Ricardo Castro Herrera - Symphony No. 1 (1883)

Ricardo Castro Herrera (Hacienda Santa Barbara, Durango, 1864 - Ciudad de México, 1907)
Symphony No. 1 (1883)
Performers unknown
The playing in this recording is rather weak, but considering how little of Castro's work is accessible here, and how important he was for the development and recognition of the Mexican music scene, I chose to upload it nonetheless.

[@LauraCastroGolarte]

I'm Ricardo Castro's great-grand niece and I´m grateful that someone knows and spreads the music of my uncle.

[@bomcabedal]

Only too happy to oblige! If you have any more recordings of his work, please let me know!

[@LauraCastroGolarte]

Bom Cabedal Well, there are several recorded albums with Alondra de la Parra, Silvia Navarrete, Mauricio Garza and Armando Merino well as anthologies of Mexican waltzes, perhaps through Amazon you can find them, many of these musicians have uploaded their performances on You Tube

[@bomcabedal]

Laura Castro Golarte And, not to forget, Rodolfo Ritter's rendition of the piano concerto, also on KZbin.

[@josesonramirez1187]

¿Por qué son los sobrinos y no los hijos o nietos los que se envanecen de sus ancestros artistas?

[@davidlujan8364]

Josesón Ramírez Disculpame la corrección, pero creo que es pertinente: No es lo mismo enorgullecerse que envanecerse, y si tu inquietud tiene que ver con el sentimiento de genuino y lícito orgullo que siente la Srita. Castro por su tío, lo correcto es usar el término "enorgullecerse" con su significado positivo, que "envanecerse" con su connotación negativa.

[@itzcoatlgarcia6278]

Caray, ni siquiera sabía que existía Ricardo Castro y sólo por una referencia de un libro he dado con él. No me parece malo y creo que merece mucho más reconocimiento.

[@jksteven1]

It is the obscure, unknown, sometimes amateur, orchestras that often bring the most worthy obscure music to light. I believe we must praise their heartfelt efforts. This playing is superior to many performances of rare works elsewhere on You Tube. We have what we have. Great upload! Thank you!

[@davidt7995]

+Jk Stevenson, I agree ... I play with a community orchestra in Sydney. We have performed some pretty off the radar music, that's for sure.

[@bomcabedal]

There is an obvious explanation for this. For an amateur orchestra, it is much less daunting to play a relatively unknown piece than it is to play one where there's a rich performance tradition that will see you competing with people's memories of the Berlin Phil or the Concertgebouw. More attention goes to the piece, and far less to the details of the performance.

[@annacoribioanna]

@@davidt7995 😍😍

[@Jorgereflexivo]

And the obscure youtube surfers praise the obscure music of the obscure orchestras. It is perfect!

[@miguelarriaga5444]

Muy grato escuchar esta sinfonía precisamente en el día de México, el 16 de septiembre. Gracias.

[@johnmanno2052]

I sincerely wish we heard more Latin American classical music. There have been composers writing excellent music there for centuries, and it's rarely performed!

[@jorgemontes6496]

Extraordinaria obra...!! Creo deberíamos impulsar al mundo la genial obra del maestro Ricardo Castro...

[@davidt7995]

Oh my gosh, this is a fabulous piece.

[@aga1942]

muy bien ,me recuerda a don julian carrillo de sus sinfonias 1 y 2. aga

[@tedwilks]

I'm glad you uploaded it! It is indeed rare to find recordings of this obscure composer. Many thanks! Ted Wilks Programme Annotator, Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, Lancaster, PA, USA

[@johannbrandstatter7419]

Despite the conversations going on here, the main theme, namely the absence of the name of the orchestra and the conductor, have not been mentioned. Thank you Bom Cabedal for informing us that you do not have this information. Some uploaders could not care less to inform us.

[@pietrolandri6081]

What a strong personality Ricardo Castro shows here! He was nineteen years old, if I correctly capture dates here. Chapeau! Uploaded recording may not render at its best the quality of this Symphony, but - thanks God - Bom Cadedal elected to proffer it to his "unsung masterworks" hungry followers. Out of curiosity, should anyone be familiar with Sergio Leone Italian-style wild-west movies, please go listen the famous jingle of "For a few Dollars More" and then please compare it with the theme of the Symphony's final movement. I am pretty sure that Ennio Morricone had listened to Castro's symphony before 1965 (when movie was broadcasted) and got inspired by such theme. C'mon, it can't be a simple coincidence as Leone's movie is set in the vague border between Mexico and USA, typical of wild-west movies ambient. What better opportunity to use a theme of an obscure Mexican musician of Porfirian age and adapt it to generate the fabulous, enchanting, exciting, inspiring jingle that accompanies spectators along all the 2hours and a half of Sergio Leone masterpiece.

[@annacoribioanna]

thank you for all this information

[@erikalarabanderas8702]

Interesting...

[@past_notes6267]

This is likely the same orchestra that recorded equally obscured Julian Carrillo's Symphony No. 1, the Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux of France. And don't worry my friends, now it is a fact that soon we will have modern recordings of most Mexican 19th to 20th Century romantic masters, since Sterling Classics has launched the Mexican Romantics series; incidentally its second volume will be Castro's Piano and Cello Concertos. Concerning the symphony, I like Castro's Germanic approach to the genre; of course with its evident Mexican colours, but it sounds massively Teutonic! Sadly, the unfortunate heirs of Mexican Revolution did/have done few to promote this sublime works of art, considered decadent as usual in many other historic episodes around the world. Fortunately, we will soon have the Sterling issues!

[@saitaculturalcompany9025]

Hola desde Atenas, Grecia. Soy un amante de la música clásica y en esta cuarentena me he dado a la búsqueda de compositores mexicanos. Me es grato descubrir tantos talentos y tantas obras que realmente merecen más reconocimiento. Pero gracias a la labor, pequeña claro, de nosotros mismos podemos dar a conocer a los compositores clásicos mexicanos. Gracias por subir la sinfonía. Les dejo aquí estos enlaces: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKXRipWnfKiojZo kzbin.info/www/bejne/opDaZnlri7R3rrc www.instantencore.com/contributor/bio.aspx?CId=5029476

[@luisdaniel4825]

Pasa tu perfil

[@saitaculturalcompany9025]

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[@philhomes233]

OK, the performance is rough, but the fact that the Symphony rises above that shows what a strong piece it is.

[@quetzalcoatl3242]

Magnífico!

[@tebaldi115]

Dear Programme Annotator of Lancaster Symphony Orchestra. My PhD is about Ricardo Castro's work and life. I know the entire details about this "obscure" (but brilliante) composer. If you are interested, I have a lot of information! Best regards!

[@jbarnstead]

I am interested. Where can we find it?I

[@pedromontilla6922]

I am interested. Where can we find it?

[@Max.flores.v]

I’m also interested. Where can I find it?

[@fredericchopin7538]

Marvelous symphony!

[@armandoramos3106]

Muchas gracias por subir esta magnífica sinfonía. La orquesta de veras deja mucho qué desear, tal vez los músicos son aficionados, pero gracias a ellos tenemos el documento de esta bella obra y de su autor. Mis mejores deseos!

[@atosov]

Yow! Some pretty sour playing in there! Nonetheless, I'm glad that you made this recording available, as the composition itself is not bad. This Castro is only the second Mexican symphonic composer of whom I have heard. I wonder how many other Latin-American symphonic composers there who are of similar obscurity.

[@pascalmayer9421]

Ricardo Castro Herrera de son nom complet Rafael de la Santísima Trinidad Castro Herrera (né le 7 février 1864 dans l'État de Durango, mort à Mexico le 28 novembre 1907) était un pianiste et compositeur mexicain. Biographie Il étudie à Durango puis au Conservatoire national de musique de Mexico. À dix-neuf ans, en 1883, il compose sa première symphonie, en do mineur, intitulée Sagrada, qui ne sera créée qu'en 1988. En 1884, il effectue en tant que pianiste de concert une tournée aux États-Unis. Il donne des cours de théorie musicale et de piano à l'Instituto Musical Campa Hernández Acevedo. Il cofonde la Sociedad Anónima de Conciertos en 1892, puis Sociedad Filarmónica Mexicana en 1895. En 1896, il crée son opéra Atzimba, qui traite de la conquête du Michoacán. Une bourse du gouvernement lui permet de voyager en Europe entre 1903 et 1906, et de donner des concerts dans plusieurs capitales européennes. À son retour au Mexique, il est nommé directeur du Conservatoire national de musique. Il a composé une symphonie en ré mineur (1893), un concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre (1902) créé à Anvers, de même que son concerto pour piano et orchestre (1904), premier du genre en Amérique latine. Admirateur de Frédéric Chopin et de Claude Debussy, il a aussi composé de nombreuses pièces pour piano. Opéras Atzimba (1901 ; reconstruction du second acte, par Arturo Márquez) La Leyenda de Rudel Don Juan de Austria, d'après la vie de Don Juan d'Autriche Satán vencido El beso de la Rousalka, sur la légende de la Roussalka

[@Elmayordeldesiertomxl]

Increíble pieza

[@bomcabedal]

I got it from a friend, some time ago (don't remember who, unfortunately). I'm afraid that quality-wise, this is as good as it gets.

[@josealexandre6632]

Interesting enough to listen and finding out the sources, real roots and influences. I may be wrong but Saint-Saens and Chausson let some fingerprints. Very good.

[@Aiasmor]

lovely music

[@themustanggirl6]

Thanks for sharing this wonderful music! :)

[@annacoribioanna]

nice! hopefully all written works can be played so we can have a feast of excitement in discovering new sounds like the little children we are

[@tropicalstrings]

Beautiful.

[@sanramondublin]

thanks to Alondra de la Parra , for introducing me great Mexican composers.

[@laurafreia]

¿Puede ser esta la interpretación de 1988 en la Sala Nezahualcoyotl con el maestro Carlos Esteva?

[@TheChie99]

I also am grateful for the music, wish I could find more. You might also try CLASSICAL ARCHIVES www.classicalarchives.com/composer/38153.html

[@juanmanuelhernandez9139]

Impresionante! Dónde puedo adquirir las partituras?

[@laurafreia]

Afortunadamente se salvaron del fuego, sería bueno saber si han sido editadas y publicadas, cosa que dudo.

[@7777Scion]

More annoying than the off-notes here and there, is always the people who decide to come to concerts and cough all over everyone. This is what ruins the recording for me.

[@pabloalejandrofranca7691]

15:00-17:00

[@tjittekamminga5170]

important, more knowledge about latin-american classical music

[@user-sk9br4rz4e]

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