This recording was made in 1998 at the Casa Municipal de Cultura in Avilés, Spain, and was sponsored by several organizations including the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principido de Asturias.
Compositional Technique
Orbón's music incorporates references to Spanish music, from Gregorian Chant and Luis de Milán (a Spanish Renaissance vihuelist and composer) to Falla (a Spanish composer Manuel de Falla), alongside Latin-American sounds and rhythms.
Album & Artwork
The album cover features the painting 'A letter from her husband, 1895' by Angel Andrade Blazguez, a Spanish painter.
Compositional Technique
The Symphonic Dances by Julián Orbón evoke imagery of Mexican coasts and Venezuelan plains through their Latin-American sounds and rhythms.
Compositional Technique
The final movement of Orbón's Three Symphonic Versions, considered his best-known work, features a Congolese rhythmic ostinato.
Composer Biography
Julián Orbón, though born in Spain, spent much of his life in Cuba promoting Cuban musical nationalism and later settled in New York, while retaining his Spanish nationality.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Orbón's works on this recording blend an eclectic mix of styles, emphasizing orchestral color, rhythmic drive, and variation.
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