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These Three Argentine Dances convey a brisk, sharply contrasted character where folk-like accents alternate with more spacious episodes, often colored in a pianistic, almost orchestral way rather than as simple salon tunes. You will specifically face the Polyrhythm 2 against 3 (3.1/5), which requires a flexible relationship between the right and left hands — concretely you must ground the duple pulse while the other hand maintains the ternary figure without losing the metric support — and the Impressionist Style (3.1/5), which calls for a nuanced touch to shape harmonic masses and pedal color, so precise control of release and attack is needed. Written in Ginastera's modern period, these op. 2 pieces occupy an early place in his output and already show his interest in blending Argentine folk elements with contemporary harmonic language. I do not provide a reference interpretation here because I am not certain enough of a specific recording to recommend without risk of error.