The Latin Connection

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"La Rumba" by Antonio Sanchez Araujo, oil on canvas, 1937

For more than 150 years, the music of Mexico and Cuba has inspired composers in the U.S. to explore Latin rhythms in a variety of ways.

In this hour, some engaging examples by Gottschalk, Joplin, Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein, and more.

FEATURED RECORDINGS

CD Title	Group/Artist	Catalog #	UPC
Copland: Symphony No. 3, etc. [for El Salon Mexico]	Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland	EMI Classics 094633156128	094633156128
Gottschalk Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 [for A Night in the Tropics]	Hot Springs Festival Symphony Orchestra, Richard Rosenberg	Naxos 8.559320	636943932025
Scott Joplin: Piano Rags [for "Solace: A Mexican Serenade"]	Joshua Rifkin	Nonesuch 79159	075597915921
Antonio Machin: Echale Salsita	Antonio Machin	Glinka Records, iTunes download	-----
Gershwin: Complete Orchestral Works [for Cuban Overture]	St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin.	Vox CDX 5007	04716350072
Spanish, Mexican and Turkish Folk Songs	Cynthia Gooding	Elektra Records, iTunes download	-----
Music in the American Grain [for Paul Boles' 'Six Latin American Pieces"]	Ramon Salvatore	Cedille CDR90000-010	735131901024
Copland: Clarinet Concerto, etc. [for "Dance of Jalisco"]	Nashville Chamber Orchestra, Paul Gambill	Naxos 8.559069	636943906927
American Journey [for Dave Grusin's Three Latin American Dances]	Steinhardt, Mayorga, Grusin, Forsyth	Naxos 8.559235	636943923528
Fiesta [for Bernstein's "Mambo"]	Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel	Deutsche Grammophon B0011340-02	0028947774570

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