Composer: Sérgio Azevedo, Joly Braga Santos
Performer: Camerata Atlântica, Ana Beatriz Manzanilla
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8579105
Release: 2021
Size: 590 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Azevedo: Sinfonietta for Strings
01. I. Inquieto
02. II. Coral
03. III. Alla rustica & Hino
Azevedo: Concerto Romantico
04. I. Prélude (After Fragoso)
Azevedo: Music for Strings (In memoriam Béla Bartók)
05. I. Fantasia contrappuntistica
06. II. Deciso
07. III. Mesto
08. IV. Finale
Braga Santos: Concerto for Strings in D Minor, Op. 17
09. I. Largamente maestoso – Allegro
10. II. Adagio non troppo
11. III. Allegro ben marcato
Portuguese orchestral music was scarce until the 20th century, when composers were able to build on the great legacy of Luís de Freitas Branco. António Fragoso died young, and the Concerto romântico is a new adaptation of his Suite romantique, orchestrated to reflect influences from Fauré and early Debussy. Joly Braga Santos’s Concerto in D Minor is one of his best-loved early works, blending Alentejo folk songs with the sophistication of Vaughan Williams and Walton. Sérgio Azevedo is renowned for his neo-Classical style, shaping a narrative of darkness to light in the Sinfonietta, and reviving the concerto grosso in his homage to Bartók, the Music for Strings.