Alejandro Franov

Alejandro Manzoni Trío, which is celebrating twenty years of live music in 2021, is made up of Alejandro Manzoni (piano, composition and direction), Guido Martínez (bass) and Leandro Savelón (drums and percussion). They will present a preview of their recently recorded third album, "Miradas desde el piano", a four-part work dedicated to great pianists and creators of our contemporary folklore (Manolo Juárez, Remo Pignoni, Waldo de los Ríos and Eduardo Lagos).

Jennifer Bouton’s VIVALDI PICCOLO CONCERTOS is the first complete recording of the concerti by an American piccoloist. Bouton possesses a mastery over these works, having performed the most famous and beloved C Major concerto (RV 443) numerous times, notably with the Milwaukee Symphony and Nicholas McGegan in 2023.

“This record breathes a second life into these songs,” says Alejandro Escovedo of Echo Dancing, the Americana pioneer’s new album where he reconceptualizes the songs of his storied career. The variety of songs range from his short-lived rock quartet Buick MacKane, rarities from his ‘80s alt-country outfit The True Believers, to the celebrated songs of his solo discography from his debut album all the way to his most recent sprawling masterpiece, The Crossing. Highlights include a reimagined trip-hop-funk hybrid of Escovedo’s “Castanets” (retitled here as “Castañuelas''), a blistering version of “Bury Me” that finds that songwriter now older than the characters he was singing about, as well as songs co-written with trailblazers such as Chuck Prophet, Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey and J. Steven Soles. At age 73, Escovedo continues to reshape his ever-changing sound and experiment with the boundaries of Americana music.

Señalado por la crítica como uno de los principales jóvenes talentos del panorama nacional español, el pianista Alejandro Algarra desarrolla una prolífica carrera como concertista, siendo habitual invitado de festivales, concursos, cursos y certámenes pianísticos de relevancia, nacionales e internacionales.Ha sido galardonado en concursos entre los que destacan el Concurso de Piano “Ciudad de Albacete”, el Concurso Internacional de Piano “Ria de Vigo”, el Premi “Amparo Fandos” de Torrent, el Concurso Internacional de Piano “Frechilla-Zuloaga”, el Barcelona Piano Academy, o el Concurso Internacional de Piano de Ibiza.Acaba de lanzar su trabajo discográfico “Chopin-Rachmaninov, Complete Preludes” con la prestigiosa productora discográfica IBS Classical. Es catedrático de Piano en el Real Conservatorio Superior de Música “Victoria Eugenia” de Granada.

Señalado por la crítica como uno de los principales jóvenes talentos del panorama nacional español, el pianista Alejandro Algarra desarrolla una prolífica carrera como concertista, siendo habitual invitado de festivales, concursos, cursos y certámenes pianísticos de relevancia, nacionales e internacionales.Ha sido galardonado en concursos entre los que destacan el Concurso de Piano “Ciudad de Albacete”, el Concurso Internacional de Piano “Ria de Vigo”, el Premi “Amparo Fandos” de Torrent, el Concurso Internacional de Piano “Frechilla-Zuloaga”, el Barcelona Piano Academy, o el Concurso Internacional de Piano de Ibiza.Acaba de lanzar su trabajo discográfico “Chopin-Rachmaninov, Complete Preludes” con la prestigiosa productora discográfica IBS Classical. Es catedrático de Piano en el Real Conservatorio Superior de Música “Victoria Eugenia” de Granada.

The Holy Mountain [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Review by Mark Deming
While not as well-known as his iconic lysergic western El Topo, which became one of the major midnight movies of the '70s, The Holy Mountain is arguably the definitive work from Chilean/Mexican filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky, a visually dazzling and gloriously confounding story of the search for spiritual enlightenment. While it's all but impossible to describe what happens in The Holy Mountain, given its emphasis on surreal visuals over narrative, it's a cult film for the best reasons – love it or hate it, it's a remarkable and thoroughly individual accomplishment – and the soundtrack album, featuring Jodorowsky's original score, is an eclectic and interesting listen in its own right. The music sways from rock ("Psychedelic Weapons") to esoteric folk music ("Pissed and Passed Out") to subtle tone poems ("Violence of the Lambs") to grand-scale orchestral themes ("Christs 4 Sale"), with plenty of room for lyrical musical backdrops ("Communion"), a dash of vintage dance music ("A Walk in the Park"), and even some Tuvan throat singing ("Trance Mutation").