Sergio Monteiro - Oswald: Works for Piano (2015) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Pagine d'album, Op. 3 (Henrique Oswald): No. 1. Preludio
02. Pagine d'album, Op. 3 (Henrique Oswald): No. 2. Sognando
03. Pagine d'album, Op. 3 (Henrique Oswald): No. 3. Impromptu
04. Pagine d'album, Op. 3 (Henrique Oswald): No. 4. In hamac
05. Pagine d'album, Op. 3 (Henrique Oswald): No. 5. Romanza
06. Pagine d'album, Op. 3 (Henrique Oswald): No. 6. Scherzo
07. Impromptu, Op. 19 (Henrique Oswald)
08. Album, Op. 32 (Henrique Oswald): No. 1. Romance
09. Album, Op. 32 (Henrique Oswald): No. 2. Valse
10. Album, Op. 32 (Henrique Oswald): No. 3. Sérénade
11. Album, Op. 32 (Henrique Oswald): No. 4. Menuet
12. Album, Op. 33 (Henrique Oswald): No. 1. Sur la plage
13. Album, Op. 33 (Henrique Oswald): No. 2. Idylle
14. Album, Op. 33 (Henrique Oswald): No. 3. Pierrot
15. Album, Op. 36 (Henrique Oswald): No. 1. Bébé s'endort
16. Album, Op. 36 (Henrique Oswald): No. 2. Pierrot se meurt
17. Album, Op. 36 (Henrique Oswald): No. 3. Chauve-souris
18. Valsa Lenta, Op. posth. (Henrique Oswald)
19. En nacelle (Henrique Oswald): En nacelle
20. 3 Études (Henrique Oswald): No. 1 in D-Flat Major
21. 3 Études (Henrique Oswald): No. 2 in C Minor
22. 3 Études (Henrique Oswald): No. 3. in E Major
23. Estudo para a mão esquerda (Henrique Oswald)
24. Estudo (posthumous edition) (Henrique Oswald)


Henrique Oswald, whose music was lauded by Saint-Saëns and Fauré, was one of the most important composers in South America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The spectacular winner of a major Composition Competition promoted in 1902 by Le Figaro in Paris, he became a significant figure in Brazilian musical life as director and later as professor at the National Institute of Music in Rio de Janeiro.

His European-influenced music was suppressed by Brazilian nationalist sentiment in the 1930s and 40s, but on his death Villa-Lobos described Oswald as “the most admirable composer of this country”.

This programme provides an excellent overview of his stylistic development, from the youthful salon music aesthetic of Pagine d’album to the French impressionism of the Album Op. 36 and the masterful Trois Études.

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