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Composer of the Week: Ginastera

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With Donald Macleod. 4: America
Ginastera's first experience of America was through a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation when, in 1945, he went to the States to observe music education. The visit, which lasted for nearly two years, gave Ginastera the opportunity to visit all the most influential music institutions, and he was able to hear performances of his music given by a number of orchestras, including the League of Composers.
American Preludes, Op 12 (Accents, In the First Pentatonic Minor Mode, Tribute to Copland) Alma Petchersky (piano)
Piano Sonata No 1 (1952) Hilde Somer Senor del Perdon (Don Rodrigo ) Placido Domingo (tenor), Orchestra, conductor Julius Rudel
Bomarzo (Scene 2: The Dream) Opera Society of Washington, conductor Julius Rudel
Pampeana No 3
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra,
Venezuela, conductor Edouardo Mata

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Piano:
Alma Petchersky
Unknown:
Hilde Somer
Unknown:
Don Rodrigo
Conductor:
Julius Rudel
Conductor:
Julius Rudel
Conductor:
Edouardo Mata
Source: Radio Times

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