Channel Classics Asu: CD-levy Vuosi: 2025, 14.02.2025 Kieli: und
Dana Zemtsov, Claudio Constantini, Anna Fedorova (piano), Nicholas Schwartz, Angelo Verploegen, André Groen
Granda: La Flor de la Canela (Arr. for Viola and Ensemble by Claudio Constantini)
Jobim: Luiza (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Claudio Constantini)
Farrés: Quizás, Quizás, Quizás (Arr. for Viola and Ensemble by Dana Zemtsov)
Cuchi Leguizamón: Balderrama (Arr. for Viola and Ensemble by Claudio Constantini)
Piazzólla: La Calle 92 (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Leonid Desyatnikov)
Consuelito Velázquez: Bésame mucho (Arr. for Viola and Ensemble by Joan Albert Amargós)
Piazzólla: Le Grand Tango
Manzanero Canché: Esta Tarde vi llover (Arr. for Viola and Ensemble by Joan Albert Amargós)
Mosalini: Alle et retour
Pepe Guizar: Sin ti (Arr. for Viola and Double Bass by Dana Zemtsov)
Bonfa: Manha de Carnaval (Arr. for Viola and Ensemble by Claudio Constantini)
Ponce, M: Estrellita (Arr. for Viola and Piano by Jascha and Dana Zemtsov)
Mores: Uno (Arr. for Viola and Ensemble by Joan Albert Amargós)
Carrillo: Dos Gardenias (Arr. for Viola and Ensemble by Claudio Constantini)
Ramirez, A: Alfonsina y el Mar (Arr. for Viola and Ensemble by Joan Albert Amargós)
Born in Mexico City, violist Dana Zemtsov has always retained a deep love for the colourful Latin-American culture. The discovery of Gabriel Garcia Marquez'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 Amargos 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 Andre Groen.
