Dinner in Caracas
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| Album by Aldemaro Romero | ||
| Released | 1955 | |
| Recorded | 1955 | |
| Genre | Folk-Classical | |
| Length | 36:52 min | |
| Label | RCA | |
| Producer | Aldemaro Romero | |
Name of a 33-RPM LP album by Venezuelan composer/arranger/conductor Aldemaro Romero, released in 1955, under contract with RCA Victor.
This album was to be the first of a very successful series of records, whose names began with "Dinner in ..." featuring popular Latin American pieces. The Dinner in Caracas album was a brilliant and innovative work, which met with an astounding creativity and style the challenge to modernize Venezuelan folk music, upgrading it from folk instrumentations to full modern orchestral versions, and making it palatable to international audiences in the process.
The album Dinner in Caracas included Venezuelan-only pieces such as: Alma Llanera, Dama Antañona”, “La Reina”, “Adiós a Ocumare”, “Conticinio”, “Endrina”, “Fúlgida Luna”, “Besos en mis sueños”, “Serenata”, “Luna de Maracaibo”, and “Sombra en los Médanos”'.
[edit] Track listing
| Track | Song Title | Time |
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| 1. | "Alma Llanera" | 2:31 |
| 2. | "La Reyna" | 3:39 |
| 3. | "Dama Antañona" | 3:41 |
| 4. | "Fúlgida Luna" | 2:45 |
| 5. | "Besos En Mis Sueños" | 3:08 |
| 6. | "Serenata" | 2:54 |
| 7. | "Luna de Maracaibo" | 3:53 |
| 8. | "Sombra En Los Medanos" | 2:37 |
| 9. | "Barlovento" | 2:31 |
| 10. | "Conticinio" | 3:11 |
| 11. | "Adios A Ocumare" | 3:46 |
| 12. | "Endrina" | 4:56 |
