Arturo Marquez's Danzón No. 2
Sara Mohr-Pietsch hits the dancefloor, exploring the world of Marquez's Danzón No 2. Featuring Latin American influences, unofficial national anthems and even the theme from Bluey.
Sara Mohr-Pietsch hits the dancefloor, exploring the world of Marquez's Danzón No 2.
Mexican composers Juan García de Zéspedes and Manuel Ponce feature alongside music from Cuba - the home of the danzón. We also venture into music dedicated to children from Teresa Carreño and Shara Nova, before exploring unofficial national anthems with Heitor Villa-Lobos, Jean Sibelius, José Pablo Moncayo and Joseph Haydn.
Sara also digs into the rhythmic heartbeat of Danzón No 2 - the 'son clave' rhythm - which crops up everywhere from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story to the mega-hit children's TV show Bluey.
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Arturo Márquez
Danzón no.2
Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Steve Reich
Nagoya Marimbas
Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton.- Striking A Balance: Contemporary Percussion Music.
- EMI.
- 12.
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Juan García de Zéspedes
Ay que me abraso
Choir: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- Villancicos y danzas criollas 1550-1750: Hesperion XXI/Savall.
- Alia Vox.
- 15.
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Manuel Ponce
Estrellita
Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Ray Chen. Performer: Julien Quentin.- DECCA.
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Manuel Saumell
El Huracán (Ocho Contradanzas)
Performer: The Dunlea-Garcia Duo. Music Arranger: J. Ortega.- The Dunlea-Garcia Duo.
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Tomás Ponce Reyes
Salón México
Performer: Acerina. Orchestra: Acerina y su Danzonera.- Orfeón Videovox SA de CV.
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Florence Price
Symphony no.1 in E Minor (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.- Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement; Symphony No. 1 in E Minor.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Teresa Carreño
Mi Teresita [Little Waltz]
Performer: Gabriela Montero.- WARNER.
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Shara Nova
I Have Never Loved Someone (The Way I Love You)
Choir: Conspirare. Conductor: Craig Hella Johnson.- House of Belonging.
- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
- 17.
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Bluey & Joff Bush
Bluey (Theme Tune)
- Bluey Theme Tune / Bluey Theme Tune (Extended).
- BBC Studios Distribution Limited.
- 02.
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Leonard Bernstein
America (from 'West Side Story')
Lyricist: Stephen Sondheim. Orchestra: West Side Story Orchestra. Ensemble: West Side Story Ensemble (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). Conductor: Johnny Green.- West Side Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- Masterworks Broadway.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 (1st mvt, Allegro moderato)
Performer: Jarosław Nadrzycki. Orchestra: L’Appassionata. Conductor: Lorenzo Gugole.- J.S. Bach: Concertos for Violin & Flute.
- haenssler CLASSIC.
- 301.
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Chiahu Lee
(Ré)inventio No 4 (after J. S. Bach's BWV 775)
Performer: Chiahu Lee. Performer: Yulia Vershinina-Mukhopadhyay.- (ré)inventions à Deux Pianos.
- Divine Art.
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Heitor Villa‐Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 (Aria, Cantilena)
Lyricist: Uribe Margarita Ruth Correa. Singer: Patricia Petibon. Orchestra: Spanish National Orchestra. Conductor: Josep Pons.- Melancolía - Spanish Arias and Songs.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Jean Sibelius
Finlandia
Orchestra: Helsinki Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Olli Mustonen.- Fuga.
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Joseph Haydn
Variations on 'Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser'
Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet.- Chandos Records Limited.
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José Pablo Moncayo
Huapango
Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas. Conductor: Alondra de la Parra.- My Mexican Soul: Alondra de la Parra.
- Sony Classical.
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Broadcast
- Sun 17 May 2026 13:30BBC Radio 3