Writing for this blog, even the title of which assumes it has something to do with rarities, I simply can not leave aside Macedonio Alcalá who was known to play an instrument so out-of-the-way that even to me its name didn't say anything (and I have always been interested in exotic things like hang drum or didgeridoo!). This instrument is called ophicleide and looks not as unusual albeit still elegant; it belongs to a brass family. In addition to ophicleide Alcalá played violin and viola, piano, flute, and cello. It doesn't appear that he was very prolific, but one of his works deserves a place on pedestal of finest Mexican compositions. Download it here: Dios Nunca Muere.
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