Yellow Butterfly - Latin American Favourites

Zemtsov, Dana

CCS 47525

Born in Mexico City, violist Dana Zemtsov has always retained a deep love for the colourful Latin-American culture. The discovery of Gabriel García Márquez's book One Hundred Years of Solitude, in which the vivid literary images of clouds of yellow butterflies precede a forbidden lover’s arrival, inspired Dana to revisit her earliest musical memories. This led to a unique project embodying the most characteristic expression of love in Latin-American culture: the beautiful boleros presented on this album entitled Yellow Butterfly. They are so well known that practically every Spanish-speaking person can sing them by heart. With arrangements by the legendary Joan Albert Amargós and Claudio Constantini, the recording conjures the surreal atmosphere of the Americas: melancholy, roughness, poetry, vitality and joy. These ‘recomposed’ boleros were arranged for solo viola and a small ensemble that consists of pianist Anna Fedorova, trumpeter Angelo Verploegen, bandoneonist Claudio Constantini, double bassist Nicholas Schwartz and percussionist André Groen.

YB:https://youtu.be/6SRTUs_oPNs

Works:

• Bonfa: Manhã de Carnaval
• Carrillo: Dos gardenias
• Farrés: Quizás, quizás, quizás
• Granda: La flor de la canela
• Jobim: Luiza
• Mores: Uno
• Piazzólla: La Calle 92
• Piazzólla: Le Grand Tango
• Ponce, M: Estrellita
• Ramirez, A: Alfonsina y el Mar

CD x 1

Channel Classics

3.02.2025

723385475255