On this remarkable evening at the Teatró Colon the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and Daniel Barenboim celebrated the centennials of two extraordinary Argentinian musicians Alberto Ginastera and Horacio Salgán with Ginastera’s Violin Concerto and three Tango compositions by Salgán.
Repertoire
Alberto Ginastera: Violin Concerto, Op. 30
Alejandro Pugliese (Arr. Horacio Salgán): Recuerdo
Alejandro Scarpino & Juan Caldarella (Arr. Horacio Salgán): Canaro en Paris
Roberto Firpo (Arr. Horacio Salgán): El amanecer
Horatio Salgán: A Don Agustín Bardi; Aquellos tangos camperos;· A fuego lento
Mariano Mores & Rodolfo M. Taboada (Arr. José Carli): El Firulete
Reviews
Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra present Ginastera’s Violin Concerto as well as three Tango compositions by Salgán with “solidity and agility”. (La Nación)
“Michael Barenboim makes it all sound easy, though, with performances spilling over with life and drama. Every work’s soul has been ignited and revealed, every second telling a story, all unmarred by a single glitch in intonation or articulation […] this is indisputably exciting playing across an indisputably effective programme.” (Gramophone)
“Michael Barenboim makes it all sound easy, though, with performances spilling over with life and drama. Every work’s soul has been ignited and revealed, every second telling a story, all unmarred by a single glitch in intonation or articulation […] this is indisputably exciting playing across an indisputably effective programme.” (Gramophone)