Latin composer - Recordings by Paul Desenne, composer

RECORDINGS

JAGUAR SONGS

Label: Cello Classics, London – April 2010
Collected cello works by Paul Desenne
Nancy Green, cello

Strings Magazine Editor's Choice July 2010

"The cello takes center stage on Jaguar Songs (Cello Classics), a robust and engaging recording of contemporary works by Venezuelan composer Paul Desenne. The gifted cellist Nancy Green, who studied with Jacqueline du Pré and has won numerous awards, plays all the parts: for solo, three, and four cellos. Desenne has a knack for blending 18th-century Bach counterpoint and 21st-century cello technique. The title work is a four-movement suite for solo cello. Desenne explains that in Amazonian mythology, the jaguar represents blood and death. Whether these visceral pieces are sculpted as soundscapes or dances, Green supplies immediacy and power to these performances." G.C.

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LA REVOLTOSA

Label: Clarinet Classics, London  – January 2010     
La Revoltosa (2000) and Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1997) by Paul Desenne
Jorge Montilla, clarinet
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EN BUSCA DE AUGUST NOLCK

Label: Nölck Red América C.A. – Caracas 2007
Short works for cello and piano by August Nölck (1862-1928)
Paul Desenne, cello / Arnaldo Pizzolante, piano

YOPO TIME

Self-published CD – Caracas 2007
Paul Desenne collected chamber works (1998-2004)
Paul Desenne and guests

SUELOS

Label: Cacao Music – Caracas 2007
Guasa del borrachito (1983) for clarinet quartet and cuatro, from Quinteto del pájaro
by Paul Desenne
Caracas Clarinet Quartet

TORO SOLO

Label: Gurrufío Records – Caracas, 2006
Sonata for Solo Flute (2001) by Paul Desenne
Luis Julio Toro, flute

EL RETO

Label: Gurrufío Records – Caracas 2004
El Reto: Leyenda de Florentino y el diablo (2002-2003)
Cantata for three voices, chamber orchestra and traditional Venezuelan instruments
by Paul Desenne
Camerata Criolla and Ensamble Gurrufío

ALZHEIMER

Self-published CD – Caracas 2000
Collective studio creations by Paul Desenne, Alonso Toro and Pedro Vásquez, exploring forgotten roots of Latin American music through fictional (and humorous) recreations. The nine original pieces range from quartets including Venezuelan cuatro (small guitar), Renaissance cornetto, Hawaïan bamboo clarinet and electric cello, to gigantic tribal fantasies involving many percussionists, a large choir and other guest players on diverse instruments.

GURRUFIO AND ORQUESTA SINFONICA GRAN MARISCAL DE AYACUCHO

Label: Gurrufío Records – Caracas 1999
Two arrangements of Venezuelan songs for symphonic orchestra and
Ensamble Gurrufío, and two movements from Quinteto del pájaro by Paul Desenne
Ensamble Gurrufío and Orquesta Sinfónica Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho

BATATA COCO

Label: Conaculta – Mexico 1999
Wind Nonet (1990 & 1999) by Paul Desenne
Camerata de las Américas, conducted by Joel Sachs

AIRES TROPICALES: PAQUITO D'RIVERA / CARACAS CLARINET QUARTET

Label: Musicarte – Caracas 1997
Clarinight Suite for clarinet quartet (1997) by Paul Desenne

FOLKLORE DE CAMARA VENEZUELA 96

Private CD sponsored by Multinacional de Seguros – Caracas 1996
Five arrangements and musical direction by Paul Desenne:
Venezuelan popular songs for chamber orchestra and Venezuelan instruments
Guillermo Jiménez Leal

ASIMETRIX

Label: Dorian Records – USA 1993
La Soledad by Paul Desenne
Ensemble Maroa

TOCATAS GALEONICAS

Label: Dorian Records – USA 1992
Paul Desenne collected chamber works (1983-1989) (with additional track)
Paul Desenne Ensemble
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TOCATAS GALEONICAS

Label: Musicarte – Caracas 1990
Paul Desenne collected chamber works (1983-1989)
Paul Desenne Ensemble

UPCOMING RECORDINGS

ORQUESTA SINFONICA VENEZUELA, CONDUCTED BY CARLOS IZCARAY

Three works by Paul Desenne:
The Two Seasons – Concerto for violin, strings and harpsichord
Palenkumbé – Symphonic Overture
Sinfonia Burocratica ed Amazzònica

VIRGINIE ROBILLIARD, VIOLIN AND VANESSA PEREZ, PIANO

Live recital recording including Venezuelan Suite for violin and piano (2006)
by Paul Desenne
DVD release

EN BUSCA DE AUGUST NOLCK NO. 2

Label: Nölck Red América C.A. – Caracas 2009
Etudes, short works and capriccios for cello and piano, and works for solo piano
by August Nölck (1862-1928)
Paul Desenne, cello / Arnaldo Pizzolante, piano