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Manuel Martinez-Sobral (1879 - 1946) Ricardo Castillo (1891 - 1966) Manuel Martinez-Sobral was born in Guatemala City on 11th May, 1879 and died on...

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Manuel Martinez-Sobral (1879 - 1946)

Ricardo Castillo (1891 - 1966)

Manuel Martinez-Sobral was born in Guatemala City on 11th May, 1879 and died on 23rd March, 1946. Not much is known about how he grew into music. As a composer, Martinez-Sobral was a self-made musician, forced to learn French and Italian to be able to study books then used on musical techniques by Dubois and Cherubini.

He composed all his music between 1895 and 1920, and after that period he worked as a lawyer. He was the Dean of the Law School and held other important public positions, and on I y travelled abroad twice, to Philadelphia in 1933 and to New York in 1934. The music scores of Martinez-Sobral, which were considered lost, were discovered or found in 1989 and from them and his notebooks, it was possible to make a definite catalogue of his music. His catalogue, considering the short time during which he composed, is wide and of great variety, with piano music, as well as symphonic, chamber, choral and religious music. A delicate circumspection, certainly takes the place of recklessness in his work, which, at the same time, gives his music a sense of conciseness, thus omitting any unnecessary ornamentation. As a composer, Martinez-Sobral knew that the behaviour of each element has a determinant repercussion in the style. His message is that of the Creole Guatemalan, as opposed to the Indigenous Guatemalan, of limited musical interest and extremely exploited during that time.

Acuarelas Chapinas, Four Symphonic Scenes, was Manuel Martinez-Sobral's masterpiece. Its personal symphonic style is evident because of its dimensions and grandiose orchestration, suggesting that its title should be Frescos instead of the diluted one of Acuarelas (water-colours)...

Through its four movements Acuarelas Chapinas attempts to evoke and perpetuate the way in which a Sunday passed in Guatemala City at the turn of the century, the archetype of every Sunday in that period. The symphonic version was composed in 1907, but Martinez-Sobral did not make the two-piano version unti11922, music which for a long time was the only work written for two pianos by a Central American composer.

Acuarelas Chapinas is structured as a symphony. Each movement corresponds to a definite musical character, related to a place in the city and, therefore, to a scene of Sunday life; each scene also corresponds to a determined time of the day thus a determined colour is assigned to each hour. The suggestive and visual title chosen by the composer must undoubtedly have its origin in these characteristics.

The movements and their relation to Acuarelas Chapinas are explained in the following table:

Disc 1

Acuarelas Chapinas

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Performed by: Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Manuel Martinez-Sobral
Conducted by: Antonio de Almeida

La Parada - 3:00
Misa Mayor - 6:49
La Hora del Cocktail - 6:38
La Ventana - 8:43

Sinfonietta

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Performed by: Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Ricardo Castillo
Conducted by: Antonio de Almeida

Allegramente - 3:43
Moto espressivo e moderato - 7:15
Allegro - 2:56

Xibalba

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Performed by: Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Ricardo Castillo
Conducted by: Antonio de Almeida

Invocacion: Molto moderato - 4:55
Evocacion: Moderato assai misterioso - 7:01

Guatemala I

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Performed by: Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Ricardo Castillo
Conducted by: Antonio de Almeida

Guatemala I - 6:47

Guatemala II (orch. R. Asturias)

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Performed by: Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Ricardo Castillo
Conducted by: Antonio de Almeida

Guatemala II - 14:05

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Composer(s):
Castillo, Ricardo; Martinez-Sobral, Manuel

Conductor(s):
Almeida, Antonio de

Orchestra(s):
Moscow Symphony Orchestra

MARTINEZ-SOBRAL: Acuarelas Chapinas / CASTILLO: Guatemala I and II

MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 17 / Symphony No. 39 (NTSC)

TANEYEV: Overture Oresteia/ Interlude from the opera Oresteia

HAYDN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 59-62

WAGNER, R.: Overtures

Early Iberian Organ Music

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