Pianist: Andrew L. Simpson

Danza de la Moza Donosa (Dance of the Beautiful Maiden) is the second movement of Ginastera's Opus 2, Danzas Argentinas (Argentine Dances). It comes from Ginastera's early period of composition that he called 'Objective Nationalism', in which he often used folk themes. The outer movements in particular show Ginastera's uniquely developing style in their exciting use of dissonance that is transformed into piquant melodic lines and developing musical patterns.