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Disc Details
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| Title: |
Symphonic Dances |
| Ensemble: |
Utah Symphony |
| Label Name: |
Reference Recordings |
| Catalogue Number: |
RR-105 |
| Recording Year: |
2006 |
| Conductor: |
Keith Lockhart |
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Reviews
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Brilliant music in brilliant sonics, plus a new composition you'll want to actually hear again...
John Sunier, Audiophile, 03 May 2006
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What really distinguishes this disc is the premiere recording of American (in the widest sense) composer Gabriela Lena Frank's dazzling Three Latin American Dances. This is only her second orchestral work, and what a wonderful calling card it turns out to be! She’s quite honest about her influences — primarily Ginastera and Bartók — but Frank has her own style firmly in place, and the music has wit, brilliance, atmosphere, and poetry...
The concluding "Mestizo Waltz" ought to be a standard orchestral encore piece, and the only criticism I have is that I wish it lasted longer. If that's a fault, it's certainly one in the right direction. How splendid it is that young composers today can simply write music straight from the heart...
David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com
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I heartily recommend this CD to you, for the performances, the vitality of it, and for the wonderful sound that Reference has captured
John Clare, WITF Radio
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All three of the Latin American Dances are independently unique and I found them to be almost instantly appealing and melodic...All is aided greatly with RR's usual outstanding audio quality.
Karl Lozier, Positive Feedback
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