Notes and Editorial Reviews
This album was nominated for the 2001 Latin Grammy award for Best Pop Instrumental Albmum.
THE LATIN ALBUM finds the venerable Boston Pops Orchestra entering the 21st century with high spirits and a bit of a retro feel, as they revisit material that was popular in their heyday with Arthur Fiedler, going back to the 1940s for a dreamy arrangement of 'Perfidia' and the infectious 'Mambo Jambo' of mambo king Perez Prado, while adding some more contemporary twists, such as the bittersweet 'Oblivion' of Argentine tango master Astor Piazzolla. A few light classics such as Alberto Ginastera's 'Malambo' and Aaron Copland's 'El Salon Mexico' are given rousing performances under the baton of Keith Lockhart, along with traditional favorites from
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Brazil, Chile, Peru and Mexico, several of them given additional spice with contributions from the Mariachi Cobre and Inca Son ensembles. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
El salón México by Aaron Copland
Conductor:
Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932-1936; USA
Date of Recording: 6/2000
Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Length: 11 Minutes 9 Secs.
2.
Reisado do pastoreio: Batuque by Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez
Conductor:
Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1930; Brazil
Date of Recording: 6/2000
Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Length: 3 Minutes 49 Secs.
3.
Huapango by José P. Moncayo García
Conductor:
Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1941; Mexico
Date of Recording: 6/2000
Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Length: 7 Minutes 58 Secs.
4.
Enrico IV: Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla
Performer:
Michael Monaghan (Soprano Saxophone)
Conductor:
Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: 20th Century
Date of Recording: 6/2000
Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Length: 3 Minutes 50 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Angela Morley
5.
Jalousie by Jacob Gade
Performer:
Tamara Smirnova (Violin)
Conductor:
Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1925; England
Date of Recording: 6/2000
Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Length: 4 Minutes 34 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: William David Brohn
6.
Ay, ay, ay by Traditional
Conductor:
Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Date of Recording: 6/2000
Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Length: 4 Minutes 5 Secs.
Notes: Orchestrated: Carmen Dragon
7.
Perfidia by Alberto Dominguez
Performer:
Michael Monaghan (Soprano Saxophone)
Conductor:
Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1939
Date of Recording: 6/2000
Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Length: 4 Minutes 58 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Jorge Calandrelli
8.
Granada by Agustín Lara
Performer:
Stephen Carrillo (Tenor),
Pablo Héctor Gama (Tenor)
Conductor:
Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops,
Mariachi Cobre
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932; Mexico
Date of Recording: 6/2000
Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Length: 4 Minutes 29 Secs.
Language: Spanish
Notes: Arranged: Francisco Grijalva and Stephen Carrillo
9.
Mi cambio by César Villalobos L.
Conductor:
Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops,
Inca Son
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932; Mexico
Date of Recording: 6/2000
Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Length: 5 Minutes 0 Secs.
Language: Spanish
Notes: Arranged: Patrick Hollenbeck
10.
Mambo Jambo by Dámaso Pérez Prado
Conductor:
Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: 20th Century
Date of Recording: 6/2000
Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Length: 4 Minutes 22 Secs.
Notes: Orchestrated: Jorge Calandrelli
This selection shares a track and timing with "El Cubanchero."
11.
El Cumbanchero by Dámaso Pérez Prado
Conductor:
Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: 20th Century
Date of Recording: 6/2000
Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Notes: Orchestrated: Jorge Calandrelli
This selection shares a track and timing with "Mambo Jambo."
12.
Cumbias by Traditional
Conductor:
Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops,
Inca Son
Written: Peru
Date of Recording: 6/2000
Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Length: 3 Minutes 37 Secs.
Language: Spanish
Notes: Arranged: César Villalobos L. and Patrick Hollenbeck
13.
Son de la negra by Traditional
Conductor:
Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops,
Mariachi Cobre
Written: Mexico
Date of Recording: 6/2000
Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Length: 3 Minutes 3 Secs.
Language: Spanish
Notes: Arranged: Silvestre Vargas, Rubén Fuentes and Francisco Grijalva
14.
Estancia, Op. 8: Malambo "Danza final" by Alberto Ginastera
Conductor:
Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1941; Argentina
Date of Recording: 6/2000
Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Length: 3 Minutes 38 Secs.
15.
Dances (3) for Orchestra: Dansa brasileira by Camargo Mozart Guarnieri
Conductor:
Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Pops
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1931; Brazil
Date of Recording: 6/2000
Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Length: 2 Minutes 13 Secs.
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