El Garrasí

Infobox Album
Name = El Garrasí
Type = studio
Artist = Aldemaro Romero and his Salon Orchestra


Released = 1959
Recorded = 1958
Genre = Folk-Classical
Length =
Label = Cymbal
Producer = Aldemaro Romero
Reviews =
Last album = Sketches in Rhythm
This album = El Garrasí
Next album = "unknown"

"El Garrasí" is the name of a 33-RPM LP album by Venezuelan composer/arranger/conductor Aldemaro Romero, released in 1959 (see 1959 in music), with the record label "Cymbal".

This album features popular Venezuelan pieces, continuing with the modernization of Venezuelan folk music, upgrading it from folk instrumentations to full modern orchestral versions, and making it palatable to international audiences, and the presentation of two compositions by Aldemaro Romero, "El Garrasí" and "Dos Golondrinas".

Aldemaro Romero explains at the back cover of the album, the process of recording, the origin of his new compositions and his travel to New York City.

Track listing

Miscellanea

*The album was recorded on October, 1958, at the Columbia Recording Company studios in New York City.
*The "Garrasí" is part of the Venezuelan plains popular clothing.
*Some of the musicians at the recording, were part of the NBC Symphony Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera House, and the New York Philharmonic.

See also

*Venezuela
*Aldemaro Romero
*Venezuelan music