Three Latino Mozarts
There are at least three composers we can relate as the Latin American (and Spanish) Mozart’s. Two of them were called “Mozarts” by his contemporaries: the 18th’s Chevalier de Saint Georges, born in the French-Caribbean island of Gaudaloupe, and the 19th century Spanish-Basque Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga. The third one is the 20th century Brazilian composer Camargo Guarnieri whose first name was Mozart, precisely.
Playlist:
Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (Spanish-Basque, 1806-1826)
Oberture for “The Happy Slaves” (1820)
Les Concerts des Nations
Jordi Savall, conductor
Astree 8532
8:04
Chevalier de Saint-Georges (Guadeloupe Island, 1745-1799)
Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 5 N.2 (1775)
-Allegro Moderato
-Largo
-Rondeau
Encore Chamber Orchestra
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Daniel Hege, conductor
CDR 900000 035
23:43
Mozart Camargo Guarnieri (Brazilian, 1907-1993)
Symphony N.4, Brasilia (1963)
-Allegro enérgico
-Lento e trágico
-Enérgico trionfante
Orquestra Sinfonica do Estado de Sao Paulo
John Neschling, conductor
BC 231
17:48