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Caption: Luxembourgian pianist Miguel Baselga
Hear famous Spanish and Mexican composers and their not so famous works. With pianist Miguel Baselga, The State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra, and B...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, KRZA, KSJE, KENW, WRTI and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2024
  • Length: 58:26
  • Purchases: 37
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No discussion of the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema would be complete without talking about composer Silvestre Revueltas. We’ll hear selections from...

Bought by KMUN, KUCO, WRTI, New Hampshire Public Radio, KSJE and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 41
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From 17th -century masters Juan García de Zéspedes and Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla to modern-day composers Guillermo Alvarez Navarro and Sergio Cárde...

Bought by WRGY, KUER, KSJE, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRTI and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 35
Caption: Ernesto Lecuona postage stamp
Whether making their homes in Spain, the United States, or never venturing from the Pearl of the Antilles, Cuba’s best-known and best-loved compos...

Bought by WRTI, WRGY, KVNO, KRZA, KSJE and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 36
Caption: Alberto Ginastera with pianist Barabara Nissman
Works by Alberto Ginastera, the self-described “man of Latin America” and one of South America’s most important and innovative composers of the twe...

Bought by KMUN, KUCO, WRTI, KSJE, KVNO and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 43
Caption: Composer and Conductor Tania León
Music by some of Cuba’s best-known and best-loved composers, all born in Havana.

Bought by KUER, GCR (Global Community Radio), KPIP-LP, KMUN, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2024
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 13
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From Cuba’s Joaquín Nin and Leo Brouwer to Argentina’s Astor Piazzolla and Osvaldo Golijov to Uruguay’s Alfonso Broqua, music by Latin American com...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WRTI, KSJE, WCQS, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 41
Caption: Composer José Luis Greco, Credit: Sandra Gallardo
This week’s program comprises two works from opposite ends of the 20th century: the complete music to the 1919 ballet El Sombrero de tres picos (Th...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KVNO, WRGY, KRZA, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 50
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From the Five Kingdoms of 13th-century Spain to the polyphony of Spanish Renaissance master Tomás Luis de Victoria, this week’s program explores Sp...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WRGY, GCR (Global Community Radio), KRZA, KSJE and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 51
Caption: Ara Malikian
An array of some of the great Spanish works written for violin in the second half of the nineteenth century. Works by Sarasate, Monasterio, and Fer...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KVNO, KSJE, KRZA and more


  • Added: Aug 10, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 50
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Not to be confused with the popular operettas and lyric operas popular in Spain from the 1850s through the mid-20th century, the zarzuelas on this ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KVNO, WRGY, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSJE and more


  • Added: Aug 03, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 47

  • Added: Jul 28, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 27
Caption: Guitarist and Composer Fernando Sor
In the 19th century, the guitar was still thought of as something heard at village fairs, an easy to strum instrument, meant for nothing more than ...

Bought by KUER, KMUN, WCQS, WRTI, KVNO and more


  • Added: Jul 14, 2024
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 47
Caption: A Youthful Xavier Montsalvatge
A tribute to the 20th-century Catalan composer, author, and music critic Xavier Montsalvatge (1912-2002), one of the so-called “Lost Generation” of...

Bought by WCQS, WRTI, WRGY, KVNO, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Jul 08, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 49
Caption: Composer Manuel María Ponce
On this edition of "The Spanish Hour," Mexico’s finest artists are among those heard in this celebration of the genius of Mexico’s Manuel Ponce. En...

Bought by WCQS, WRTI, KVNO, WRGY, KRZA and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2024
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 46

  • Added: Jun 23, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 45
Caption: Jorge Morel
This week, we focus on Argentine guitarist and composer Jorge Morel, with recordings of his works performed by David Starobin, David Russell, Hilar...

Bought by WCQS, KUER, New Hampshire Public Radio, KVNO, WRGY and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 30
Caption: Soprano Victoria de los Angeles
Spanish art songs inspired by Spanish folk songs. Adaptations, arrangements, and inspirations of Spanish songs from the 15th - 21st centuries.

Bought by WCQS, WRTI, New Hampshire Public Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 45
Caption: Argentine mezzo Bernarda Fink
The tango may be Argentina's best-known musical export, but it's far from the only musical expression to be discovered. On this edition of The Span...

Bought by WCQS, WRTI, KMUN, KVNO, WRGY and more


  • Added: May 05, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 48
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On this week's episode of The Rhythm Atlas, host Denis McGilvray celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month. You’ll hear vintage recordings from the 1930s ...

Bought by KAMU and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 26, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
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We hope you can tune in to The Rhythm Atlas Halloween and Día de los Muertos special. Host Denis McGilvray features a playlist with joyful songs in...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KAMU, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Oct 22, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 3
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An all music Cafe Latino special featuring renditions of Christmas Classics performed by Latino Artists.

Bought by WHYY and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 10, 2021
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 2
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR celebrates the winner of the National Book Award for Poetry, Martin Espada, whose new book FLOATERS tackles the social issue...

Bought by WCPN and WNJR


  • Added: Nov 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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On this special edition of The Rhythm Atlas, we’ll celebrate the festivals of All Hallow’s Eve / Halloween and Día de los Muertos / The Day of the ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
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On this special episode of the program, we’ll celebrate all things Buena Vista Social Club as that amazing recording that brought Cuban music to wo...

Bought by KAMU and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 23, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2