Joly Braga Santos: Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 2 (2020) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Piano Quartet
02. Suite of Dances I. Preludio
03. Suite of Dances II. Sarabanda
04. Suite of Dances III. Tarantella
05. Piano Trio, Op. 64 I. Largo
06. Piano Trio, Op. 64 II. Allegro
07. Piano Trio, Op. 64 III. Lento
08. Adagio e scherzino I. Adagio
09. Adagio e scherzino II. Allegretto
10. Suite for Brass I. Moderato
11. Suite for Brass II. Allegretto
12. Suite for Brass III. Andante


Joly Braga Santos (1924–88) was one of the most important composers in twentieth-century Portugal. In his early works his fondness for modal harmony, absorbed from the Portuguese masters of the Renaissance, and his busy counterpoint combine to make him sound surprisingly close to such particularly English composers as Vaughan Williams and Moeran. Although his harmonic language became more astringent with time, it retained a burly sense of humor and a powerful charge of energy, often infused with the spirit of Portuguese folk-dance. The five works on this second volume cover three decades of composition, from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s, and offer a wide array of instrumental combinations.

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