Listen to Roberto Sierra's music
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After its premiere in 2000 at the Kennedy Center, Fandangos is quickly becoming one of the most often performed works written in the 21st century. Over 30 orchestras in Europe and the USA have already performed this work, including some of their tours. Listen to an excerpt from the commemorative 75th anniversary CD released by the National Symphony Orchestra.
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Concerto for Saxophones and Orchestra has been performed with great acclaim by saxophone virtuoso James Carter. Commissioned by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the work continues to be performed season after season by American Orchestras always eliciting rousing applause from the audience. Listen to excerpts from each of the four movements:
Rhythmic Tender Playful Fast (with swing)
Based on the Euripides play, The Bacchae was commissioned and premiered by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. This 12 minutes tone poem, portray vividly the conflict between Dionysus and the Thebans as it was dramatized by the great Greek Tragedian. Listen to excerpts from this work:
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Koch International Classics released in the USA this CD (originally issued by EMI in Europe) of Folias and Concierto Barroco with acclaimed guitarist Manuel Barrueco and the Spanish Orchestra of Galicia, conducted by Victor Pablo Pérez.
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Missa Latina combines the texts of Ordinary of the Mass with Propers from the Mass for Peace. The work was co-commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra and the Choral Arts Society of Washington D.C. Listen to excerpts from different sections of the work:
Introitus Kyrie Gloria Credo Offertorium Sanctus Agnus Dei
Listen to excerpts of Concerto for Viola (string orchestra and percussion), premiered at the XXXIVth International Viola Congress held in Montreal (2006).
Lento expresivo Expresivo Veloz Rítmico
New Releases
This NAXOS CD is a re-release from an earlier Continuum recording on the MHS Label. Listen to an excerpts Conjuros, Trio tropical and Vestigios rituales:
Iyá(Conjuros)
En DO (Trio tropical)
Vestigios rituales
"This is a gorgeous CD...We've played it all twice through, and you'll not be disappointed, even if your chief loyalties are to earlier music and masterworks of 'the canon'..." (Peter Grahame Woolf - www.musicalpointers.co.uk)
Veloz (Sonata for Cello and Piano)
Moonlight (Turner)
Dolores tiene la reina (Cancionero Sefardí)
Clarinetist Richard Faria recorded several of Sierra's clarinet works for the Fleur de Son Classics label. Listen to excerpts from the Sonata, Cinco Bocetos and Tres pensamientos:
Salseado
Canción del campo
Tres pensamientos
"Sierra's four-movement 'Sinfonía No. 3' is subtitled 'La Salsa,' and it fully lives up to the expectations created by its title. Its rhythmic drive, infectious harmonies and lyrical melodies have a distinctly popular flavor ... 'Sinfonía No. 2, Gran Passacaglia,' in a single movement, uses the convention of the passacaglia -- a bass line that is repeated continuously throughout the piece -- but with a twist ... The resulting piece has none of the overt Caribbean sounds of 'Sinfonía No. 3,' but is a compelling and energetic essay in abstract music. 'Sinfonía No. 1' has a rhythmic drive similar to the third, but uses a more complex harmonic language, and makes several gestural nods to Beethoven's 'Symphony No. 1.' Sierra's attractive music receives committed and lively performances from Frost Symphony Orchestra of the University of Miami, conducted by Thomas M. Sleeper. Albany's sound is clear and present." All Music Guide (Stephen Eddins).
Listen to this Albany Records new release of Sierra's three Sinfonías performed by the Frost Symphony Orchestra:
Tumbao (Sinf. No. 3) Sinfonía No. 2 Con intensidad (Sinf. No. 1)
Flutist Laurel Zucker is joined by harpist Susan Jolles and guitarist Mark Delpriora in these two new releases by Cantilena Records.
Irises (Flower Pieces) En busca del oro (Cronicas del descubrimiento)