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Jorge Mester

*1935 MX
Conductor of Classical

Mexican conductor, born 10 April 1935 in Mexico City, Mexico.

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Jazz
  • Brass
Popular Tracks   
Pines of Rome, P. 141: 3. The Pines of the Janiculum on Cancer: Music by the Great Cancerians by Various Artists
Prélude à ‘L’Après-midi d’un Faune’, L. 86 on Leo - Music by the Great Leos by Various Artists
Adagio for Strings on A Night at the Movies by Various Artists
Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 on Classic Choice by Jorge Mester & Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Suite from Hamlet, Op. 32: III. Tournament on Leon Kirchner: Toccata for Strings, Solo Winds, & Percussion - Dmitri Shostakovich: Suite from "Hamlet," Op. 32 by Dmitri Shostakovich, The Louisville Orchestra & Jorge Mester
Adagio for Strings Op. 11 - Excerpt on 101 Classical: The Best Classical Music Ever! by Various Artists
La Damnation de Faust, Op.24, Pt. 1: Marche Hongroise on Classic Choice by Jorge Mester & Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Concerto for Two Pianos vs. Orchestra, S. 2 Are Better Than One: I. Shake allegro on P.D.Q. Bach: Two Pianos Are Better Than One by Peter Schickele, Jon Kimura Parker, Jorge Mester & The New York Pick-Up Ensemble
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F Major on Schubert: Impromptus, D 889 & D 935 by Lili Kraus
Concerto for Two Pianos vs. Orchestra, S. 2 Are Better Than One: III. Presto changio on P.D.Q. Bach: Two Pianos Are Better Than One by Peter Schickele, Jon Kimura Parker, Jorge Mester & The New York Pick-Up Ensemble

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Avak The Healer, Op. 65Alan Hovhaness, Jorge Mester Conducting The Louisville Orchestra2016Album
Concerto No. 2, Op. 89AAlan Hovhaness, Jorge Mester Conducting The Louisville Orchestra2016Album
British Modern Vol. 1Arthur Bliss • Edmund Rubbra • Malcolm Arnold • John Addison – Sidney Harth, Paul Kling, Peter McHugh, Leon Rapier – The Louisville Orchestra / Jorge Mester & Robert Whitney2005Compil.
Orchestral Works (American Archives Series)Robert Kurka, Peter Mennin, Walter Piston, The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester, Robert Whitney, Janos Starker1998Album
Le Sacre Du Printemps / Symphonic DancesIgor Stravinsky, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Jorge Mester, Pasadena Symphony1997Album
Also Sprach Zarathustra / Symphony No. 3 ("Organ")Richard Strauss, Camille Saint-Saëns, Jorge Mester, Hector Olivera1994Album
When Johnny Comes Marching Home • Epilogue To Profiles In Courage: JFK • Prayer In The Time Of War • Symphony No. 4 • Symphonia BrevisThe Louisville Orchestra, Roy Harris, William Schuman, John J. Becker, Jorge Mester, Robert Whitney1990Album
Twenty Fanfares For The Common ManThe London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jorge Mester1990Album
Symphony 1933 (Symphony No. 1) , Concerto For Violin And OrchestraRoy Harris / The Louisville Orchestra, Lawrence Leighton-Smith, Jorge Mester, Gregory Fulkerson1987Album
Chansons De Ronsard / Symphony No. 6Darius Milhaud - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester, Robert Whitney1980Album
The Louisville OrchestraRobert Whitney, The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1980Album
Pentangle For Horn / Elegy / VigilPeter Schickele / Kenneth Albrecht / Francis Thorne / Joyce Mekeel / The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1980Album
Symphony No. 2 / Hommage A Sarasate / On The Nature Of ThingsRoque Cordero / Leonardo Balada / Henry Brant - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1979Album
When Johnny Comes Marching Home Overture / Symphonic Ode / Symphony No. 1Roy Harris / John Weinzweig / Walter Piston - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1979Album
Bachianas Brasileieas No. 4 / Variations And Mosaics On A Theme Of StravinskyHeitor Villa-Lobos, Priscilla McLean, The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1977Album
Concerto For Two Violins And Strings,Opus 77 / Concertino For Clarinet And Strings / Concerto For Trumpet, Strings And Percussion / Some Marches On A GroundMalcolm Arnold, Mátyás Seiber, John Addison, Gordon Crosse, The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1976Album
The Telephone; Shelter This Candle From The WindPaula Seibel, Robert Orth, The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1976Album
Concerto For Two Violins And Strings,Opus 77 / Concertino For Clarinet And Strings / Concerto For Trumpet, Strings And Percussion / Some Marches On A GroundMalcolm Arnold, Mátyás Seiber, John Addison, Gordon Crosse, The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1976Album
Symphony No. 7 / Symphony No. 8Walter Piston / The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1975Album
Chansons De Ronsard / Symphony No. 6Darius Milhaud - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1975Album
"Le Chat Qui Peche," For Soprano, Jazz Quartet, And Orchestra / Symphonette No. 2David Baker / Morton Gould - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1975Album
Music For Winds, Brass And PercussionThe Louisville Orchestra, Ernst Krenek, Peter Maxwell Davies1975Album
Chansons De Ronsard / Symphony No. 6Darius Milhaud - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1974Album
Concert for the treesLee Luvisi, The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1974Album
Guiraud "The Fantastic Hunt" / Moszkowski Violin Concerto In C Major Op. 30The Louisville Orchestra, Charles Treger, Jorge Mester, Ernest Guiraud, Moritz Moszkowski1974Album
María Sabina (Tragifonía / A Symphonic Tragedy For Narrators, Chorus And Orchestra)Leonardo Balada - América Dunham, University Of Louisville Choir, Richard Spalding, Jorge Mester, The Louisville Orchestra1973Album
The MediumGian Carlo Menotti, Regina Resnik, Judith Blegen, Opera Society Of Washington, Jorge Mester1973Album
María Sabina (Tragifonía / A Symphonic Tragedy For Narrators, Chorus And Orchestra)Leonardo Balada - América Dunham, University Of Louisville Choir, Richard Spalding, Jorge Mester, The Louisville Orchestra1973Album
A Comedy Overture, Op. 120 / Chromatic Variations / Suite No. 3 For Orchestra, Op. 79 / Festive MarchMax Reger / Georges Bizet / Moritz Moszkowski / Eduard Nápravník - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1973Album
Morning Music / Sun Music III / Avak, The HealerLawrence Widdoes / Peter Sculthorpe / Alan Hovhaness - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1973Album
Concerto For Cello And Orchestra / Concerto For Two Violins And String Orchestra, Op. 77Frank Martin / Malcolm Arnold - Stephen Kates, Paul Kling And Peter McHugh, The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1973Album
The City / I Hear America SingingRod McKuen, The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1973Album
Menotti's The MediumOpera Society of Washington1973Album
From "Paradise Lost" An Opera-Oratorio In Three ActsPhillip Rhodes - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1972Album
Symphonia Brevis (Symphony No. 3) / Prayer In Time Of War / Canto Di AspirazioneJohn J. Becker / William Schuman / Felix Labunski - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1972Album
De Natura Sonoris No. 2 / Genghis Khan, Op. 37 / Music For Prague 1968Krzysztof Penderecki / Gene Gutchë / Karel Husa - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1972Album
Elegaic Variations / Lamentation For Orchestra / DichotomyRánki György / Wallingford Riegger - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1971Album
Magic Prison / Abysses, Bridges, Chasms For Ten Rock-Jazz Soloists And OrchestraEzra Laderman - Archibald MacLeish / Nelson Keyes - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1971Album
Soundings / Columbia / In Celebration: An Overture For OrchestraMorton Gould / Carlisle Floyd - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1971Album
Toccata / Miniature Overture / Bacchanale / Overture On Mexican Themes / Three Dances For OrchestraHéctor Tosar / Ernst Toch / Jacques Ibert / Yoav Talmi / Mozart Camargo Guarnieri - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1970Album
Symphony No. 8 / Study In Sonority, Op. 7The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester, Vincent Persichetti, Wallingford Riegger1970Album
100th Golden EditionThe Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1970Album
Hamlet, Op. 32 / ToccataThe Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester – Dmitri Shostakovich / Leon Kirchner1968Album
Three Views From "The Open Window"Peter Schickele / Stanley Walden / Robert Dennis / The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1968Album
Jephta. Rhapsodic Poem (Symphony No. 5) / Passacaglia And Fugue For Orchestra / AntiphonieErnst Toch / Harry Somers / François Morel - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1966Album
The Pot Of Fat (An Opera In Six Scenes)Theodore Chanler - Jorge Mester1963Album
Symphony No. 2 / Scottish Dances, Op. 32Ross Lee Finney / Iain Hamilton - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1962Album
Meditations / Prelude For Orchestra / Rhapsody For OrchestraThe Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1955Album
Concert Ouverture Op.7 / Symphony No.2 In F Minor, Op.36The Louisville Orchestra - Jorge Mester Conducts Julius Rietz / Max BruchAlbum
After Eden / CapersLee Hoiby, The London Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster, Vittorio Rieti, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jorge MesterAlbum
Sincronie / StanzasLuciano Berio, Lenox String Quartet / Ezra Laderman, Jorge MesterAlbum
Concert Ouverture Op.7 / Symphony No.2 In F Minor, Op.36The Louisville Orchestra - Julius Rietz / Max Bruch - Jorge MesterAlbum
Concerto For Cello And OrchestraThe Louisville Orchestra, Janos Starker, Jorge MesterAlbum
Prayers Of Kierkegaard, Op. 30 / Dervishes: Ritual Dance-Scene For Full Orchestra / Past The Evening SunSamuel Barber, Dan Welcher, Hunter Johnson, The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge MesterAlbum
Danses Africaines / Concerto For Trumpet And StringsHeitor Villa-Lobos / John Addison - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge MesterAlbum
Two Sonnets From Michelangelo / "Septuria Lunaris"Karel Husa / Matthias Bamert - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge MesterAlbum
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