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La Noche de los Mayas - suite from the film music
Composer: Silvestre Revueltas
Performers: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor: Edoardo Portal
Recording date: 27 November 2015
Date of broadcast: 27 November 2015
From this 1939 Mexican film comes some of the most evocative fusion music. Notional Mayan sounds meld with European-Spanish orchestral traditions. We can almost see Central America's pyramids.
Composer: Silvestre Revueltas
Performers: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor: Edoardo Portal
Recording date: 27 November 2015
Date of broadcast: 27 November 2015