For more than 150 years, the music of Mexico and Cuba has inspired composers in the U.S. to explore Latin rhythms in a variety of ways.
In this hour, some cases in point by Gottschalk, Joplin, Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein, and more.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title | Group/Artist | Catalog # | UPC |
| Copland: Symphony No. 3, etc. [for Danzón Cubano] | Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland | EMI Classics 094633156128 | 094633156128 |
| Gottschalk Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 [for Noche En Los Tropicos] | Hot Springs Festival Symphony Orchestra, Richard Rosenberg | Naxos 8.559320 | 636943932025 |
| Scott Joplin: Piano Rags [for Solace: A Mexican Serenade] | Joshua Rifkin | Nonesuch 79159 | 075597915921 |
| Antonio Machin: Echale Salsita | Antonio Machin | Glinka Records, iTunes download | ----- |
| Gershwin: Complete Orchestral Works [for Cuban Overture] | St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin. | Vox CDX 5007 | 04716350072 |
| Spanish, Mexican and Turkish Folk Songs [for “El Palo Verde"] | Cynthia Gooding | Elektra Records, iTunes download | ----- |
| Music in the American Grain [for Bowles' Six Latin American Pieces | Ramon Salvatore | Cedille CDR90000-010 | 735131901024 |
| Copland: Clarinet Concerto, etc. [for “Dance of Jalisco"] | Nashville Chamber Orchestra, Paul Gambill | Naxos 8.559069 | 636943906927 |
| American Journey [for Grusin's Danzon de etiqueta] | Steinhardt, Mayorga, Grusin, Forsyth | Naxos 8.559235 | 636943923528 |
| Fiesta [for Bernstein's Mambo] | Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel | Deutsche Grammophon B0011340-02 | 0028947774570 |
