Composer: Joly Manuel Braga Santos
Performer: António Saiote, Leonor Braga Santos, Olga Prats, Carolino Carreira, Nuno Ivo Cruz, Catherine Strynckx, Irene Lima, Luís Pacheco Cunha
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0588
Release: 2020
Size: 938 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Aria a tre con variazione for Clarinet, Viola & Piano
02. Improviso for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 64
03. Aria I for Cello & Piano, Op. 6 (Arr. for Bassoon & Piano)
04. Piece for Flute & Piano
05. Aria I for Cello & Piano, Op. 6
06. Tema e variações for Cello & Piano, Op. 12
07. Canção for Viola & Piano
08. Aria II for Cello & Piano, Op. 51
09. Melodia for Cello & Piano
10. Nocturno for Violin & Piano
Joly Braga Santos (1924–88) 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, often infused with the spirit of Portuguese folk-dance.