Solatino / Gabriela Montero, - EMI Classics - EMI 182012E - 5099991820129

Venezuelan-born pianist, Gabriela Montero, releases her first recording exclusively devoted to works by Latin American composers, Solatino. As with her previous, hugely successful EMI Classics releases, Bach and Beyond and Baroque, on Solatino, Montero turns her genius for improvisation to music by Latin American composers including Ginastera, Lecuona and Estévez. This joyous, bright album is packed with tangos, milongas, and swinging dance rhythms! This release aims to bring this fun, infectious music to a wide audience, and to introduce new audiences to a different genre of ‘classical’ music.

“This is Latin American music the way it should be heard, i.e. played by one with it in her blood. Phrasing and colouring are intensely human. Fingerwork is crisply articulated, whatever the speed. Montero's own works effortlessly complement the rest of the programme.” -Classic FM

"This disc has her playing her own improvisations as well as pieces, both showy and pensive, by South American composers including Ernesto Lecuona, Antonio Estevez, Ernesto Nazareth and Alberto Ginastera. It's all fiery and fun -- Montero, who likes to improvise at her concerts on tunes called out by the audience, strikes a tone that is part classical, part South American dance. The centerpiece is the virtuosic Ginastera Sonata, a showpiece she played on her recital with the Ramsi P. Tick Memorial Concert Series." Buffalo News (4 Stars)

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Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010).

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Lecuona, Ernesto : La comparsa, song for voice & piano (or orchestra)

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal

Lecuona, Ernesto : Y la negra bailaba

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 2 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Lecuona, Ernesto : A la Antigua, for piano

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Lecuona, Ernesto : Impromptu, for piano

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 1 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Lecuona, Ernesto : Por Qué Te Vas?, for piano

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Montero, Gabriela : Soñando Contigo, improvisation for piano

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary

Lecuona, Ernesto : Suite española :: no 4 Gitanerías

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 1 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Lecuona, Ernesto : Suite española :: no 6 Malagueña

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Lecuona, Ernesto : Suite española :: no 1 Córdoba

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Montero, Gabriela : Texturas de la Gran Sabana, improvisation for piano

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary

Antonio Estévez (1916 - 1988) : 17 Piezas infantiles :: no 12 Angelito negro

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 1 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Antonio Estévez (1916 - 1988) : 17 Piezas infantiles :: no 2 Ancestro 1

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 1 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Antonio Estévez (1916 - 1988) : 17 Piezas infantiles :: Ancestro 2

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 1 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Antonio Estévez (1916 - 1988) : 17 Piezas infantiles :: no 17 Toccatina

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Period Time: Modern

Montero, Gabriela : A la Argentina, improvisation for piano

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 2 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary

Ginastera, Alberto : American Preludes :: no 10 Pastorale

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1944

Ginastera, Alberto : American Preludes :: no 3 Danza criolla

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 1 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1944

Ginastera, Alberto : Sonata for Piano no 1, Op. 22

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 14 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1952

Montero, Gabriela : Sin Aire, improvisation for piano

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary

Nazareth, Ernesto : Odeon, Brazilian tango for piano, Op. 146

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1910

Nazareth, Ernesto : Brejeiro, tango for piano

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 1 min. 47 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: circa 1875-1932

Nazareth, Ernesto : Fon-Fon, tango for piano

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1930

Nazareth, Ernesto : Carioca, tango for piano

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 4 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic

Montero, Gabriela : Mi Venezuela Llora, improvisation for piano

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary

Teresa Carreño (1853 - 1917) : Kleiner Walzer, for piano ("Mi Teresita")

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 4 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Waltz

Moisés Moleiro (1904 - 1979) : Joropo, for piano

Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
Notes: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)
Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
Period Time: Modern

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