Carlos Chávez
Mexican composer
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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Works
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- Symphony no. 2, "Sinfonía india" 1936 Orchestral
- Piano Concerto 1940 Orchestral
- Antígona, apuntes para la sinfonía
- Chapultepec
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
- Concierto para piano
- Concierto para violonchelo y orquesta
- Concierto para violín
- Cuarteto de cuerdas n.º 3
- Cuatro Melodías Tradicionales Indias del Ecuador
- Energía for Nine Instruments
- Espirales
- Invention I for Piano
- Invention II for String Trio
- Invention III for Harp
- Los cuatro soles
- Otros Tres Exágonos
- Paisajes mexicanos (variaciones sinfónicas)
- Partita for Solo Timpani
- Pirámide
- Sextet for Piano and Strings
- Soli I for Winds
- Soli II for Winds Quintet
- Soli IV for Brass Trio
- Sonata for Four Horns
- Sonatina for Piano
- Sonatina for Violin and Piano
- Sonatina for Violincello and Piano
- String Quartet No. 1
- String Quartet No. 2
- Suite de caballos de vapor Orchestral
- Suite for Double Quartet
- Symphony no. 1, "Sinfonía de Antígona" Orchestral
- Symphony no. 3
- Symphony no. 4 "Sinfonía romántica"
- Symphony no. 5
- Symphony no. 6
- Three Pieces for Guitar
- Toccata for Percussion Instruments
- Tres Exágonos
- Trio for Flute, Viola, and Harp
- Variations for Violin with Piano
- Xochipilli, An Imaginary Aztec Music
Box sets & recent recordings
- Sonorous Mexico — Manuel Ponce, Aaron Copland, Agustín Lara, Alberto Domínguez, Alvaro Carrillo, Antonio Vivaldi, Antonio de Salazar, Armando Manzanero, Blas Galindo, Carlos Chávez (2025) box set · 82 tracks Spotify
- Carlos Chávez - The Complete Columbia Album Collection — Carlos Chávez, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México, London Symphony Orchestra (2023) box set · 59 tracks Spotify
- Complete Chamber Works of Carlos Chavez, Vol. 4 — Carlos Chávez, Southwest Chamber Music (2006) box set · 51 tracks Spotify
- Oscar Chávez / La Más Completa Colección — Óscar Chávez (2004) box set · 44 tracks Spotify
- The 6 Symphonies of Carlos Chávez (2023 Remastered Version) — Carlos Chávez, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México (2023) Spotify
Box sets & recent releases via Spotify — surfaced automatically, not editorial picks.