Various Composers - Musica Mexicana (Enrique Batiz)

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CD1:

• (01) Carlos Chávez - Chapultepec "Republican Overture"
• (02) Manuel Ponce - Ferial
• (03) Manuel Ponce - Instantaneas Mexicanas
• (09) Silvestre Revueltas - Toccata
• (10) Manuel Ponce - Estampas Nocturnas

CD2:

• (01) Manuel Ponce - Concerto for violin and orchestra
• (04) Carlos Chávez - Symphony No. 2 "Sinfonía India"
• (05) Silvestre Revueltas - La Noche de los Mayas

CD3:

• (01) Rodolfo Halffter - Violin Concerto, Op. 11
• (04) José Pablo Moncayo - Huapango
• (05) Silvestre Revueltas - Cuauhnáhuac
• (06) Manuel Ponce - Concierto del sur

CD4:

• (01) Silvestre Revueltas - Redes, Suite
• (04) Miguel Bernal Jiménez - Tres cartas de México, symphonic suite
• (07) Blas Galindo - Homenaje a Cervantes, Suite
• (10) Ricardo Castro - Vals Capricho
• (11) Carlos Chávez - Zarabanda

CD5:

• (01) Rodolfo Halffter (orch.) - Tres Sonatas (composed by Antonio Soler)
• (04) Silvestre Revueltas - Sensemaya
• (05) Blas Galindo - Sones de Mariachi
• (06) Manuel Ponce - Estrellita
• (07) Rodolfo Halffter - Obertura Festiva, Op. 21
• (08) Silvestre Revueltas - Janitzio
• (09) Rodolfo Halffter - Tripartita, Op. 25
• (12) Silvestre Revueltas - Ocho por radio
• (13) Felipe Villanueva - Vals Poetico
• (14) Carlos Chávez (orch.) - Chaconne in E minor (composed by Dietrich Buxtehude)

CD6:

• (01) Manuel Ponce - Piano Concerto
• (04) Manuel Ponce - Gavota
• (05) Manuel Ponce - Poema Elegiaco
• (06) Manuel Ponce - Balada Mexicana
• (07) Manuel Ponce - Danse des Anciens Mexicains
• (08) Manuel Ponce - Chapultepec (Tres bocetos sinfónico)

CD7:

• (01) Carlos Chávez - Toccata for orchestra
• (02) Carlos Chávez - Paisajes Mexicanos (Variaciones sinfónicas)
• (04) Carlos Chávez - La Hija de Cólquide (Suite sinfónica)
• (05) Carlos Chávez - Cantos de México
• (06) Carlos Chávez - Baile (Cuadro sinfónica)

CD8:

• (01) Carlos Chávez - Sinfonía de Antígona (Symphony No. 1)
• (02) Carlos Chávez - Symphony No. 4 "Sinfonía Romántica"
• (05) Silvestre Revueltas - Caminos
• (06) Silvestre Revueltas - Música para charlar
• (08) Silvestre Revueltas - Ventanas

Henryk Szeryng, violin
Alfonso Moreno, guitar
Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México
Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México
Enrique Batiz, conductor

Date: 1990-1995/2008
Label: Brilliant Classics (recorded by ASV)

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Review

The orchestral honours here are shared between three orchestras. The main burden is taken between the Mexican State Philharmonic and the Mexico City Symphony Orchestra. The Royal Philharmonic take up the ‘slack’ with the Chavez Antigona and Romantica, the Violin Concerto by Halffter and the Chavez Chapultepec, Ponce’s Ferial and Instantaneas, the Revueltas Toccata and the Ponce Estampas.

All the recordings have been licensed out to Brilliant by the Sanctuary Group having originally formed part of ASV’s distinguished Mexican series.

Mexican orchestral music is represented here by three symphonies by Chavez (three of his six), two violin concertos (Ponce and Halffter), a piano concerto by Ponce and the Ponce Guitar Concerto. In fact we get all three of Ponce's dazzlingly imaginative concertos. Otherwise we hear nine pieces by Revueltas, ten by Chavez, eleven by Ponce including those three concertos and his most famous piece taken up by many violinists including Heifetz, Estrellita.

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I hope that Brilliant are not finished with the Sanctuary Group negotiations. There are many intriguing opportunities for a Khachaturian box, a set of British light music beyond the brace of five CD boxes on Resonance, and so much more.

I trust that the Mexican government have bought stacks of these sets and are giving them away in delegate packs for conferences on the culture and attractions of a country in whose artistic musical achievements it can take a fierce pride.

-- Rob Barnett, MusicWeb International

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Enrique Bátiz (born May 4, 1942) is a Mexican conductor and concert pianist. Bátiz studied piano with Francisco Agea, György Sándor and Adele Marcus, and studied conducting at the Juilliard School. Bátiz was director and conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México (1971-83, 1990-2017) and music director of the Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México (1983-89). Outside of Mexico, in 1984, Bátiz was named guest conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He has recorded for such labels as EMI, ASV and Naxos, making some 145 recordings and receiving numerous awards.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_B%C3%A1tiz_Campbell

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