Julián Carrillo: Orchestral Music
Although the Mexican composer Julián Carrillo (1875–1965) came to be remembered as a pioneer in the science of acoustics, the music he wrote in the first part of his career has a late-Romantic opulence and spaciousness that was very much of its age. Here his powerful and dignified Second Symphony, which sits somewhere between Bruckner, Wagner and Rachmaninov, is joined by two early pièces d’occasion and excerpts from his grand historical opera of 1910, Matilde, or Mexico in 1810, which marked the centenary of the Mexican War of Independence.
Orquesta Sinfónica de San Luis Potosí
José Miramontes Zapata, conductor
Listen To This Recording:
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Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 7 (1905, rev. 1957)
- I Adagio – Allegro
- II Largo
- III Scherzo
- IV Adagio – Allegro appassionato
- Schottisch
- Overture
- Preludio
- Intermezzo
- Himno de los insurrectos
- Marcha Nupcial No. 2
A Isabel (1890) orch. Uriel Luna Herrera
Matilde ó México en 1810: excerpts (1910)
Marcha Nupcial No. 2 (1910)
MusicWeb International :
‘This disc proves as entertaining and revealing as the Sterling predecessor. […] Valuable and rewarding.’
—Jonathan Woolf, MusicWeb International
Classical Lost and Found :
‘[Symphony No.2 is] a beautifully structured work […].
[The performers] deliver committed, enthusiastic performances of this music […].
—Bob McQuiston, Classical Lost and Found
WTJU :
‘If microtones aren’t your thing, give this disc a listen. There’s a lot to enjoy. And if they are, then give this disc a listen. It will give you insight into the early days of an original thinker.’
—Ralph Graves, WTJU