wimpel69
11-20-2012, 02:28 PM
Silvestre Gabriel Revueltas (1899-1940) was a Mexican composer who wrote several strikingly original orchestral works
(including the short, exciting Sensemaya, his most famous piece - included here twice) and film scores, and would have
composed more had his life not been cut short tragically by alcoholism. In fact he died as a result of a colossal bender with which
he celebrated the success of the suite from his most celebrated film score La Noche de los Mayas (The Night of the Mayas).
The other film score included in this upload is Redes (Nets), written for a film about the struggles of Mexican fishermen against
exploitation.
Non film-music works featured here include Sensemaya, Ocho X Radio, Alcancias, Pianos, Toccata, Homenaje a Garcia Lorca (all
by Revueltas, often more experimental than his film scores) as well as the fine Concerto Grosso for String Quartet and Orchestra by
Julian Orb�n and Pampeana No.3 by Alberto Ginastera.
Enjoy! Don't share! - And a word of thanks could get you more stuff! ;)
Music by Silvestre Revueltas, Julian Orb�n and Alberto Ginastera
Played by the Simon Bolivar Symphony, London Sinfonietta and Symphony Orchestra of Xalapa
Conducted by Eduardo Mata, David Atherton and Luis Herrera de la Fuente
"Silvestre Revueltas' music -- most of it written during the last decade of his short life -- bursts with energy,
instrumental color, and mocking humor. Revueltas began violin studies at age eight; the years 1913-16 found him in
Mexico City studying composition and violin. From there Revueltas headed north to Texas to study at St. Edward
College in Austin (1916-1918) and then to the Chicago Musical College (1918-1920). Revueltas returned to Mexico
to give violin recitals in the capital and several states. But Chicago drew him back in 1922 for a four-year course of
violin study. In the mid-1920s Revueltas made trips down to Mexico for several series of recitals of modern music;
his piano accompanist was the young Carlos Ch�vez.
Ultimately, Ch�vez persuaded him to return to Mexico City to teach violin and chamber music at the National Conservatory
and to serve as assistant conductor of Ch�vez's newly formed Orquesta Sinf�nica de M�xico, a position he held from
1929-1935. During this time, Revueltas also became active in the cause of artists' and workers' rights.
Between 1931 and 1934, Revueltas wrote six "picture-postcard" pieces for orchestra, ten-minute tone poems usually
inspired by Mexican scenes, although when asked what such compositions as Ventanas or Caminos were about, he
would say only, "It all depends on the good or bad will of the listener."
After a rupture with Ch�vez, Revueltas quit the Orquesta Sinf�nica de M�xico and, in the spring of 1936, formed the
rival and short-lived Orquesta Sinf�nica Nacion�l. The failure of that ensemble left him free to tour Spain in 1937. He
traveled there in his capacity as secretary general of the League of Revolutionary Writers and Artists, supporting the
cultural activities of the Loyalist government, directing various concerts and presenting some of his own music.
Revueltas returned to Mexico the following year; he took up teaching again, and wrote a half-dozen scores for Mexican
films. His first such effort, Redes (Nets), had come in 1935 for a social protest movie set in a poor fishing village. It became
his most frequently played score, after the short, hypnotically brutal Sensemay� (1938). Revueltas was hard-living and
self-destructive; although he officially succumbed to pneumonia at age 40, the long-term truth is that he drank himself
to death. What survives is a decade's worth of arresting, concentrated works of differing character that shares
a single, forceful voice."
All Music
Source: RCA-BMG and Dorian Recordings CDs (my rips!)
Format: mp3, 320k/s (CBR), ADD+DDD Stereo
File Size: 157 MB / 144 MB
Revueltas: La Noche de los Mayas, etc (re-up) - https://mega.co.nz/#!rpRXBbIA!T7WDZBOmY621vbx0CD8WfCCsgG4ntH3V1Sd_Mio ye3g
Revueltas: Redes, etc (re-up) - https://mega.co.nz/#!O1YBkJhY!LsjtCRcsj-nFQmbiCW6VG1htQFVQJI8r_o4OwEXFyGQ
Enjoy! Don't share! - And a word of thanks could get you more stuff! ;)
(including the short, exciting Sensemaya, his most famous piece - included here twice) and film scores, and would have
composed more had his life not been cut short tragically by alcoholism. In fact he died as a result of a colossal bender with which
he celebrated the success of the suite from his most celebrated film score La Noche de los Mayas (The Night of the Mayas).
The other film score included in this upload is Redes (Nets), written for a film about the struggles of Mexican fishermen against
exploitation.
Non film-music works featured here include Sensemaya, Ocho X Radio, Alcancias, Pianos, Toccata, Homenaje a Garcia Lorca (all
by Revueltas, often more experimental than his film scores) as well as the fine Concerto Grosso for String Quartet and Orchestra by
Julian Orb�n and Pampeana No.3 by Alberto Ginastera.
Enjoy! Don't share! - And a word of thanks could get you more stuff! ;)
Music by Silvestre Revueltas, Julian Orb�n and Alberto Ginastera
Played by the Simon Bolivar Symphony, London Sinfonietta and Symphony Orchestra of Xalapa
Conducted by Eduardo Mata, David Atherton and Luis Herrera de la Fuente
"Silvestre Revueltas' music -- most of it written during the last decade of his short life -- bursts with energy,
instrumental color, and mocking humor. Revueltas began violin studies at age eight; the years 1913-16 found him in
Mexico City studying composition and violin. From there Revueltas headed north to Texas to study at St. Edward
College in Austin (1916-1918) and then to the Chicago Musical College (1918-1920). Revueltas returned to Mexico
to give violin recitals in the capital and several states. But Chicago drew him back in 1922 for a four-year course of
violin study. In the mid-1920s Revueltas made trips down to Mexico for several series of recitals of modern music;
his piano accompanist was the young Carlos Ch�vez.
Ultimately, Ch�vez persuaded him to return to Mexico City to teach violin and chamber music at the National Conservatory
and to serve as assistant conductor of Ch�vez's newly formed Orquesta Sinf�nica de M�xico, a position he held from
1929-1935. During this time, Revueltas also became active in the cause of artists' and workers' rights.
Between 1931 and 1934, Revueltas wrote six "picture-postcard" pieces for orchestra, ten-minute tone poems usually
inspired by Mexican scenes, although when asked what such compositions as Ventanas or Caminos were about, he
would say only, "It all depends on the good or bad will of the listener."
After a rupture with Ch�vez, Revueltas quit the Orquesta Sinf�nica de M�xico and, in the spring of 1936, formed the
rival and short-lived Orquesta Sinf�nica Nacion�l. The failure of that ensemble left him free to tour Spain in 1937. He
traveled there in his capacity as secretary general of the League of Revolutionary Writers and Artists, supporting the
cultural activities of the Loyalist government, directing various concerts and presenting some of his own music.
Revueltas returned to Mexico the following year; he took up teaching again, and wrote a half-dozen scores for Mexican
films. His first such effort, Redes (Nets), had come in 1935 for a social protest movie set in a poor fishing village. It became
his most frequently played score, after the short, hypnotically brutal Sensemay� (1938). Revueltas was hard-living and
self-destructive; although he officially succumbed to pneumonia at age 40, the long-term truth is that he drank himself
to death. What survives is a decade's worth of arresting, concentrated works of differing character that shares
a single, forceful voice."
All Music
Source: RCA-BMG and Dorian Recordings CDs (my rips!)
Format: mp3, 320k/s (CBR), ADD+DDD Stereo
File Size: 157 MB / 144 MB
Revueltas: La Noche de los Mayas, etc (re-up) - https://mega.co.nz/#!rpRXBbIA!T7WDZBOmY621vbx0CD8WfCCsgG4ntH3V1Sd_Mio ye3g
Revueltas: Redes, etc (re-up) - https://mega.co.nz/#!O1YBkJhY!LsjtCRcsj-nFQmbiCW6VG1htQFVQJI8r_o4OwEXFyGQ
Enjoy! Don't share! - And a word of thanks could get you more stuff! ;)
