Ginastera / Wang Orchestra Works 3 CD

In his final year as BBC Philharmonic's Chief Conductor, Juanjo Mena completes a highly-acclaimed Ginastera series with this third volume. Like in his previous series 'La Musica de Espana,' Mena brings the composer's creative genius to a more deserved fame, showcasing here three works that belonged to three different periods of his compositional life. While the Concierto Argentino is the most significant score of his early years, drawing directly on Argentinian folk music and full of youthful exuberance, the Variaciones Concertantes (more a concerto for orchestra than a set of variations) assumes a more personal and abstract form in accordance with the development of his harmonic ideas in the later stage of his life. The rhythmic energy and magic scoring of the 'neo-expressionist' piano concerto (as Ginastera defined the third phase of his life) is faithfully expressed by the highly technical and virtuosic playing of Xiayin Wang, widely praised for her recent solo recording of piano works by Enrique Granados.

1. Cadenza E Varianti - Xiayin Wang/Bbc Philharmonic 2. Scherzo Allucinante - Xiayin Wang/Bbc Philharmonic 3. Adagissimo - Xiayin Wang/Bbc Philharmonic 4. Toccata Concertata - Xiayin Wang/Bbc Philharmonic 5. Tema Per Violoncello Ed Arpa - BBC Philharmonic 6. Interludio Per Corde - BBC Philharmonic 7. Variazione Giocosa Per Flauto - BBC Philharmonic 8. Variazione in Modo Di Scherzo Per Clarinetto - BBC Philharmonic 9. Variazione Drammatica Per Viola - BBC Philharmonic 10. Variazione Canonica Per Oboe E Fagotto - BBC Philharmonic 11. Variazione Ritmica Per Trombe E Trombone - BBC Philharmonic 12. Variazione in Modo Di Moto Perpetuo Per Violino - BBC Philharmonic 13. Variazione Pastorale Per Corno - BBC Philharmonic 14. Interludio Per Fiati - BBC Philharmonic 15. Ripresa Dal Tema Per Contrabasso - BBC Philharmonic 16. Variazione Finale in Modo Di Rondo Per Orchestra - BBC Philharmonic 17. I. Allegretto Cantabile - Xiayin Wang/Bbc Philharmonic 18. II. Adagietto Po?tico - Xiayin Wang/Bbc Philharmonic 19. III. Allegro R·stico - Xiayin Wang/Bbc Philharmonic