New Horizons
Kate Molleson follows Tania León's journey including a trip to South Africa where she met Nelson Mandela, with the composer in interview.
Kate Molleson follows Tania León's journey including a trip to South Africa where she met Nelson Mandela, with the composer in interview. They also discuss the composer’s return to Cuba to hear her own music performed in that country for the first time, and they delve into works composed around the turn into the twenty-first century including León's first autobiographical work, Horizons.
Saóko
Meridian Arts Ensemble
Horizons
NDR Sinfonieorchester
Peter Ruzicka, conductor
De Memorias
Mexico City Woodwind Quintet
Tumbao
Margaret Halbig, piano
Esencia
Bergamot Quartet
Produced by Luke Whitlock
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Tania León
Saoko
Ensemble: Meridian Arts Ensemble.- CHANNEL CLASSICS : CCSSA-25508.
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Tania León
Horizons
Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Ruzicka.- BRIDGE : 9231.
- BRIDGE.
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Tania León
De Memorias
Performer: Mexico City Woodwind Quintet.- URTEXT : JBCC-051.
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Tania León
Tumbao
Performer: Margaret Halbig.- AEROCADE MUSIC : AM-022.
- AEROCADE MUSIC.
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Tania León
Esencia
Ensemble: Bergamot Quartet.- NEW FOCUS RECORDINGS : FCR-316.
- NEW FOCUS RECORDINGS.
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