Mozart y Mambo: Cuban Dances | Alpha ALPHA878

Mozart y Mambo: Cuban Dances

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Label: Alpha

Cat No: ALPHA878

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 2nd September 2022

Contents

Artists

Sarah Willis (horn)
Carlos Calunga (voice)
Enrique Lazaga (guiro)
Sarahbanda
Havana Lyceum Orchestra

Conductor

Jose Antonio Mendez Padron

Works

Egues, Richard

El Bodeguero

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Horn Concerto no.1 in D major, K412
Horn Concerto no.2 in E flat major, K417

Multiple composers

Cuban Dances for Solo Horn, Strings and Percussion

Olivero, Edgar

Pa Pa Pa

Vera, Maria Teresa

Veinte Anos

Artists

Sarah Willis (horn)
Carlos Calunga (voice)
Enrique Lazaga (guiro)
Sarahbanda
Havana Lyceum Orchestra

Conductor

Jose Antonio Mendez Padron

About

Following the phenomenal success of the first Mozart y Mambo album, Sarah Willis returns to Cuba not only to record two more Mozart horn concertos but also to create a landmark original work that takes its place in Cuban music history. In Mozart y Mambo - Cuban Dances, Sarah commissions the very first Cuban horn concerto – calling on six young talented Cuban composers to each write an original dance for solo horn, strings, and percussion inspired by the most famous dance rhythms from across different regions of Cuba.

Together with her beloved Havana Lyceum Orchestra conducted by José Antonio Méndez Padrón, Sarah takes us on a cross country musical road trip in this spectacular showcase of the roots and traditions of Cuba’s music and dance. Cuban Dances is Cuban music as it has never been heard before and a huge challenge for the horn player, not only technically but physically – “if you can’t dance it you can’t play it” she was told. So dance it she did!

Mozart y Mambo - Cuban Dances is full of magic, energy, and passion, and Sarah’s love for Cuban music is evident in every track.

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Reviews

Willis is the first-class soloist in Mozart’s Horn Concerto No 1 in D and No 2 in E flat. A seven-strong ensemble, enchantingly called Sarahbanda, perform Pa Pa Pa by Edgar Olivero, inspired by the Papageno/Papagena duet from Mozart’s The Magic Flute. The fizzing Havana Lyceum Orchestra plays traditional Cuban dances, for solo horn, strings and percussion, with a difference: all have been commissioned by Willis, from six young Cuban composers.  Fiona Maddocks
The Observer 21 August 2022

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