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it shares a certain kinship with Smetana’s Vltava. Opening with a haunting lament of the
indigenous people, it moves through a series of military episodes depicting the battle for
independence before closing in a blaze of glory.

You can almost feel the heat-haze descend as Antonio Estévez’s depiction of the midday
horizon in Medodía en el llano stirs into life with shimmering strings and languorous
woodwind solos, before the storm breaks in Hung’s brief but breathtaking orchestral
toccata Kanaima - a vivid depiction of a tropical monsoon which brings the album to an
electrifying close. The 2024 Presto Awards committee meets for the first time next Tuesday,
and I’ll certainly be batting hard for this eleventh-hour entry.

Venezuela!

Music From the Americas Vol. I: Carreño, Castellanos, Estévez, Hung, Plaza
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo Hindoyan

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Roberto Sierra: Orchestral Works
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo Hindoyan

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