Track Listing

1. Sensemayá (Mexico)
2. Margariteña (Venezuela)
3. Mediodía en el Llano (Venezuela)
4. Danzón no. 2 (Mexico)
5. Fuga con Pajarillo (Venezuela)
6. 1. Los trabajadores agrícolas
7. 2. Danza del trigo
8. 3. Los peones de hacienda
9. 4. Danza final (Malambo)
10. Santa Cruz de Pacairigua (Venezuela)
11. Mambo Symphonic Dance from "West Side Story"

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1088 in Music
• Released on: 2008-07-22
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
Recorded live at the Centro de Acción Social por la Música, Sala Simón Bolívar, January 2008. An album everyone has been waiting for! Gustavo Dudamel and the SBYOV have stunned audiences worldwide with their explosive Latin-American showpieces. Now they deliver this repertoire on record, from a searing live concert in Caracas earlier this year. No other conductor or orchestra in the world could deliver a recording like this. Passion and excitement are guaranteed! "It's all about dance, about rhythm," says Dudamel, and his orchestra responds in kind, swaying and bending to the music, conveying utter joy and excitement in the music of their Southern hemisphere. The recording juxtaposes contrasting showpieces such as the Stravinsky-esque rhythmic drive of Revueltas's Sensemaya, the expansive lusciousness of Danzón no. 2 by Arturo Marquez and the vibrant ballet suite Estancia by Ginastera. The concert concludes with a sizzling performance of Mambo from Bernstein's West Side Story. The dynamic cover art displays the moment when the musicians are revealed dressed in their national colors - now a well known signature of the SBYOV, as is the blistering energy and exuberance with which they perform these pieces.

Concert review, Carnegie Hall, New Yorker
"The stomping rhythms coming off the stage and up from the floor had such potency that it felt distinctly strange to be sitting motionless in a concert hall: we should have been dancing.

The Independent, London
"It wasn't just the promenaders who were on their feet at the climax of this sensational concert from Venezuela's hottest and most inspiring export: the entire audience and orchestra were stomping to the furious beat of the Malambo from Ginastera's `Estancia' . . . It was a joyous and edifying spec¬tacle . . ."

Customer Reviews

no beat
I am not an orquestra player, but I would not play this at my next party.

Fiesta CD
This is an excellent CD showcasing the work of a brilliant young
director. Anyone not familiar with this new talent will be very
pleasantly surprised. The music is exciting and the direction superb.

Latin american Clasic Music at its best
This interpretation of many jewels of the latinamerican classical music is a must to understand and enjoy the music south of the border.

The Venezuelan Youth Orchestra plays this music masterfully and you can sense their enjoyment while doing so.

I recommend this recording to anybody interested in clasical music.