Americas without Frontiers

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The multiculturalist side of the Americas is celebrated in this vivacious disc by Venezuelan pianist Clara Rodríguez, from Amerindian to European to Black African. Rodríguez plays this music... — International Piano, March 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 4th Aug 2017
Catalogue No: NI6346
Label: Nimbus
Length: 77 minutes

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Prieto: Apure en un viaje

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Clara Rodríguez

Ramirez, A: Five Studies

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Germán Darío Pérez: Ancestro

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Estévez: 17 Piezas Infantiles

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I. Ancestro - II. Ancestro - III. Ancestro - IV. Doñana - V. El Trompo

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V. Canción con tarde con niños - VII. Canción para dormir una muñeca - VIII. La candelita - IX. Florentino cuando era becerrero - X. Cuento del gallo pelón

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XI. El cuento de la abeulita - XII. Angelito negro - XIII. El pajarito - XIV. La zaranda

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XV. Platero - XVI. El pilón - XVII. Toccatina

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Carlos: Núñez: Retrato Solemnísimo de Al demaro Romero

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Nazareth: Fon-fon (Brazilian tango)

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Nazareth: Odeon (Brazilian tango)

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Gershwin: Preludes (3)

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I. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso

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Andante con moto

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Agitato

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Vitier: Danza de fin de siglo

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Clara Rodríguez

Germán Darío Pérez: Tranquilamente, un tipo leal - Colombian pasillo

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Cervantes: Four Cuban Dances

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Ludovic Lamothe: La dangereuse - meringue haïtienne

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Ramirez, A: Alfonsina y el Mar

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Romero, Aldemaro: El Negro José - Venezuelan sies por derecho / Onda Nueva

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Clara Rodríguez

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In my new CD, the sixth of my collection for Nimbus Records, you can hear through the music of a continent the joy of the dances alongside the historical suffering product of the social struggles that have endured, today and for the last 500 years, the concentration of different cultures on the American soil. These worksare born from an ancestral knowledge and a concern to understand the roots and amalgam of the many musical and cultural variety present in our societies. Composers and performers alike rejoice in the richness and beauty of the magnificent blend of three ubiquitous cultures, the Amerindian, the European and the Black African, which form our “terrestrial rainbow” as Eduardo Galeano calls it. This multiculturalism makes us Americans, without frontiers.

All the composers here present have explored in depth the music of their countries creating their own musical languages. Each piece has a story to tell; Also local poetry has had great influence as names like those of Atahualpa Yupanqui and Alberto Arvelo Torrealba, among many others, have been invoked in different ways in them. For several years now, I have tended to create my recital programmes, playing solo piano works and others with special guests that enhance the music with their impressive knowledge of genres and styles. In this case Carlos “Nené” Quintero, Carlos Rodríguez, Manuel Rangel and Edwin Arellano accompany me in six of the tracks. I hope you will like this collection that encompasses so many feelings; From the joyous rhythms to remembrance, nostalgia and the tragedy of suicide passing also through childhood songs and stories plus the subtlety and smooth swing of the music of a continent.

Clara Rodríguez

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March 2018

The multiculturalist side of the Americas is celebrated in this vivacious disc by Venezuelan pianist Clara Rodríguez, from Amerindian to European to Black African. Rodríguez plays this music to the manner born, finding infinite tenderness and nostalgic regret. A superb release.

28th January 2018

The Venezuelan is a doughty champion of Latin-American music, and her programme of piano pieces reaches below an often jaunty surface to capture the region’s deeper soul.

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