L.a. Mexicano

It's impossible to summarize the remarkable career of Placido Domingo in the span of a single disc, but The Best of Placido Domingo is an admirable showcase of the attributes that have assured the singer a place among the greatest tenors of all time. First and foremost, there is the voice an extraordinarily rich instrument that he wields with power, grace, and unerring musicianship. Domingo is also renowned for his versatility. He has always explored diverse areas of operatic literature and challenged himself artistically through a wide variety of roles. The disc includes several arias from operas by Puccini and Verdi that have been central to his musical life and ably demonstrate his artistry.

Cobos initially began as an arranger and composer for a Los Angeles latin-soul aggregation called 'Conexión' who released a number of popular dance cuts and one album including "I will pray" from the late 1960s to the early 1970s.

Le pianiste canado-mexicain Arturo Nieto-Dorantes est un impétueux virtuose qui enflamme la scène dès la seconde où il fusionne avec son instrument. Sa technique, impeccable, ainsi que sa grande maturité artistique lui permettent d’aborder avec panache et dextérité les pièces les plus diaboliquement complexes, libérant ainsi une véritable palette de couleurs sonores. Il est parmi les rares pianistes à présenter Iberia d'Isaac Albéniz en concert sous version intégrale qu'il vient d'enregistrer pour Urtext Digital Classics. Il aussi le premier pianiste qui a interprété l’ensemble de l’œuvre pianistique du compositeur mexicain Manuel María Ponce à l'extérieur du Mexique.La presse a écrit sur lui: « un maître du son orchestral pour piano » (Kurt Rutz, Die Rorschacher Zeitung, Suisse) et « une tempête de feu latino-américaine » (Marian Hartmann, Die Hagener Zeitung, Allemagne).

A treasury of the classical guitar: as a solo and concerto instrument, and as a partner to other instruments, in music from Europe and Latin America that spans five centuries. This box assembles all releases from the ground-breaking series, Panorama de la guitare, which showcased luminaries of the guitar’s ‘new golden age’ in the 1960s and 70s. Most of these recordings are making their first appearance on CD, and all have been remastered from the original tapes in 24bit/96kHz, revealing the sound of the instrument in its true intimacy and beauty.

Mateusz Kowalski was born in Koszalin in 1995. He started learning to play the guitar at the age of 7 and for the next 12 years, he learned under the supervision of Dariusz Schmidt in the Grazyna Bacewicz State Music School Complex in Koszalin. Then he graduated from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw after studies with Ryszard Balauszko. As a teenager, Mateusz Kowalski was spotted and recognized as one of the most interesting guitarists of the young generation. He is the winner of many international guitar competitions - his most important achievements include winning the first prizes in Antony (France) and Rust (Austria). At the 2018/2019 music season, he participated in a prestigious programme for guitarists called EuroStrings. Apart from numerous concerts in Poland, he has given concerts in Slovakia, Hungary, France, Italy, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Spain, Germany, South Africa, Belgium, England, Sweden, and Austria (including the famous Vienna Musikverein concert hall).

Esa palabra de resonancias aventureras y épicas que es en inglés "cowboy" no significa en español, literalmente, mas que vaquer, es decir, “aquél al cuidado del pastoreo de reses”, un cuidador de mimales. Sin embargo, aquellos que conquistaron el “Far-West”, el “Lejano Oeste”, lo hicieron comiendo carne de res, y por ello, tre los principales personajes de la conquista de aquellas agrestes giones, vive en la historia para siempre tanto el “sheriff” quien ponía la ley, como el agricultor que labraba la tierra virgen, y quel trabajador de la ganadería que el cine nos presenta románticamente , tañendo su guitarra en las soledades de la pradera para aciguar los ánimos inquietos de miles de reses que presienten ía feroz tormenta, o bien defendiendo su honor ante villanos altantes de bancos y diligencias que alardean de su velocidad con revólver.