The fifty-fourth classical recording: #802 Silvestre Revueltas - Sensemaya
Another shorter piece, and another based on a poem, this time surrounding Afro-Cuban rites, Sensemaya is threatening from the start. There's something frightening in the short sounds of the brass instruments and there's a definite threat in there. Perhaps because of a warrior going out or because of an animal being slaughtered, but the why of it doesn't matter as much. It goes between this and moments of calm, whipping you up every time it builds and everything is set up to support that. While the piece is short, is stays intense throughout, which is what works best here.