Artist: Louise Bessette
Album: Wim Statius Muller: Antillean Dances – Port-of-call: Curaçao
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2021
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:03:19
Total Tracks: 22
Total Size: 1,07 GB

Tracklist:

1-01. Louise Bessette – Antillean Dances, Op. 2: No. 1. Tumba di Johan (02:27)
1-02. Louise Bessette – Antillean Dances, Op. 2: No. 2. Shon Coco, Waltz (03:09)
1-03. Louise Bessette – Antillean Dances, Op. 2: No. 3. Tristeza, Waltz (03:09)
1-04. Louise Bessette – Antillean Dances, Op. 2: No. 4. El Curaçao, Calypso (02:34)
1-05. Louise Bessette – Antillean Dances, Op. 2: No. 9. Tumba ostinato (01:12)
1-06. Louise Bessette – Antillean Dances, Op. 2: No. 11. Na kaya, Calypso (01:44)
1-07. Louise Bessette – Antillean Dances, Op. 2: No. 13. Piet Maal, Waltz (03:12)
1-08. Louise Bessette – Antillean Dances, Op. 2: No. 17. Tumba calypso (01:31)
1-09. Louise Bessette – Antillean Dances, Op. 2: No. 19. Kalin, Tumba (02:55)
1-10. Louise Bessette – Antillean Dances, Op. 2: No. 22. Nostalgia, Waltz (03:00)
1-11. Louise Bessette – Antillean Dances, Op. 4: No. 1. Bo tei?, Tumba (01:36)
1-12. Louise Bessette – Antillean Dances, Op. 4: No. 2. Avila Beach, Waltz (03:32)
1-13. Louise Bessette – Antillean Dances, Op. 4: No. 3. Elegancia, Mazurka (02:46)
1-14. Louise Bessette – Antillean Dances, Op. 4: No. 5. Chuchubi, A la rumba (01:57)
1-15. Louise Bessette – Antillean Dances, Op. 4: No. 6. Montmartre, Waltz (03:50)
1-16. Louise Bessette – Antillean Dances, Op. 4: No. 8. Un anochi na Scharloo, Dance (03:31)
1-17. Louise Bessette – Antillean Dances, Op. 4: No. 9. Toteki, Waltz (02:36)
1-18. Louise Bessette – Antillean Dances, Op. 4: No. 12. Escondida, Waltz (03:40)
1-19. Louise Bessette – Antillean Dances, Op. 4: No. 14. Kwalke dia, Waltz (03:38)
1-20. Louise Bessette – Antillean Dances, Op. 4: No. 22. Zazinka, Tumba (02:38)
1-21. Louise Bessette – Antillean Dances, Op. 4: No. 25. Despedida, Waltz (04:51)
1-22. Louise Bessette – Antillean Dances, Op. 5: No. 3. E yobida di ayera, Waltz (03:41)

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Wim Statius Muller, who came to be known as “the Chopin of Curaçao,” spent just over thirty years in various security and counter-espionage organizations! Although for the most part Wim Statius Muller’s music is based on folk dance rhythms, it is nevertheless garbed in the fine attire of concert music, with the waltzes and other dance tunes. The extraordinary musician Louise Bessette offers on this new album all 22 pieces from the Antillean Dances collection and gives these dances the “royal treatment”, offering precise and exceptionally clear performances.