RAMIREZ; ARIEL

Ramirez: Misa Criolla

ClassicsToday

This splendidly-performed and -recorded disc offers substantial entertainment and uplift. Ariel Ramirez (b. 1921) spent his 20s traveling widely in his native Argentina, absorbing various

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MÚSICA CRIOLLA–Choral Gems from Argentina

David Vernier

Argentinian composer Ariel Ramírez’s Misa Criolla claims to be the “first setting of the Roman/Latin-rite Mass in a vernacular tongue”, emerging almost simultaneously with the

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Ramirez Piano Muzak/Polly Ferman C

Jed Distler

Ariel Ramirez is a popular music composer from Argentina who first made his mark in the 1940s. Ramirez arranged the 21 selections on this CD

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