Braga Santos: Piano Concerto
Goran Filipec (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
The Symphonic Overtures remind one of Vaughan Williams with splashes of Stravinsky; the Piano Concerto, from 30 years later, is spiky and spicy. All good stuff.
Braga Santos: Piano Concerto
Goran Filipec (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
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The Symphonic Overtures remind one of Vaughan Williams with splashes of Stravinsky; the Piano Concerto, from 30 years later, is spiky and spicy. All good stuff.
About
Joly Braga Santos was Portugal’s greatest orchestral composer, and this recording presents eight world premiere recordings including his very first work for orchestra, the Symphonic Overture No. 1. This and the Symphonic Overture No. 2 share a unified structure and lyrical themes, contrasting with the sombre Prelude, originally written for an intensely tragic opera. Braga Santos’s characterful four ‘miniatures’ (tracks 4–7) are brought together to form an attractive suite, while his only Piano Concerto is a virtuoso spectacle with a large part for percussion and a gloriously anarchic approach to timbre and tonality.
Contents and tracklist
- Goran Filipec (piano)
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Álvaro Cassuto
- Recorded: 12-13 September 2017
- Recording Venue: The Friary, Liverpool, UK
Awards and reviews
November 2018
The Symphonic Overtures remind one of Vaughan Williams with splashes of Stravinsky; the Piano Concerto, from 30 years later, is spiky and spicy. All good stuff.
