Santos: Piano Concerto / Symphonic Overtures Nos. 1 and 2
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JOLY BRAGA SANTOS
Santos: Piano Concerto / Symphonic Overtures Nos. 1 and 2
Goran Filipec (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 10 September 2018
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Joly Braga Santos was Portugal's greatest orchestral composer, and this recording presents eight world premiere recordings including his very first work for orchestra, the Symphonic Overture No. 1. This and the Symphonic Overture No. 2 share a unified structure and lyrical themes, contrasting with the sombre Prelude, originally written for an intensely tragic opera. Braga Santos's characterful four 'miniatures' (tracks 4-7) are brought together to form an attractive suite, while his only Piano Concerto is a virtuoso spectacle with a large part for percussion and a gloriously anarchic approach to timbre and tonality.
"The performances are superb. Goran Filipec does a terrific job with the concerto. The orchestra is in fine form. Great praise is due to Cassuto. He is not only a brilliant conductor, but almost single-handedly has seen to it that we have the opportunity to hear this and other engaging music of his country. He has done for Portuguese music what Koussevitzky, Stock, Stokowski, Schwarz, and Slatkin have done for American music. That is an amazing accomplishment." Fanfare
"A splendidly performed and recorded miscellany that usefully mops up some rarities from both main phases of the composer's career." MusicWeb
"This performance, with pianist Goran Filipec the intrepid soloist, is probably as fine as we're going to get for quite a while, and with Álvaro Cassuto on the podium we know that the music is in capable hands. This is a terrific disc full of wide-ranging music. Do try it." ClassicsToday 10/10
Tracks:
Symphonic Overture No. 1, Op. 8
Symphonic Overture No. 2, Op. 8, "Lisboa"
Viver ou Morrer: Prelude, Op. 19
Pastoral
Romance
Symphonic Prelude
Intermezzo
Piano Concerto, Op. 52
