EDUARDO MATA (5/IX/1942 † 4/I/1995)
On January 4, 1995, 52-year old mexican conductor Eduardo Mata was killed when the plane he was flying went down near Cuernavaca Airport, outside his home of Xochitepec, México. He was accompanied by dear friend and companion Marina Anaya who was also killed in the crash. Maestro Mata was a consummate musician, hailed internationally as a conductor of the first rank, and was deeply respected by colleagues, contemporaries and friends as a man of great elegance, warmth and generosity.
As a music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra from 1977 to 1993, Eduardo Mata is credited as the driving force which led the orchestra to new standards of excellence, and world recognition. He was actively involved in the acoustic development of the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, which opened in 1989 and is regarded as one of the finest concert venues in North America. At the time of his death, Eduardo Mata held the title of Conductor Emeritus for Life of the Dallas Symphony, principal Guest Conductor of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, principal Guest Conductor and artistic advisor of the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar of Venezuela (Caracas), and the Artistic Director of Solistas de México.
He also maintained close and actived artistic relationships with the Pittsburgh Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Rome Radio Orchestra, Canada's National Arts Center Orchestra and the Rotterdam Philharmonic. An equally important and increasingly recognized aspect of Eduardo Mata's artistic life was his work as a tireless champion of Latin American Concert Music. Mtro. Mata leaves behind him a distinguished discography for such labels as BMG/RCA, Angel/EMI, ProArte, Telarc and Vox Cum Laude.
Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
"Scythian" Suite Op. 20 (1915)
Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
"Le Sacre du Printemps" ballet (1913; 1947 rev.)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: Dorian Recordings DOR-90156
Recorded in February 1991
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Symphony No. 7 in C major "Leningrad" Op. 60 (1941)
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: Dorian Recordings DOR-90161
Recorded in May 1991
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: Dorian Recordings DOR-90161
Recorded in May 1991
Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
Cantata "Alexander Nevsky" Op. 78 (1939)
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major Op. 70 (1945)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: Dorian Recordings DOR-90169
Recorded in January and April 1992
Leonard BERNSTEIN (1918-1990)
Symphonic Suite from "On the Waterfront" (1954)
Roy HARRIS (1898-1979)
Symphony No. 3 (1939)
Aaron COPLAND (1900-1990)
"Billy the Kid" ballet (1938)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: Dorian Recordings DOR-90170
Recorded in January and April 1992
Ernest CHAUSSON (1855-1899)
Symphony in B-flat major Op. 20 (1890)
Jacques IBERT (1890-1962)
Escales (1920/22)
Divertissement (1930)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: Dorian Recordings DOR-90181
Recorded in January 1993
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Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor Op. 54 (1841/45)
Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in D minor Op. 15 (1858)
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Ivan Moravec, Piano
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: Dorian Recordings DOR-90172
Recorded in April 1992 & January 1993
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Ottorino RESPIGHI (1879-1936)
Symphonic Poem "Roman Festivals" P. 157 (1926)
"Brazilian Impressions" P. 153 (1928)
Symphonic Poem "The Pines of Rome" P. 141 (1924)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: Dorian Recordings DOR-90182
Recorded in May 1993
Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor Op. 54 (1841/45)
Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in D minor Op. 15 (1858)
Ivan Moravec, Piano
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: Dorian Recordings DOR-90172
Recorded in April 1992 & January 1993
Joseph JONGEN (1873-1953)
Symphonie Concertante for Organ and Orchestra Op. 81 (1926)
Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
Symphony No. 3 in C minor "Organ"Op. 78
Jean Guillou, Organ
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: Dorian Recordings DOR-90200
Recorded in January 1994
Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)
Bolero (1928)
"La Valse" Poème chorégraphique (1919/20)
Rapsodie espagnole (1907/08)
"Le tombeau de Couperin" suite (1914/17; 1919 orchestration)
Miroirs No. 4: Alborada del Gracioso (1905; 1918 orchestration)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: BMG/RCA 74321 68015 2
Recorded in 1980, 1982, 1983
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Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Cossack Dance from opera "Mazeppa" (1883)
Festival Coronation March for Tsar Alexander III (1883)
"Romeo & Juliet" Fantasy-Overture (1869; 1880 rev.)
Marche Slave Op. 31 (1876)
Overture Solemn "1812" Op. 49 (1880)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: ProArte CDD 409
Recorded in May 1988
Gustav HOLST (1874-1934)
"The Planets" Orchestral Suite Op. 32 (1914/16)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: SION 18190
Recorded in 1991
Ludwig van
BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
"The Consecration of the House" Op. 124 (1822)
Gustav
MAHLER (1860-1911)
Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
(1888/94; 1903 rev.)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Sylvia McNair, Soprano
Jard van Nes, Alto
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: ProArte CDD 479
Recorded in September 14-16 & 26, 1989
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Aaron COPLAND (1900-1990)
Symphony No. 3 (1944/46)
Danzón Cubano (1942; 1946 orchestration)
El Salón México (1932/36)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: Angel/EMI CDC-547606
Recorded in May 1986
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Antonio ESTÉVEZ (1916-1988)
La Cantata Criolla: Florentino, el que cantó con el Diablo (1954)
Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)
Chôros No. 10 "Rasga o Coração" (1926)
Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela
Schola Cantorum de Caracas
Orfeón Universitario Simón Bolívar
Idwer Álvarez, Tenor
William Alvarado, Barítono
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: Dorian Recordings DIS-80101
Recorded in February and June 1990
Silvestre REVUELTAS (1899-1940)
"Redes" (1935; Suite by Erich Kleiber 1943)
"Sensemayá" poema sinfónico (1937; 1938 rev.)
Julián ORBÓN (1925-1991)
Concerto Grosso para Cuarteto de Cuerdas y Orquesta (1958)
Alberto GINASTERA (1916-1983)
"Pampeana No. 3" pastoral sinfónica Op. 21 (1954; 1967 rev.)
Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: Dorian Recordings DOR-90178
Recorded in November 1992
Julián ORBÓN (1925-1991)
Tres Versiones Sinfónicas (1953)
Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2 (1930/31)
Antonio ESTÉVEZ (1916-1988)
"Mediodía en el Llano" poema sinfónico (1942)
Carlos CHÁVEZ (1899-1978)
Sinfonía No. 2 "India" (1935)
Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: Dorian Recordings DOR-90179
Recorded in November 1992 and July 1993
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Manuel de FALLA (1876-1946)
"La Vida Breve"ópera en dos actos (1904/05; 1909/12 rev.)
Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela, Schola Cantorum de Caracas, Coro Alberto Grau, Coro Polifónico R. Suárez; Martha, Senn & Cecilia Angell, Mezzo-Sopranos; Fernando de la Mora, Tenor
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: Dorian Recordings DOR-90192
Recorded in July 1993
Manuel de FALLA (1876-1946)
"El Amor Brujo" ballet (1914/15; 1916/20 rev.)
Siete Canciones Populares Españolas (1914; -
-orquestación de L. Berio 1978)
"Homenajes" suite orquestal (1939/41)
"El Sombrero de Tres Picos" ballet suite No. 2 (1917/19; 1921)
Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela
Marta Senn, Mezzo-Soprano
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: Dorian Recordings DOR-90210
Recorded in July 1994
Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)
"Uirapurú" ballet (1917; 1934 rev.)
Carlos CHÁVEZ (1899-1978)
"HP: Caballos de Vapor" ballet suite (1926/32; 1954 rev.)
Alberto GINASTERA (1918-1983)
"Estancia" ballet suite Op. 8a (1941)
Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: Dorian Recordings DOR-90211
Recorded in July 1994
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Manuel de FALLA (1876-1946)
"El Retablo de Maese Pedro"ópera para títeres (1919/22)
"Psyché" para Soprano, Flauta, Trío de cuerdas y Arpa (1924)
Concerto para Clavecín y cinco instrumentos (1923/26)
Julián ORBÓN (1925-1991)
"Himnus ad Galli Cantum" para Soprano y Ensamble (1955)
Tres Cantigas del Rey para Soprano, Clavecín y cuerdas (1960)
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Solistas de México
Julianne Baird, Soprano
Rafael Puyana, Harpsichord
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: Dorian Recordings DOR-90214
Recorded in October 1994
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Carlos CHÁVEZ (1899-1978)
"HP: Caballos de Vapor" ballet suite (1926/32; 1954 rev.)*
Concierto para Piano y Orquesta (1938/40; 1969 rev.)**
London Symphony Orchestra
New Philharmonia Orchestra of London
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: BMG/RCA[MX] 1991, re-edition
Recorded in 1976 (**) and 1980 (*)
Carlos CHÁVEZ (1899-1978)
Sinfonía No. 1 "Antígona" (1932/33)
Sinfonía No. 2 "India" (1935)
Sinfonía No. 3 (1951/54)
Sinfonía No. 4 "Romántica" (1953)
Sinfonía No. 5 para orquesta de cuerdas (1953)
Sinfonía No. 6 (1961/62)
London Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: Vox Cum Laude CDX 5061
Recorded in 1981
Carlos CHÁVEZ (1899-1978)
"Xochipilli" una música azteca imaginaria (1940)
Suite de "La Hija de Cólquide" para Doble-Cuarteto (1943/46)
"Tambuco" para seis percusionistas (1964)
"Energía" para nueve instrumentos (1925)
Toccata para instrumentos de percusión (1942)
Pan American Chamber Players (Camerata de las Américas)
Tambuco, cuarteto de percusiones de México
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: Dorian Recordings DOR-90215
Recorded in October 1994
Manuel de FALLA (1876-1946)
"El Retablo de Maese Pedro"ópera para títeres (1919/22)
"Psyché" para Soprano, Flauta, Trío de cuerdas y Arpa (1924)
Concerto para Clavecín y cinco instrumentos (1923/26)
Julián ORBÓN (1925-1991)
"Himnus ad Galli Cantum" para Soprano y Ensamble (1955)
Tres Cantigas del Rey para Soprano, Clavecín y cuerdas (1960)
Julianne Baird, Soprano
Rafael Puyana, Harpsichord
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: Dorian Recordings DOR-90214
Recorded in October 1994
Rodolfo HALFFTER (1900-1987)
Tres Piezas para orquesta de cuerdas Op. 23 (1954)
Tres Sonatas de Fray Antonio Soler (1951)
"Pregón para una Pascua pobre" para Coro y Metales Op. 32 (1968)
Gerhart MUENCH (1907-1988)
"Asociaciones" para Soprano y Ensamble (1969)
Blas GALINDO (1910-1992)
Sinfonía No. 1 "Breve" para orquesta de cuerdas (1952)
José Pablo MONCAYO (1912-1958)
Sinfonietta (1945)
Eduardo MATA (1942-1995)
Improvisaciones No. 2 (1965)
Sinfonía No. 3 para orquesta de alientos (1966)
Orquesta Sinfónica de la UNAM
Eduardo Mata, Conductor
Label: BMG/RCA 74321 30987-2
Recorded in 1969 and 1970
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Silvestre REVUELTAS (1899-1940)
"Sensemayá" poema sinfónico (1937; 1938 rev.)
"Redes" (1935; Suite by Erich Kleiber 1943)
"Itinerarios" para orquesta (1938/39)
"Caminos" poema sinfónico (1934; 1936 rev.)
Homenaje a F. García Lorca para Ensamble (1936)
Danza Geométrica (1934)
"Cuauhnáhuac" poema sinfónico (1931; 1932 rev.)
"Sensemayá" poema sinfónico (1937; 1938 rev.)
"Janitzio" poema sinfónico (1933; 1936 rev.)
"Alcancías" para orquesta (1932)
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Ocho x Radio para Ensamble (1933)
Toccata sin Fuga para Violín y Ensamble (1933)
Planos (1934)
"La Noche de los Mayas" (1939; Suite by J. Y. Limantour 1960)
Cinco Canciones infantiles y Dos Canciones profanas (1938/39)
Eduardo Mata & New Philharmonia Orchestra of London
David Atherton & London Sinfonietta
Luis Herrera de la Fuente & Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa
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Silvestre REVUELTAS (1899-1940)![]()
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"Sensemayá" poema sinfónico (1937; 1938 rev.)
"Redes" (1935; Suite by Erich Kleiber 1943)
"Itinerarios" para orquesta (1938/39)
"Caminos" poema sinfónico (1934; 1936 rev.)
Homenaje a F. García Lorca para Ensamble (1936)
Danza Geométrica (1934)
"Cuauhnáhuac" poema sinfónico (1931; 1932 rev.)
"Sensemayá" poema sinfónico (1937; 1938 rev.)
"Janitzio" poema sinfónico (1933; 1936 rev.)
"Alcancías" para orquesta (1932)
"El Renacuajo paseador" ballet (1933; 1936 rev.)
Toccata sin Fuga para Violín y Ensamble (1933)
Planos (1934)
"La Noche de los Mayas" (1939; Suite by J. Y. Limantour 1960)
Cinco Canciones infantiles y Dos Canciones profanas (1938/39)
Eduardo Mata & New Philharmonia Orchestra of London
David Atherton & London Sinfonietta
Luis Herrera de la Fuente & Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa
Leopold Stokowski and His Orchestra
Label: BMG/RCA 09026 6354B-2
Recorded in 1947, 1975, 1979 and 1980
Silvestre REVUELTAS (1899-1940)"Troka" Pantomima infantil bailable (1933)
"Cuauhánuac" poema sinfónico (1931)
Cinco Canciones para Solistas y Ensamble (1932/37)
Escenas infantiles para Ensamble (1938)
Cuatro Pequeños Trozos para Trío de cuerdas (1929)
"El Afilador" para Septeto de alientos (1924; 1927)
"Parián" para Coro y Orquesta (1934)
"Sensemayá" poema sinfónico (1937)
Camerata de las Américas
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Octeto Vocal Juan D. Tercero
Lourdez Ambriz, Soprano
Jesús Suaste, Barítono
Enrique Arturo Diemecke, Conductor
Label: Dorian Recordings DOR-90244
Recorded in September 1996
Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)
Sinfonia No. 4 "A Vitória" para orquestra e banda (1919)
Concerto No. 2 para Violoncello e orquestra (1953)
"Amazonas" ballet (1917)
Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela
Andrés Díaz, Violoncello
Enrique Arturo Diemecke, Conductor
Label: Dorian Recordings DOR-90228
Recorded in July and August 1995
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Camargo GUÀRNIERI (1907-1994)
Tres Dansas para orquestra (1928/46)
"Encantamiento" para orquestra (1941)
Alberto GINASTERA (1916-1983)
Obertura para el Fausto Criollo Op. 9 (1943)
Silvestre REVUELTAS (1899-1940)
"El Renacuajo paseador" ballet (1933; 1936 rev.)
Inocente CARREÑO (1919-2016)
"Margariteña" glosa sinfónica (1954)
Juan BAUTISTA PLAZA (1898-1965)
Fuga romántica venezolana para orquesta de cuerdas (1950)
José Pablo MONCAYO (1912-1958)
Huapango para orquesta (1941)
Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela
Maximiano Valdés, Conductor
Label: Dorian Recordings DOR-90227
Recorded in July 1995
Arturo MÁRQUEZ (n.1950)
Danzón No. 2 para orquesta (1994)
Javier ÁLVAREZ (n.1956)
Metro chabacano para orquesta de cuerdas (1987/91)
Marlos NOBRE (n.1939)
Convergências para orquestra Op. 28 (1968)
Dietrich BUXTEHUDE (1637-1707)
Chacona en Mi menor (orquestación de C. Chávez 1937)
Silvestre REVUELTAS (1899-1940)
"Janitzio" poema sinfónico (1933; 1936 rev.)
Alejandro GARCÍA CATURLA (1906-1940)
Tres Danzas para orquesta (1925/27)
Carlos CHÁVEZ (1899-1978)
"Chapultepec" Obertura republicana (1935)
Oscar Lorenzo FERNÁNDEZ (1897-1948)
"Reisado do Pastoreio" Op. 65 No. 3: Batuque" (1930)
Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela
Kery-Lynn Wilson, Conductor
Label: Dorian Recordings xCD-90254
Recorded in August 1997
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Charles Tomlinson GRIFFES (1884-1920)
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Charles IVES (1874-1954)
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Alan HOVHANESS (1911-2000)
Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" Op. 132 (1955)
Walter PISTON (1894-1976)
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