Sarah Willis, Havana Lyceum Orchestra, José Antonio Méndez Padrón – Mozart y Mambo: La Bella Cubana (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Sarah Willis, Havana Lyceum Orchestra, José Antonio Méndez Padrón – Mozart y Mambo: La Bella Cubana (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:05 minutes | 1,18 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alpha Classics

My dream of recording all four of the Mozart horn concertos has been fulfilled at last. Little did I know that this long-held dream would come true in Cuba of all places and with a Cuban orchestra! I have learned so much about Cuban music and how to dance Mozart along the way and, as a result, feel changed as a person and as a musician”, says Sarah Willis.

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Sarah Willis – Mozart y Mambo (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Sarah Willis – Mozart y Mambo (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 54:42 minutes | 999 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alpha Classics

Sarah Willis is a tireless ambassador for her instrument, the French horn, which she champions around the world. A horn player with the famous Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra since 2001, she launched what was soon to become a famous TV programme, ‘Sarah’s Music’, for Deutsche Welle in 2014, interviewing personalities ranging from Gustavo Dudamel to Wynton Marsalis. The award-winning programme presents music with warmth and in all its diversity.

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Sarah Willis – Horn Discoveries (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Sarah Willis – Horn Discoveries (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 49:17 minutes | 432 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alpha Classics

After the enormous success of Mozart y Mambo (ALPHA578) which went straight to Number 1 in Germany on release in 2020, Alpha has decided to reissue one of the first albums recorded by this multi-talented and tireless ambassador of the French horn. In this re-release of the 2014 album, Horn Discoveries, Sarah Willis demonstrates all the rich potential of her instrument with exciting original compositions and beautiful arrangements of well-loved repertoire pieces such as Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Dvořák’s Humoresque, Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles and Debussy’s Clair de Lune.

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Sarah Willis, Havana Lyceum Orchestra & José Antonio Méndez Padrón – Mozart y Mambo: Cuban Dances (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Sarah Willis, Havana Lyceum Orchestra & José Antonio Méndez Padrón – Mozart y Mambo: Cuban Dances (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:59 minutes | 1,12 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alpha Classics

Following the phenomenal success of the first Mozart y Mambo album, Sarah Willis returns to Cuba not only to record two more Mozart horn concertos but also to create a landmark original work that takes its place in Cuban music history. In Mozart y Mambo – Cuban Dances , Sarah commissions the very first Cuban horn concerto – calling on six young talented Cuban composers to each write an original dance for solo horn, strings, and percussion inspired by the most famous dance rhythms from across different regions of Cuba. Together with her beloved Havana Lyceum Orchestra conducted by José Antonio Méndez Padrón, Sarah takes us on a cross country musical road trip in this spectacular showcase of the roots and traditions of Cuba’s music and dance. Cuban Dances is Cuban music as it has never been heard before and a huge challenge for the horn player, not only technically but physically – “if you can’t dance it you can’t play it” she was told. So dance it she did! Mozart y Mambo – Cuban Dances is full of magic, energy, and passion, and Sarah’s love for Cuban music is evident in every track.

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