Credits:

Menezes,Simone

Description:

Recommended for world music fans! Tracking World Music AccentsThis is the debut album by Ensemble K, led by Simone Menezes, a female conductor from Brazil born in 1977. This young 13-member ensemble, which also includes an accordionist, has an appealing sense of freshness. Coming from diverse origins, they explore the "accents" in the music of five ethnic groups, which are as much a part of their language as their music. The music of the Asian peoples of Eastern Russia, Borodin's "Dances of the Datan" and Villa-Lobos from South America and Brazil, and Copland's "Appalachian Spring" in its original version for 13 instruments, are among the many discoveries. Sophie Lakers work is a piano trio by members of the ensemble. Based on Australian Aboriginal music, the primitive vitality of the style is reminiscent of rock. King International