CD REVIEW
– JOLY
BRAGA SANTOS
Piano
Concerto
Royal
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
/ Álvaro Cassuto
Naxos 8.573903
Symphonic
Overtures 1 & 2; Pastoral;
Romance; Symphonic Prelude;
Intermezzo; Viver ou Morrer
Prelude; Piano Concerto.
Imagine a
delicious cross between George
Lloyd and Ottorino Respighi, with
huge orchestral colours mixed
into delightful expansive tunes
and you have the very essence of
Braga Santos, the best known
composer to emerge from Portugal.
These world
premiere recordings will please
all lovers of good tuneful melody
and are highly recommended, as
indeed are all his previous Naxos
symphonies. Nothing dull here -
terrific stuff!
© Peter
Worsley 2018
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