Composer: Joly Manuel Braga Santos, Johannes Brahms, Alexis Emmanuel Chabrier, Mikhail Glinka, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner
Orchestra: Nova Filarmonia Portuguesa, Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa, Orquestrado Algarve
Conductor: Álvaro Cassuto
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8579130
Release: 2022
Size: 325 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Glinka: Ruslan & Lyudmila Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385 ‘Haffner’
02. I. Allegro con spirito
03. II. Andante
04. III. Menuetto
05. IV. Presto
06. Wagner: Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 3
07. Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20
08. Strauss: Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils
09. Braga Santos: Staccato Brilhante
Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (Arr. M. Schmeling for Orchestra)
10. No. 1, Allegro molto in G Minor
11. No. 5, Allegro in F-Sharp Minor
12. Chabrier: España
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, a single album), 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.