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Almeida Prado: Works for Piano and Orchestra
8.574225 (Naxos, CD)
DDD
NEW RELEASE (8 May 2020)
Playing time: 72'02"
Tracks: 18
Booklet pages: 8
© 2020 Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd
Main country of recording: BR
Country of manufacture: DE
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Almeida Prado: Works for Piano and Orchestra published on 23 August 2020
Listen: Almeida Prado: Arioso (Concerto Fribourgeois) (track 17, 3:18-4:17)
Sonia Rubinsky, piano
Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra
Fabio Mechetti, conductor
José Antônio Almeida Prado (1943-2010):
Piano Concerto No 1 (1982-3)
1 Apelo I -
2 I. Heróico, épico (variações) -
3 Monólogo (cadência) -
4 Interlúdio -
5 II. Transparente floral
6 III. Granítico, intenso (tocata)
7 Interlúdio: Onírico, entre a realidade e a fantasia -
8 Memorial
9 Apelo II
10 Aurora (1975)
Concerto Fribourgeois (1985)
11 Introduzioni -
12 Recitativo I
13 Passacaglia -
14 Recitativo II -
15 Toccata furiosa
16 Recitativo III
17 Arioso
18 Moto perpetuo
First recordings.
Recorded 18-22 May 2019 at Sala Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil