Olga Prats - Lopez-Graça: Complete Music for String Quartet and Piano, Vol. 1 (2014)

As a committed socialist, the Portuguese composer Fernando Lopes-Graça (1906-94) faced repression from Salazar's right-wing dictatorship: his works were banned and he was stripped of his official positions. Lopes-Graça responded in music, evolving a feisty, wiry Bartókian style that drew on Portuguese folk-music. This recording features Lopes-Graça's own Bechstein piano, played by Olga Prats, who worked closely with him.

Olga Prats, piano
Quarteto Lopes-Graça, string quartet