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Release Date: Friday 13 May 2022
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Álvaro Cassuto's importance to Portuguese cultural life over the last half-century is immense. A significant composer as well as conductor (his music can be heard on Naxos 8.573266), he had already won the Koussevitzky Prize at Tanglewood when he was appointed deputy music director of the Lisbon Radio Orchestra in 1970. This album focuses on the three orchestras he established in later years, all of which set new levels of musical excellence in Portugal. The performances show how, across a variety of repertoire, he revolutionised orchestral standards of music-making in his country and how he personally spearheaded the revival of the music of Joly Braga Santos.
Glinka:
Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture
Mozart:
Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385, "Haffner"
Wagner:
Lohengrin, Act III: Prelude
Richard Strauss:
Don Juan, Op. 20, TrV 156
Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215: Dance of the Seven Veils
Braga Santos:
Staccato Brilhante, Op. 69
Brahms:
21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 1 in G Minor (version for orchestra)
21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor (arr. M. Schmeling for orchestra)
Chabrier:
España