Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Mexico's Cuarteto Latinoamericano is among the most prominent string quartets in the Western Hemisphere and is preeminent among those specializing in contemporary Latin American chamber music. The group also plays mainstream string quartet repertory and has held longstanding ensemble-in-residence posts in Mexico and the U.S.
The Cuarteto Latinoamericano was founded in Mexico City in 1982. The group maintains its original membership of three brothers, Saúl Bitrán (first violin), Arón Bitrán (second violin), and Alvaro Bitrán (cello), plus violist Javier Montiel. The group began its studies with quartets from the usual European repertory but soon discovered quartets from Latin America and began to specialize in that field. A key breakthrough for the ensemble came when it landed the post of quartet-in-residence at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1988. That brought the Cuarteto Latinoamericano numerous touring opportunities in the U.S., Mexico, South America, and beyond, as far afield as New Zealand. The quartet appeared with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Dallas Symphony, among other prominent orchestras, and collaborated with such artists as cellist Janos Starker, guitarists Sharon Isbin and Narciso Yepes, and pianists Cyprien Katsaris and Rudolf Buchbinder. Soon after its arrival in the U.S., the Cuarteto Latinoamericano began its recording career on the Elan label with an album of quartets by Alberto Ginastera, Silvestre Revueltas, and Heitor Villa-Lobos. In the 1990s and 2000s decades, the group recorded mostly for Elan, New Albion, and Dorian. For the latter imprint, the quartet recorded a complete cycle of the quartets of Villa-Lobos; the final volume of that set was nominated for two Grammy awards in 2002.
The Cuarteto Latinoamericano returned to Mexico in 2008 to take up the post of quartet-in-residence at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. It has continued to tour widely, including trips to Israel, China, and Japan. The group's repertory has increasingly come to include new works, of which it has commissioned more than 100. One of these, Inca Dances, by composer Gabriela Lena Frank, won a Latin Grammy Award in 2009 for Best Latin American Composition. The group has also recorded albums of broad popular appeal, such as 2008's Tango Sensations. In the 2000s and 2010s, the quartet continued to record for Dorian and for Sono Luminus after that label purchased Dorian's catalog and renamed its imprint. In 2022, it issued a recording of the String Quartets Nos. 3 and 4 by composer Ruperto Chapí. By that time, its catalog comprised more than 40 items.
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Villa-Lobos, H.: The Complete String Quartets
Chamber Music - Lançado por Sono Luminus em 28 de set. de 2004
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Miguel del Aguila: Piano Quintets
Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Sally Pinkas
Chamber Music - Lançado por Urtext Digital Classics em 7 de jul. de 2023
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Chapí: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 4
Chamber Music - Lançado por Sono Luminus em 28 de jan. de 2022
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PONCE, M.M.: String Quartet / String Trio / Sonata for Violin and Viola / Petite Suite dans le style ancient / Miniatures (Cuarteto Latinoamericano) (Manuel Maria Ponce)
Classical - Lançado por Urtext em 1 de jan. de 2007
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Chapí: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
Chamber Music - Lançado por Sono Luminus em 27 de jan. de 2015
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Clocks - Piano Quintets of the Americas
Chamber Music - Lançado por Hoot - Wisdom Recordings LLC em 14 de nov. de 2007
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Mexican Romantic Quartets (Alfonso de Elias - Gustavo E. Campa - Domingo Lobato)
Classical - Lançado por Dorian Sono Luminus em 1 de mar. de 2011
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Tierras Juntas
Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Entrequatre
Classical - Lançado por ARIA classics em 14 de mai. de 2021
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Five for Tango
Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Cesar Olguin
Classical - Lançado por Quindecim Recordings em 12 de ago. de 2000
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Estaciones
Saul Bitran, Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Unitas Ensemble, Lina González-Granados
Classical - Lançado por Urtext em 4 de mai. de 2018
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Quatuors à cordes, volume 1 (Heitor Villa-Lobos)
Classical - Lançado por Dorian em 1 de set. de 1998
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Encores
Chamber Music - Lançado por Sono Luminus em 27 de abr. de 2010
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New American Chamber Music for Guitar
Hila Plitmann , San Francisco Conservatory Guitar Ensemble, Axel Strauss, Cuarteto Latinoamericano, David Tanenbaum, Aaron Jay Kernis
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por Naxos em 24 de ago. de 2010
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Ginastera: Complete String Quartets
Quartets - Lançado por Brilliant Classics em 1 de mai. de 2009
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Brasileiro: Works of Francisco Mignone
Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Catrina Quartet, La
Chamber Music - Lançado por Sono Luminus em 3 de jan. de 2012
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(Intégrale)
Chamber Music - Lançado por Toccata Classics em 1 de mai. de 2011
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Valses Mexicanos 1900
Quartets - Lançado por Luzam em 7 de set. de 1994
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TURINA, J.: String Quartet No. 1 / DEBUSSY, C.: String Quartet, Op. 10 (Cuarteto Latinoamericano) (Joaquin Turina - Claude Debussy)
Classical - Lançado por Urtext em 1 de jan. de 2003
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STOCK, D.: String Quartets - Nos. 2, 3, 4 (Speaking Extravagantly) (Cuarteto Latinoamericano) (David Stock)
Classical - Lançado por Innova em 5 de mar. de 2002
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Quatuors à cordes
Classical - Lançado por Ensayo em 1 de jan. de 1998
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