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Revueltas: Sensemayá (London Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Argeo Quadri; Westminster). Composer Revueltas was a tragically short-lived Mexican (1899-1940) who wrote a few large and richly tinted works. This one is a fascinating, grunting, growling number that sounds like a bolero by Tarzan in bobbing ⅞ time. It is presented in Westminster's hi-fi "Laboratory Series," wrapped in a fancy plastic zipper bag, and accompanied by a second-by-second description that is good for testing ears and playback equipment. The disk includes Soviet Modernist Mossolov's once notorious Iron Foundry...
Philadelphia Orchestra (Sat. 5 p.m., CBS). Silvestre Revueltas' Sensemayá, Dvorak's "New World" Symphony. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy...
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