Tadpole', 1933), with its quotations and teasing allusions. The tiny suite describes how a tadpole meets an untimely end after going out for a drink with a mouse, the moral of which did not deter the composer from terminal alcoholism.
Caminando (1937) is a real find.
One of the final projects Revueltas worked on was Luis Córdova's 'caustic satire on fascism', Este era un Rey ('Once there was a King', 1940).
The Preludio y Fuga ritmicos by his close friend José Pomar completes a splendid disc – derived from concert performances – that deserves every success. Highly recommended.

Homenaje a Reveultas

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