With INTI, CAMINOS DEL INKA initiates an exploration of the symphonic music of Peru. The result of years of research through musical archives and collections, this CD is the first in a series that seeks not only to preserve the historic value of Peruvian symphonic music, but also to return it to life through live performances and recordings.

INTI is the name of the Sun in Quechua, the language of the Incas which is still in use today. In the times before the Spanish conquest, the sun represented life and the constancy of man. It was loved and venerated, because only under its influence was it possible to propagate and grow, to discover and illuminate a wondrous world of possibility. Accordingly, this CD is also INTI, in that it reveals to us a sonorous universe that has awakened after a long night.

The performance of the works of the great Peruvian composer Enrique Iturriaga on this album are part of a celebration of his 90th birthday. This recording of Sinfonía "Junín y Ayacucho: 1824" communicates not only the epic clamor of Peru's most important battle, that which sealed its independence from Spain, but also that special "electric" quality that only a live concert can convey. It is a fitting homage to one of South America's most important composers.

Probably one of the only ways to travel through time ― at least for now ― is through music. For the first time ever, more than three centuries of Peruvian music are gathered in one recording, including the work of important composers such as the Spanish cleric Baltasar Martínez y Compañón who, although not Peruvian by birth, adopted the country as his own; and that of young, Peruvian-American composer Gabriela Frank.

Composer Armando Guevara Ochoa has developed an extensive body of work whose style, inspired by the sounds of the Andes, imparts a vision of the Andean landscape and the history of its villages, with the wisdom inherent of the Inca culture.

Completing INTI, the presence of Jimmy López represents a new generation of Peruvian composers, with a work that has won awards for composition both in Europe and in the United States. Jimmy López is a young composer who, through his contemporary and fresh work, seeks to create a dynamic and innovative language that resonates in both the symphonic and popular musical worlds.

—Marino Martínez
Cultural/Musical Researcher

Kevin Puts
Violin Concerto (FWSO Commission)
Meditation
Caprice

Gabriela Lena Frank
Elegía Andina

Kevin Puts
Symphony No. 3. "Vespertine" (after Björk)
"through the warmthest cord"
"I have a recurrent dream"
"it's not meant to be a strife"

Gabriela Lena Frank
Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout
Toyos
Tarqueada
Himno de Zampoñas
Chasqui
Canto de Velorio
Coqueteos

Two Texas legends come together on this unique CD, showcasing the best music the Lone Star State has to offer!

1. Devil's Dream (QuickTime | Windows Media)
2. Cherokee Maiden/Sing, Sing, Sing
3. Don't Fence Me In (QuickTime | Windows Media)
4. Ode To Joy (QuickTime | Windows Media)
5. What A Wonderful World
6. Choo Choo Ch'Boogie (QuickTime | Windows Media)
7. I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)
8. Green Leaves of Summer
9. Faded Love
10. Sorry
11. House of Blue Lights (QuickTime | Windows Media)
12. Miles and Miles of Texas (QuickTime | Windows Media)

The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra proudly offers its first-ever live recording, featuring Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Opus 64. An incredible collaboration between the FWSO and Music Director Miguel Harth-Bedoya, the CD captures the magic of a live concert experience at Bass Performance Hall. This recording also features a bonus track, Tchaikovsky's Pezzo in forma di Sonatina from Serenade. A beautiful recording, appropriate for first-time listeners and long-time aficionados alike!

Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Opus 64

1. Andante; Allegro con anima (QuickTime | Windows Media)
2. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza (QuickTime | Windows Media)
3. Valse: Allegro moderato (QuickTime | Windows Media)
4. Finale: Andante maestoso; Allegro vivace (QuickTime | Windows Media)
5. Bonus Track
   Serenade for Strings in C Major, Opus 48
6. Pezzo in forma di Sonatina (QuickTime | Windows Media)

The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra proudly presents Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, a unique bilingual version of the children's classic narrated in Spanish and English featuring Music Director Miguel Harth-Bedoya and stage and screen star Michael York. This delightful CD also includes Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals, narrated in English by Michael York. A must-have for the entire family!

Sentimiento Latino has been a great and exciting project to do. Not only personally, because I love all songs in Spanish, but because this was a unique project to bring to the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Working with Juan Diego, whom I have known for many years, has been a truly inspiring and challenging thing. His artistry is sublime and his command of the voice, unbelievable. The challenging part of this recording was to recreate all the sounds, rhythms and overall styles of every piece while putting our own personal stamp on it. I had no doubt that the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra would step up to the task, even though we have never done a recording quite like this.

We spent one recording session for the ensemble works; a couple of sessions for the string quartet, piano and bandoneón; and three sessions with the full orchestra. These sessions took place at the Landreth Auditorium on the Texas Christian University campus in Fort Worth. Evans Mirageas was the producer and kept us all on a tight leash working closely with Ernesto Palacio from the recording booth.

Overall this was an amazing and unique experience, which has enhanced our musical lives, with the result being a great product for you to enjoy forever!

Please feel free to drop me a line with any comments about Sentimiento Latino.

All the best and keep in touch.

Yours,
Miguel

Sentimiento Latino ha sido un gran y fantástico proyecto. No solamente a nivel personal, ya que a mi me encantan las canciones en español, sino también por haber traído un proyecto así a la Orquesta Sinfónica de Fort Worth. Trabajar con Juan Diego, a quien conozco por muchos años, ha sido simplemente una cosa inspiradora y desafiante a la vez. Su nivel artístico es extraordinario y el uso de su voz, impresionante. La parte desafiante de esta grabación fue recrear todos los sonidos, ritmos y estilos específicos de cada canción, mientras poníamos nuestro propio toque personal. Nunca tuve dudas de que la Sinfónica de Fort Wort Worth haría un trabajo fuera de serie, a pesar de que nunca hemos hecho una grabación como ésta.

Durante la grabación, tuvimos una sesión para las piezas con ensamble pequeño;un par de sesiones con el cuarteto de cuerdas, bandoneón y piano; y tres sesiones con la orquesta completa. Todas las sesiones fueron en el Landreth Auditorioum en el campus de la Texas Christian University en Fort Worth. Evans Mirageas fue el productor y nos mantuvo bajo un régimen estricto, trabajando muy cerca con Ernesto Palacio desde la cabina de grabación.

En resumidas, ésta fue una experiencia fantástica y única, que ha añadido mucho a nuestras vidas artísticas, y ha creado un producto singular para que todos ustedes lo disfruten para siempre!

No se olviden de escribirme con comentarios acerca de Sentimiento Latino.

Les deseo lo mejor, y manténganse en contacto.

Hasta entonces,
Miguel

There is an excitement in live competition that is seldom heard in any other kind of performance. Every nerve is on fire; every competitor is giving the performances of his or her life. This documentary by Emmy-Award-winning director/producer Peter Rosen takes the viewer backstage at the world's most prestigious piano competition, revealing up close the personal lives of a few of the most extraordinary young pianists. "Real life" is set against a backdrop of intense recitals, piano quintets and concerti with orchestra led by renowned conductor James Conlon during the Eleventh Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

1. Salut d'amour (QuickTime | Windows Media)
2. Spring Song from Songs Without Words
3. Meditation from Thaïs (QuickTime | Windows Media)
4. Leibesleid
5. Leibesfraud (QuickTime | Windows Media)
6. Serenade
7. Vocalise (QuickTime | Windows Media)
8. Le Cygne, The Swan
9. Romanza Andaluza (QuickTime | Windows Media)
10. Adagio from C-major Violin Concerto
11. Melodie (QuickTime | Windows Media)
12. Spanish Dance
13. Träumerei (QuickTime | Windows Media)

1. Texas Trilogy
   (Yellow Rose of Texas, Streets of Laredo, Deep in the Heart of Texas) (QuickTime | Windows Media)
2. Roundup in the Spring
3. Sage & Cedar I (QuickTime | Windows Media)
4. Home on the Range
5. Commutin' (QuickTime | Windows Media)
6. Annie Laurie/Bad Half Hour
7. Irish Tune from County Derry (Danny Boy) (QuickTime | Windows Media)
8. Santa Rosa Serenade
9. Throwback
10. West of Yesterday (QuickTime | Windows Media)
11. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky (QuickTime | Windows Media)
12. Horses, Dogs and Cowboys
13. Cowboy Love Song
14. Sage & Cedar II
15. Shenandoah (QuickTime | Windows Media)
16. Around the Campfire from A Prairie Portrait (QuickTime | Windows Media)

Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

1. O Fortuna (QuickTime | Windows Media)

Fortune plango vulnera

I. Primo Vere

2. Veris leta facies (QuickTime | Windows Media)
3. Omnia Sol temperat
4. Ecce gratum
5. Ulf dem anger
6. Tanz (QuickTime | Windows Media)
7. Floret silva
8. Chramer, gip die varwe mir
9. Reie
   Swaz hie gat umbe
   Chume, chum, geselle min
   Swaz hie gat umbe
10. Were diu werit alle min

II. In Taberna

11. Estuans interius ( QuickTime | Windows Media)
12. Olim lacus colueram
13. Ego sum abbas
14. In taberna quando sumus

III. Cour D'Amours

15. Amor volat undique ( QuickTime | Windows Media)
16. Dies, nox et omnia
17. Stetit puella
18. Circa mea pectora
19. Si puer cum puellula
20. Veni, veni, venias
21. In trutina
22. Tempus est iocundum
23. Dulcissime

Blanziflor et Helena

24. Ave formosissima (QuickTime | Windows Media)

Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

25. O Fortuna (QuickTime | Windows Media)