Composer: Claudio Santoro
Orchestra: Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Neil Thomson
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8574406
Release: 2022
Size: 1.13 GB
Recovery: +3%
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Concerto Grosso
01. I. AndanteAbner Landim
02. II. Lento moltoAbner Landim
03. III. Finale. Allegro vivoAbner Landim
Symphony No. 11
04. I. Andante – AllegroGoiás Philharmonic Orchestra
05. II. AllegroGoiás Philharmonic Orchestra
06. III. Lento – Allegro vivoGoiás Philharmonic Orchestra
3 Fragmentos sobre B-A-C-H
07. No. 1, Adagio – Allegro moderatoGoiás Philharmonic Orchestra
08. No. 2, LentoGoiás Philharmonic Orchestra
09. No. 3, Allegro vivoGoiás Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphony No. 12 “Concertante Symphony for 9 Soloists”
10. I. AndanteRaul Menezes
11. II. AllegroRaul Menezes
12. III. Allegro – Moderato
Claudio Santoro’s prolific output includes a cycle of 14 symphonies that is widely recognised as the most significant of its kind from Brazil. All of the works in this programme come from Santoro’s remarkable final decade, in which he allied more traditional and eclectic styles to his earlier experiments.
Both the Concerto grosso and the Three Fragments on B.A.C.H. were written for student orchestras, but are nonetheless substantial pieces which show his command of writing for strings. The Eleventh Symphony is one of the densest and most dramatic of the cycle, its finale exploding into an evocation of the opening of Brahms’ First Symphony, while the Twelfth Symphony is an unusual “sinfonia concertante” for nine soloists and orchestra.