Traditional, Mexican

The Golden Age of Light Music: The Art of the Arranger, Vol. 2 / Nelson Riddle, Morton Gould, Percy Faith, Mantovani et al.

1 CD / Guild / 2012-10-09

Works: Richard Rodgers: A Wonderful Guy, song (from "South Pacific"); Soliloquy, song (from "Carousel"); Where or When, song (from "Babes in Arms"); Dancing on the Ceiling, song (from "Evergreen"); Jack Str...
Performers: Jenkins, Gordon
Conductors: Bregman, Buddy; Morley, Angela; Rose, David; Ornadel, Cyril; Fennell, Frederick; Mantovani; Farnon, Robert; Faith, Percy; Chacksfield, Frank; Gould, Morton; Cordell, Frank; Binge, Ronald; Jenkins, Go...

Nueva Espana / Songs and dances from the South West United States "New Spain" / Nora Tabbush, soprano

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2012-09-11

Works: Mexican Traditional: La Bamba, song; Marizápalos; Danza de los Gigantes; El Guajolote; La Petenera; El Torito; El Gusto (Son Huasteco); La Morena; Johannes Cornago: Ayo visto lo mappamondi; Sant...
Performers: Carlo, Andrea de; Tabbush, Nora
Conductors: Carlo, Andrea de;
Ensemble: Ensemble Mare Nostrum

Ensemble Mare Nostrum (dir. Andrea De Carlo) and Nora Tabbush (a worthy heir to Montserrat Figueras) revive some pure treasures of Spanish music. Combining early...continue...
Recording information: Church of San Giovanni Battista in Sacrofano (Rome) (09/2010)....continue...

Trumpet Fiesta: A Celebration of Rafael Mendez / Sandoval, Bergeron, Karon, Lindemann, Wilt

1 CD / Summit Records / 2012-02-14

Works: Rafael Méndez: Jota No 2; Romanza; To My Mother, for trumpet & piano; The Knight Trumpeter, for trumpet & piano; The Tre-Méndez Polka, for trumpet & piano; Lullaby; Gallito, for trumpet & p...
Performers: Bergeron, Wayne; Hickman, David [Trumpet]; Hickman, Miriam; Karon, Robert; Lindemann, Jens; Sandoval, Arturo; Wilt, James

After discovering several excellent trumpet solos and trios that Rafael Méndez composed but never recorded, David Hickman saw the perfect opportunity to pay tribute to...continue...
Recording information: Arturo Sandoval Recording Studio, Hidden Hills, CA (06/09/2011-06/11/2011)....continue...

Pasión (Passion) / Roberto Alagna, tenor

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-12-06

Works: Agustín Lara: Piensa en mi; Osvaldo Farrés: Quizas, quizas, quizas (Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps); Carlos Eleta Almarán: Historia de un amor; Gerardo Hernán Matos Rodriguez: La Cumpa...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Cassar, Yvan; Chausse, Stephane; Contreras, Javier; Downs, Lila; Duarte, Celso; Dufour, Pierre-Francois; Engel, Claude; Gall, Robert Le; Georges, Philippe; Giraud, Nicolas; Gonzalez,...
Conductors: Cassar, Yvan

Roberto Alagna is a peerless communicator. No other tenor of our time radiates joy like his when he lifts his voice above an orchestra. His...continue...
Recording information: Studio Davout; Studio Davout (Paris); Studio Ferber (Pa....continue...

Broken Hearts & Madmen / Gryphon Trio

1 CD / Analekta / 2011-10-11

Works: Nick Drake: River Man; Carlos Gardel: Volver; Tomás Méndez: Cucurrucucu paloma; Mexican Traditional: Los Peces; Laurie Anderson: Pieces and Parts; Cesar Rosas: Estoy Sentado aquí; Ange...
Performers: O'Callaghan, Patricia [Soprano Vocal]; Trio, Gryphon
Conductors:
Ensemble: Gryphon Trio

The most adventurous sounds are those that defy restrictive labels and easy categorization. Eclecticism has long been a mainstay of the jazz and pop worlds,...continue...
Recording information: Canterbury Studio....continue...

Oud? Live at the Concertgebouw / Netherlands Wind Ensemble

2 CD / Netherlands Blazer Ensemble / 2011-10-11

Works: Radiohead: Paranoid Android; Sytze Pruiksma: Modern Times, for wind ensemble; Martin Fondse: Low End Hifi, for wind ensemble; Mexican Traditional: El Cascabel, folk song; David Dramm: Time Warp, for ...
Performers: Akhbari-Sahebdivani, Parwin; Schneemann, Julian; Zarate, Jose Luis Fuentes
Conductors:
Ensemble: Chrome Tone; Netherlands Wind Ensemble; The Mixtape

A great new CD+DVD set from the Netherlands Blazers Ensemble presents a live concert from Amesterdam's famous Concertgebouw!...continue...
Recording information: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (01/01/2011)....continue...

Golden Age of Light Music: The Lost Transcriptions, Vol. 1

1 CD / Guild / 2011-05-10

Works: George Gershwin: Strike up the Band; Song of the Flame, song (for Song of the Flame, operetta by various composers); Jerome Kern: Swing Time; Ed Claypoole: Ragging the Scales, for pops orchestra; Dav...
Performers: Whiteson, Lou
Conductors: Torch, Sidney; Faith, Percy; Rose, David; van der Linden, Dolf; Spitalny, Phil; Stevens, Leith; Dragon, Carmen; Melachrino, George; Green, Philip; Bluestone, Harry; Williams, Lewis; Robinson, Eric; D...

Transcription Recordings refers to recordings of live performances made for use by broadcasting organizations before the advent of audio tape. During World War II transcriptions...continue...

Premiers Songes / Early Dreams

1 CD / Analekta / 2011-05-03

Works: Santiago de Murcia: Marionas; Fandango, for guitar; Francoise Atlan: Premiers songes, for voice & ensemble (after Santiago de Murcia's and Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz's "Jacar; Detente, sombra de mi bien e...
Performers: Atlan, Francoise
Conductors:
Ensemble: Constantinople

Constantinople is a performing ensemble that draws its inspiration from the music of the Mediterranean, Medieval and Renaissance Europe, and Middle-Eastern musical traditions. Constantinople presents...continue...
Recording information: Saint-Augustin de Mirabel Church, Quebec, Canada (12/2010)....continue...

Mexico de mi corazón / Elena Duran, flute

1 CD / Urtext (Mexico) / 2011-03-29

Works: Manuel Esperón: Cocula, song; Amorcito corazón, song; Ay Jalisco no te rajes!, song; Miguel Prado: Duerme (Sleep well), for flute & piano; Chucho Monge: México lindo y querido, song; C...
Performers: Duran, Elena; Zepeda, Luis

"The songs on this album form part of the repertoire of my theatre show of the same name. It is my homage to 'Los Tres...continue...

El Nuevo Mundo: Folías Criollas / Hespèrion XX

1 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2010-08-10

Works: Anonymous, Peruvian: Folias criollas (improvisation), for ensemble; Niño il mijor quey logrado; Dennos lecencia señores, song; Gaspar Sanz: Jácaras; South American Traditional: El Paja...
Performers: Barona, Enrico; Figueras, Montserrat; Lawrence-King, Andrew
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Ensemble: Hespèrion XX ; Tembembe Ensamble Continuo

El Nuevo Mundo, Jordi Savall's latest fascinating project, is an exploration of the music of the Americas that illuminates the extraordinary blending of musical cultures...continue...
Recording information: Castillo de Cardona, Cataluña (01/2010); Colegiata de Cardona, Catalunia / Abadía de Fontfroide, (01/2010); l'eglise de Franc-Waret, Belgique (01/2010); Castillo de Ca...continue...

On Wings of Song / The glorious voice of Patrice Munsel

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2006-04-18

Works: Mexican Traditional: Cielito lindo, folk song; Ernesto Lecuona: Andalucía, song for voice & piano (or orchestra); Luigi Arditi: Il Bacio; Russian Traditional: Dark eyes ("Ochi chornye," "Black E...
Performers: Cameron, John; Munsel, Patrice
Conductors: Goodman, Al; Braithwaite, Warwick; Mathieson, Muir; Rene, Henri

Personnel: Patrice Munsel (soprano).

Recording information: London, England; New York, NY....continue...

Sentimiento Latino

1 CD / Decca / 2006-03-14

Works: Pedro Elias Gutiérrez: Alma llanera; José Alfredo Jiménez: Ella, song; Chabuca Granda: La flor de la canela (Cinnamon Flower), waltz; Fina Estampa; Bello durmiente, song; Carlos Gardel...
Performers: Basrak, Karen; Binelli, Daniel; Bruton, Laura; Cherkasov, Eugene; Clay, William; CollinsBray, Shields; Decosta, Adriana Voirin; Florez, Juan Diego; Galvez, David; Lin, Swang; Sheng, Xiao-Hua; Shih, M...
Conductors: Harth Bedoya, Miguel;
Ensemble: ; Mariachi de Oro

Peruvian tenor star Juan Diego Flrez sings from his heart on this new album of irresistible popular songs from his native South America and Spain....continue...
Personnel: Juan Diego Flórez (tenor, bongos); Juan Diego Flórez (vocals); David Galvez (guitar); Eugene Cherkasov, Swang Lin (violin); Laura Bruton (viola); Shields Collins Bray (piano); Dan...continue...

Prima Voce - Emilio de Gogorza

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2005-06-14

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Jules Massenet: Il re di Lahore; Hérodiade, opera in 4 acts; Emile Paladilhe: Patrie; Mandolinata, serenade for voice & piano; Wolfgang Amadeus ...
Performers: Eames, Emma; Gogorza, Emilio de; Sembrich, Marcella

Light Classics - Viva España and Mexico / Hayman, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-01-18

Works: Anonymous: Mexican Hat Dance; Ernesto Lecuona: Suite Andalucía; La comparsa, song for voice & piano (or orchestra); Gitanerías, for piano; Mexican Traditional: Cielito lindo, folk song; Chi...
Conductors: Hayman, Richard
Ensemble: Richard Hayman Orchestra

Songs of Celebration - Frescobaldi, etc / Irma Rogell

1 CD / Afka / 2005-01-01

Works: Jean-Baptiste Loeillet: Suite for harpsichord (or spinet) no 5 in F major; Girolamo Frescobaldi: Work(s); Gisbert van Steenwick: Peur Natus in Bethlehem, for Harpsichord; Heiligh, Saligh Bethlehem, f...
Performers: Rogell, Irma

Sinfonietta Ventus en Vivo / Guido Maria Guida

1 CD / Urtext (Mexico) / 2002-01-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Parthia, for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons & 2 horns in F major, H. 2/F7 (spurious, perhaps by Wr; Carl Maria von Weber: Peter Schmoll, overture to the opera; Antonin Dvorá...
Conductors: Guida, Guido Maria
Ensemble: Sinfonietta Ventus

Angelic Voices: The Best of the Vienna Boys' Choir - Works by Bach, Faure, Gruber and Handel

1 CD / Philips / 1999-01-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Felix Mendelssohn: Hear my pr...
Performers: Cencic, Max Emanuel; Gindlhumer, Gottfried; Gormley, Michael G.; Halbartschlager, Alfred; Marschik, Peter [Conductor]; Ortner, Roman; Rainer, Ingomar; Schmidinger, Benjamin; Stangelberger, George; Vi...
Conductors: Harrer, Uwe Christian; Marschik, Peter
Ensemble: Chorus Viennensis; Vienna Boys' Choir; Vienna Chamber Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Volksoper Chamber Orchestra

Personnel: Benjamin Schmidinger, Max Emanuel Cencic (soprano); Gottfried Gindlhumer (trumpet); Peter Marschik , Roman Ortner (piano); Mike Gormley, Ingomar Rainer, Georg Stangelberger, Alfred Halbarts...continue...

Wondrous Love - A World Folk Song Collection / Chanticleer

1 CD / Teldec / 1997-05-27

Works: Michael McGlynn: Dúlamán, for chorus; Chinese Traditional: Fengyang; Molihua, folk song (Mandarin); Diu Diu Deng, folk song; Stephen Foster: Nelly Bly; Konstantin Shvedov: Oy, Polná, P...
Performers: Alatorre, Eric; Albinder, Frank; Barnett, Steve [Choral Music]; Baum, Kevin; Chanticleer; Fritzsche, Christopher; Jennings, Joseph; Krol, Tim; Lichtenauer, Michael; McKnight, Corey; Munderloh, David;...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Chanticleer

Personnel: Jay DeWitt White, Eric Alatorre, Frank Albinder, Kevin Baum, Christopher Fritzsche, Tim Krol, Corey McKnight, David Munderloh, Chad Runyon (vocals); Joseph Jennings (rainsticks, shaker); St...continue...

A Winter Solstice

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1995-10-28

Works: South American Traditional: Tincu / Pawell, medley; Christmas Traditional: Kenyan Christmas Carol; Hush, My Babe, Lie Still and Slumber, carol (Kentucky); Rasmus Storm: Murchy / Fransk Morgenstjerne,...
Performers: Bullock, Robin; Kolodner, Ken; Norman, Chris
Conductors:
Ensemble: Helicon Ensemble

Includes dawn dear dawn (trad. russian) / carol of the bell by various composers.

Includes erev shel shoshanim (y. hadar) / god rest ye merry by various composers.

Includes il est né...continue...