Composer: Claudio Santoro
Performer: Alessandro Santoro
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 82024574486
Release: 2024
Size: 817 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Sonata
01. I. Lento
02. II. Alegre brincando e gracioso
03. III. Muito lento
Piano Sonata No. 1
04. I. Lento
05. II. Allegretto
06. III. Andante – Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 2
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Lento
09. III. Allegro vivo
Piano Sonata No. 3
10. I. Allegro energico
11. II. Adagio
12. III. Moderato
Piano Sonata No. 4 “Fantasia”
13. I. Allegro deciso
14. II. Andante
15. III. Allegro molto
Piano Sonata No. 5
16. I. Adagio – Allegro vivo
17. II. Andante
18. III. Livre angustiado
Written over a 46-year period, Claudio Santoro’s six piano sonatas document the evolution of his creative and formal skills – together they present a survey of the composer’s entire aesthetic development. Always radiating a forceful inner power and with expressive lyricism at their heart, the early sonatas explore twelve-note technique as a unifying element, transitioning to a distinctive Brazilian nationalist character by the Third and Fourth sonatas. The Fifth Sonata, from the end of Santoro’s life, is a synthesis of the various idioms he had used over the decades. This is the first complete recording of Santoro’s piano sonatas, performed by the composer’s son, Alessandro Santoro.