Santos: Alfama
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JOLY BRAGA SANTOS
Santos: Alfama
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 15 February 2012
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Joly Braga Santos composed in a wide variety of forms, faithfully mirrored in this selection of his highly appealing music. The Elegy was written for his famous compatriot, the pianist Vianna da Motta, whilst the Symphonic Overture No. 3 utilises his own brand of folkloric material. Braga Santos's Three Symphonic Sketches offer colouristic virility, full of supercharged rhythmic energy. The Variations for Orchestra reflects a compositional change, more elusive but highly subtle, and Alfama is a delightful ballet score.
"Álvaro Cassuto, as other discs in this series prove, was not just Braga Santos' friend. He is an ideal exponent of this music. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra accommodates the widely varying range of expression with evident enthusiasm and confident virtuosity. As with most productions from this source, Naxos' engineering is excellent. This deserves your attention." ClassicsToday
"Made at the RSNO Center, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, the recordings are extremely detailed and well focused across a wide, deep soundstage in an attractively reverberant acoustic." Classical Lost and Found
Tracks:
Abertura Sinfónica No. 3 (Symphonic Overture No. 3)
Elegia à memória de Vianna da Motta (Elegy in memory of Vianna da Motta)
Alfama, Suite de Bailado (Alfama, Ballet Suite)
Variations for Orchestra
Three Symphonic Sketches
