Composer: José Antônio de Almeida Prado
Performer: Sonia Rubinsky
Orchestra: Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Fabio Mechetti
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Release: 2020
Size: 1.12 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Concerto No. 1
01. Apelo I
02. I. Heróico, épico
03. Monólogo
04. Interlúdio
05. II. Transparente floral
06. III. Granítico, intenso
07. Interlúdio. Onírico, entre a realidade e a fantasia
08. Memorial
09. Apelo II
10. Aurora
Concerto Fribourgeois
11. Introduzioni
12. Recitativo I
13. Passacaglia
14. Recitativo II
15. Toccata furiosa
16. Recitativo III
17. Arioso
18. Moto perpetuo
At the time of his death in 2010, Almeida Prado was one of Brazil’s most internationally admired composers, one who created music of unique sonority and colour, rooted in his native country. In Aurora (“Dawn”) he employs his newly developed ‘transtonality’ to radiant effect, while the Concerto Fribourgeois features a collage technique. In his Piano Concerto No. 1 Almeida Prado explores a cogent structure in which the soloist opens up, rips apart or transforms the theme and variations, in a work that is both grandiose and luminous.