Mauricio Arias-Esguerra – ¡COLOMBIA VIVA! Volume Two: Piano Music (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:38 minutes | 1,09 GB | Genre: Classical
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With this second volume of ¡Colombia Viva! – a series capable of infinite expansion, as is indeed intended – Mauricio Arias-Esguerra embarks on another lightning tour of the recent piano music of his native country, displaying the wide variety of styles on offer there, from atmospheric modernism to catchy folk dances, a recurrent element being striking rhythmic vivacity.
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Mauricio Arias-Esguerra – ¡Colombia viva! (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 57:59 minutes | 1010 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Toccata Next
In this album Mauricio Arias-Esguerra offers a kaleidoscopic view of recent Colombian piano music, highlighting its striking stylistic variety. German Dario Perez sees a traditional dance through a jazzy lens, and Blas Emilio Atehortua takes a post-serial approach in his Preludio, Variaciones y Presto Alucinante. The influence of progressive rock music can be heard in Gustavo Parra’s Pavec Lingus, as can Jaime Leon’s love of US American music in his Made in U.S.A. Preludes; and there is techno and angst in Ian Frederick’s Suite Catrina. Arias-Esguerra’s own contributions are highly contrasted, with lyricism in his Arizona Mirage and rhythmic drive in his Toccata Bachkovsky.
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