There are lots of good reasons to familiarize yourself with the music of Spanish composer Julián Orbón. Orbón's music is brightly colored, rich in orchestration (he studied with Aaron Copland at Tanglewood), intoxicatingly rhythmic, and tuneful. However, to date it doesn't appear that Orbón has had a disc all to himself; leave it to Naxos' Spanish Classics series to set the pace.These orchestral works are all in a Spanish "populist" style owing very much to Copland's influence, dating from the 1950s or shortly after, and ...
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There are lots of good reasons to familiarize yourself with the music of Spanish composer Julián Orbón. Orbón's music is brightly colored, rich in orchestration (he studied with Aaron Copland at Tanglewood), intoxicatingly rhythmic, and tuneful. However, to date it doesn't appear that Orbón has had a disc all to himself; leave it to Naxos' Spanish Classics series to set the pace.These orchestral works are all in a Spanish "populist" style owing very much to Copland's influence, dating from the 1950s or shortly after, and are light on folk derivations while heavy in atmosphere and color, yet largely avoiding a "travelog"-type ambience. Of the three, only Tres Versiones Sinfónicas has appeared on CD in the Western market, and that was a fairly formidable performance with the great Eduardo Mata and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela. The playing of the Tres Versiones Sinfónicas here, by the Asturias Symphony Orchestra under Maximiano Valdes, is not as crisp and taut as under Mata for...
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Add this copy of Orbn: Symphonic Dances /Concerto Grosso / 3 Symphonic to cart. $6.90, fair condition, Sold by Goodwill of Orange County rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Ana, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Naxos.
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Add this copy of Orbón: Symphonic Dances; Three Symphonic Versions; to cart. $20.39, new condition, Sold by Importcds rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sunrise, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Naxos.
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Julián Orbón. New. New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA. US orders only please.
Add this copy of Orbón: Symphonic Dances /Concerto Grosso / 3 Symphonic to cart. $28.97, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Naxos.
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