Composer: Joly Manuel Braga Santos
Performer: Irene Lima, Leonor Braga Santos, Quarteto Lopes-Graça
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0207
Release: 2019
Size: 1.46 GB
Recovery: +3%
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String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 4
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Allegro con fuoco
03. III. Andante tranquillo
04. IV. Allegro molto energico e appassionato
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 29
05. I. Largo – Allegro moderato
06. II. Adagio molto – Andante con moto
07. III. Largo – Allegro molto vivace
String Sextet, Op. 65
08. I. Molto largo
09. II. Allegro ben marcato, ma non troppo
10. III. Andante – Allegro
Joly Braga Santos (192488) was one of the most important composers in twentieth-century Portugal. In his early works his fondness for modal harmony, absorbed from the Portuguese masters of the Renaissance, and his busy counterpoint combine to make him sound surprisingly close to such particularly English composers as Vaughan Williams and Moeran. Although his harmonic language became more astringent with time, it retained a burly sense of humour and a powerful charge of energy. In these recordings Portugals premier string quartet is joined in the Braga Santos Sextet by the composers daughter on viola.