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Signe Asmussen is the dramatic soprano in Ginastera’s Cantata para América mágica — treatments, often tumultuous, of pre-Columbian texts. By contrast, Cage’s First Construction (in Metal) is... — Sunday Times, 14th February 2021 More…

Alberto Ginastera comes over as an Argentinian Stravinsky in these two early ballets, which is by no means to denigrate their distinctively Latin American idiom. Glittering orchestration, and... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The first concerto, the definitive version of which was premièred by Ginastera’s second wife Aurora Nátola in 1978, is a delight here, with its Latin dance rhythms immensely winning. — london24.com, 17th June 2011 More…

...it's the 1973 Third Quartet with soprano that's the most impressive achievement here, a compelling fusion of song cycle and instrumental work that interleaves settings of Spanish-language... — The Guardian, 3rd July 2009, 3 out of 5 stars More…

the music’s percussive rhythms as well as its reflective and mysterious melodic invention — The Strad More…

if you want to explore the full range of the composer's melodic invention and vivid orchestral palette, you could hardly better this superbly played and recorded coupling...First rate recording... — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…