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Carlos Chávez
perc, 1899-1978 MX, Mexico City
Musician / Composer / Conductor of Classical
A.k.a. Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez
Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez (13 June 1899 – 2 August 1978) was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. He was influenced by native Mexican cultures. Of his six symphonies, the second, or Sinfonía india, which uses native Yaqui percussion instruments, is probably the most popular.
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Popular Tracks 
La Zandunga - Caballos de Vapor on Travieso Carmesí by Alondra de la Parra Sinfonia india, "Symphony No. 2" on Orbon, J.: 3 Versiones Sinfonicas / Villa-Lobos, H.: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2 / Estevez, A.: Mediodia En El Llano by Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela & Eduardo Mata Huapango on Huapango by Carlos Chávez, Rudolfo Halffter, Blas Galindo, Silvestre Revueltas, Pablo Moncayo, Various Artists, Orquestra Sinfonica de Mineria (in Concert), Orquesta Sinfonica de Xalapa & Herrera de la Fuente El trópico (from H.P. Suite) on My Mexican Soul by Alondra de la Parra Chacona on Orquesta Sinfónica Infantil de Méxicio: Márquez, Moncayo, Chávez, Ginastera by Orquesta Sinfónica Infantil de Méxicio & Sergio Ramírez Cárdenas Sones De Mariachi on Huapango by Carlos Chávez, Rudolfo Halffter, Blas Galindo, Silvestre Revueltas, Pablo Moncayo, Various Artists, Orquestra Sinfonica de Mineria (in Concert), Orquesta Sinfonica de Xalapa & Herrera de la Fuente Xochipilli, An Imaginary Aztec Music: I. Allegro Animato on Complete Chamber Works of Carlos Chavez, Vol. 3 by Carlos Chávez & Southwest Chamber Music Sinfonía India on Concierto Mexicano 2013 by Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria Suite de Caballos de Vapor (Horse Power Suite): III. El Tropico (The Tropics) on Latin American Ballets by Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela & Eduardo Mata Xochipili on Chavez, C.: Xochipilli / La Hija De Colquide Suite / Tambuco / Energia / Toccata by Carlos Chávez & Eduardo MataTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano Concerto | Carlos Chávez, Jorge Federico Osorio, José Pablo Moncayo, Samuel Zyman, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional De México, Carlos Miguel Prieto | 2013 | Album |
| Symphony No. 4 In E Minor / Sinfonía India / Symphony No. 4 | Johannes Brahms / Carlos Chávez / David Diamond - The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein | 2010 | Album |
| The View From The Edge | Edgard Varèse / Carlos Chávez / Silvestre Revueltas / Olivier Messiaen / Lou Harrison | 2009 | Compil. |
| Percussion Masterpieces | I Percussionisti Della Scala, Renato Rivolta, Steve Reich, Carlos Chávez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Cage | 2008 | Album |
| Chavez | Carlos Chávez, Cuarteto Latinoamericano | 2006 | Album |
| ! Estatico ! | SchlagEnsemble H/F/M - Akira Nishimura, Carlos Chávez, Yannis Vlachopoulos, Giselher Klebe, Minoru Miki, Erkki-Sven Tüür | 2003 | Album |
| Ballet Mecanique / Toccata For Percussion / October Mountain / Sketch For Percussion | George Antheil / Carlos Chávez / Alan Hovhaness / Ronald LoPresti | 2000 | Album |
| Lo Mejor De Enrique Bátiz 5 | Carlos Chávez, Enrique Batiz, Orquesta Sinfonica Del Estado De Mexico | 2000 | Album |
| Sinfonia Di Antigona - Sinfonia India - Sinfonia Romantica | Carlos Chávez | 1996 | Album |
| Latin American Ballets | Heitor Villa-Lobos / Carlos Chávez / Alberto Ginastera – Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela, Eduardo Mata | 1995 | Album |
| Musica Mexicana, Vol. 5 | Carlos Chávez / Blas Galindo / Rodolfo Halffter / Manuel María Ponce Cuéllar / Silvestre Revueltas / Felipe Villanueva – Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México, Enrique Batiz | 1995 | Compil. |
| Musica Mexicana: Vol. 7 - Chavez | Carlos Chávez, Enrique Batiz | 1995 | Album |
| Orbon, Villa-Lobos, Estevez, Chavez | Julian Orbon, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Antonio Estévez, Carlos Chávez, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela, Eduardo Mata | 1994 | Album |
| Chamber Works | Carlos Chávez - La Camerata and Tambuco Percussion Ensemble / Eduardo Mata | 1994 | Album |
| Musica Mexicana, Vol. 4 | Ricardo Castro Herrera / Carlos Chávez / Blas Galindo / Miguel Bernal Jiménez / Silvestre Revueltas – Enrique Batiz | 1994 | Compil. |
| Musique Mexicaine | Carlos Chávez / Silvestre Revueltas / Heitor Villa-Lobos / Carlos Jiménez Mabarak / Héctor Quintanar / Blas Galindo / Rodolfo Halffter / José Pablo Moncayo – Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, Fernando Lozano | 1993 | Compil. |
| Tangazo (Music Of Latin America) | Aaron Copland / Alberto Ginastera / Astor Piazzolla / Amadeo Roldán / Carlos Chávez - New World Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas | 1993 | Album |
| Bátiz Conducts Music Of His Country | Carlos Chávez / Silvestre Revueltas – Enrique Batiz | 1993 | Album |
| Musica Mexicana, Vol. 2 | Carlos Chávez / Manuel María Ponce Cuéllar / Silvestre Revueltas – Henryk Szeryng, Enrique Batiz | 1993 | Album |
| Latin American Classics | Astor Piazzolla, Aaron Copland, Carlos Chávez, Silvestre Revueltas, Alberto Ginastera, New World Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas | 1992 | Compil. |
| The Complete Symphonies | Carlos Chávez -- The London Symphony Orchestra / Eduardo Mata | 1992 | Album |
| Huapango | José Pablo Moncayo / Silvestre Revueltas / Carlos Chávez / Blas Galindo – Rudolfo Halffter, Orquesta Sinfónica De Jalapa, Orquesta Sinfónica De Minería, Luis Herrera De La Fuente | 1991 | Compil. |
| Huapango | José Pablo Moncayo / Silvestre Revueltas / Carlos Chávez / Blas Galindo – Rudolfo Halffter, Orquesta Sinfónica De Jalapa, Orquesta Sinfónica De Minería, Luis Herrera De La Fuente | 1991 | Compil. |
| Musica Mexicana | Carlos Chávez / Manuel María Ponce Cuéllar / Silvestre Revueltas – The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Enrique Batiz | 1990 | Album |
| Sinfonia de Antigona / Symphony No. 4 / Caminos / Musica Para Charlar / Ventanas | Carlos Chávez / Silvestre Revueltas – The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, Enrique Batiz | 1989 | Album |
| Sinfonía India, Sinfonía De Antígona, Sinfonía Romantica (Symphony No. 4) | Carlos Chávez Conducts The Stadium Symphony Orchestra Of New York | 1989 | Compil. |
| The Six Symphonies Of Carlos Chavez | Carlos Chávez - Eduardo Mata, The London Symphony Orchestra | 1985 | Album |
| Caballos De Vapor / Cuatro Nocturnos / Chacona De Buxtehude | Carlos Chávez | 1982 | Album |
| Classical Music Of Mexico | Carlos Chávez, Carlos Jiménez Mabarak, José Pablo Moncayo, Silvestre Revueltas | 1982 | Album |
| Huapango | José Pablo Moncayo / Silvestre Revueltas / Carlos Chávez / Blas Galindo – Orquesta Sinfónica De Jalapa, Luis Herrera De La Fuente | 1982 | Album |
| Ballets Mexicains | Blas Galindo / Carlos Chávez / José Pablo Moncayo | 1981 | Album |
| Music Of Mexico: Symphony No. 2 / Huapango / Sensemaya / Homage To Garcia Lorca | Carlos Chávez / José Pablo Moncayo / Silvestre Revueltas - Enrique Batiz / Orquesta Sinfonica Del Estado De Mexico | 1981 | Album |
| Music Of Mexico: Symphony No. 2 / Huapango / Sensemaya / Homage To Garcia Lorca | Carlos Chávez / José Pablo Moncayo / Silvestre Revueltas - Enrique Batiz / Orquesta Sinfonica Del Estado De Mexico | 1981 | Album |
| Carlos Chávez Conduct The Stadium Symphony Orchestra Of New York In His Own Works... | Carlos Chávez | 1981 | Album |
| 4 Compositores Mexicanos | Carlos Chávez, Carlos Jiménez Mabarak, José Pablo Moncayo, Silvestre Revueltas | 1980 | Album |
| Music From Mexico | Kenneth Klein, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional De México - Carlos Chávez / Blas Galindo / José Pablo Moncayo / Rodolfo Halffter | 1979 | Album |
| Conciérto Para Piano Y Orquésta / Cinco Preludios Para Piano | Carlos Chávez, María Teresa Rodríguez, Eduardo Mata, New Philharmonia Orchestra | 1978 | Album |
| Alan Marks Plays Modern Classics | Alan Marks, Pierre Boulez, Roger Sessions, Carlos Chávez | 1978 | Album |
| Ionisation / Toccata | Carlos Chávez / Edgard Varèse / Les Percussions De Strasbourg | 1978 | Album |
| Bernstein Conducts Bernstein: Fancy Free and Chavez Conducts Chavez: Daughters Of Colchis | Leonard Bernstein, Ballet Theatre Orchestra, Carlos Chávez, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional De México | 1978 | Compil. |
| Concerto For Piano & Orchestra | Carlos Chávez - Eugene List, Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper | 1976 | Album |
| The Four Suns / Selections From Pirámide | Carlos Chávez, The Ambrosian Singers / The London Symphony Orchestra | 1974 | Album |
| Soli I / Soli II / Soli IV | Carlos Chávez | 1972 | Album |
| Sonata / 12 American Preludes / Sonata No. 6 | Alberto Ginastera / Carlos Chávez - Adrian Ruiz | 1971 | Album |
| First Recording | Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional De México, Carlos Chávez | 1968 | Album |
| Danza Moderna Mexicana | José Pablo Moncayo / Raúl Cosío / Blas Galindo / Carlos Jiménez Mabarak / Miguel Bernal Jiménez / Carlos Chávez | 1968 | Album |
| La Musica Moderna Vol. 28 | Carlos Chávez, Alberto Ginastera | 1967 | Album |
| Six Symphonies Of Carlos Chavez | Carlos Chávez, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional De México | 1967 | Album |
| The Two Piano Concerti | Edward MacDowell - Eugene List, Carlos Chávez | 1962 | Album |
| Sinfonia India, Sinfonia De Antigona, Sinfonia Romatica (Symphony No. 4) | Carlos Chávez Conducting The Stadium Symphony Orchestra Of New York | 1959 | Album |
| Sinfonia No. 5 For String Orchestra / Concerto Grosso For String Orchestra | Carlos Chávez / Paul Ben-Haim - Izler Solomon, MGM Studio Orchestra | 1957 | Album |
| Evolution/Toccata For Percussion | Boston Percussion Group, Harold Farberman, Carlos Chávez | 1957 | Album |
| Doppio Concertino / Sonatina / Three Pieces | Carlos Surinach / Carlos Chávez / Silvestre Revueltas – Maro Ajemian, Anahid Ajemian | 1956 | Album |
| Brazilian Impressions | Ottorino Respighi, Enrique Granados, Carlos Chávez | 1955 | Album |
| Spanish And Latin-American Music For Unusual Instrumental Combinations | Carlos Chávez / Silvestre Revueltas / Carlos Surinach / Heitor Villa-Lobos – Izler Solomon, The M-G-M Chamber Orchestra | 1955 | Album |
| Lamentations Of Jeremiah Op.93 / The Seasons Op. 35 / Tarye No Lenger / Tree Of Sorrow | Ernst Krenek, Russell Harris, Carlos Chávez, Hamline University A Cappella Choir, Robert Holliday | 1952 | Album |
| Music Of Mexico | Carlos Chávez | 1951 | Album |
| A Program Of Mexican Music | Carlos Chávez | 1949 | Album |
| Nacionalismo Musical Mexicano | Silvestre Revueltas / Carlos Chávez / José Pablo Moncayo – Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, Luis Herrera De La Fuente | Album | |
| Percussion! | Darius Milhaud / Carlos Chávez / Béla Bartók | Album | |
| Sinfonia Number 5 For String Orchestra And Toccata For Percussion | Izler Solomon Conducting The M-G-M String Orchestra and The M-G-M Percussion Ensemble Interpreting Carlos Chávez | Album | |
| Voz Viva De México | Carlos Chávez / Rodolfo Halffter / Blas Galindo / María Teresa Rodríguez | Album |
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