Ginastera – Impresiones de la Puna

^{Alberto Ginastera (1916-83)}

^{Impresiones de la Puna, for flute and string quartet (1934)} 

^{Ginastera’s lyrical Impresiones de la Puna dates from the earliest period of his career, and, accordingly, reflects the folk music of his native Argentina fairly explicitly.}

^{Its first movement, “Quena,” alludes to a traditional Andean bamboo flute dance. During the second, “Cancion,” mournful cadences echo between the flute and strings. The final “Danza,” on the other hand, wraps up the score in a blaze of syncopated rhythms and florid melodies.}

^{© Jonathan Blumhofer}

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