Waldo de los Ríos

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Waldo de los Ríos
Background information
Birth nameOsvaldo Nicolás Ferraro Gutiérrez
Born7 September 1934
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died28 March 1977(1977-03-28) (aged 42)
Madrid, Spain
GenresFilm score
Occupation(s)Composer

Osvaldo Nicolás Ferraro Gutiérrez (7 September 1934 – 28 March 1977) better known as Waldo de los Ríos was an Argentine composer,[1] conductor and arranger.

De los Ríos was born in

Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences
. He relocated to the US in 1958 and then to Spain in 1962.

He is best remembered for his ability to transform

Mozart's Symphony No. 40, recorded with the Manuel de Falla orchestra, reached the top spot in the Dutch charts and scored a top 10 hit in several other European countries. (In the U.S. it peaked at #67 on the Billboard charts, released through United Artists Records.) In 1970, prior to this success, Waldo de los Ríos had already climbed the charts around Europe and America with Ludwig van Beethoven's Ode To Joy, which he arranged and conducted for Miguel Ríos
"Song of Joy".

His record Mozart in the Seventies rearranged famous Mozart pieces in a contemporary style, with a large percussion section. Several tracks from it were used as theme tunes to BBC programmes of that era, including the theme to the BBC's coverage of the Horse of the Year Show (his reworking of Mozart's A Musical Joke). His re-working of Eine kleine Nachtmusik, used for many years as the theme to the Radio 4 quiz show Brain of Britain, was the subject of frequent complaints from classical music fans (with whom the show was popular) and presenter Robert Robinson described it on air as "Mozart plus sacrilege".

He also issued an album Symphonies for the Seventies which included Mozart's Symphony no. 40 and other major composers including

En un mundo nuevo" for Karina
. The song landed a respectable second position and hit the charts in several European countries.

He was married to actress turned journalist/author Isabel Pisano (born in Montevideo, Uruguay, 1944). Pisano later documented part of his life in her autobiography El amado fantasma (Plaza y Janés, 2002).

A victim of an acute depression while working on "Don Juan Tenorio", De los Ríos committed suicide in Madrid in 1977.

Los Waldos

Los Waldos were a folk group from Argentina based in Spain, formed by Waldo de los Rios. They played folk songs from Argentina with modern instruments, such as

electric guitars, electric bass, drums, piano and synthesizers
, sometimes accompanied by an orchestra. They started in the mid sixties and released various albums in Spain. The band was made up of five members:

They disbanded in the late sixties when Waldo started his solo career.

Discography

All his records were released under the Hispa-Vox Label. His first recordings were made with his folk group "Los Waldos". During late 60s and mid 70s he made several arrangements for many Spanish and international famous artists such as:

Jeanette Dimech, Miguel Ríos, Los Pekenikes, Maria Ostiz, Karina, Paloma San Basilio, Los Payos
, etc.

On his discography as soloist:

Film work

In popular culture

De Los Ríos's version of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony No. 8 was used extensively in the series The Smurfs as the background music for Gargamel, the series' lead villain.

On 10 March 2010

Amazon.com's rankings.[2]

References

  1. New York Times
    . Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  2. ^ Limbaugh, Rush (2010-03-11). El Rushbo: A One-Man Stimulus Package Archived 2011-06-12 at the Wayback Machine. The Rush Limbaugh Show. Retrieved 2010-03-11.

External links

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