Aleyson Scopel - Almeida Prado: Complete Nocturnes & Ilhas (2022) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Nocturne No. 1 for Piano
02. Nocturne No. 2 for Piano
03. Nocturne No. 3 for Piano
04. Nocturne No. 4 for Piano
05. Nocturne No. 5 for Piano
06. Nocturne No. 6 for Piano
07. Nocturne No. 7 for Piano
08. Nocturne No. 8 for Piano
09. Nocturne No. 9 for Piano
10. Nocturne No. 10 for Piano
11. Nocturne No. 11 for Piano
12. Nocturne No. 12 for Piano
13. Nocturne No. 13 for Piano
14. Nocturne No. 14 for Piano
15. Ilhas



Almeida Prado’s colossal piano cycle Cartas Celestes offers a paradigm of audacious invention but between 1985 and 1991 this prolific Brazilian composer also wrote a set of 14 Nocturnes that display the genre’s lyrical impulses. Along with abstract elements and features such as synesthesia, used in homage to his teacher Messaien, the full range of influences can be felt in Almeida Prado’s Nocturnes: Chopin, Scriabinesque colour, bossa-nova, Brahms-like intervals, serenity and radiant songfulness.

Ilhas is a mystical but programmatic work, the predecessor of Cartas Celestes in many essential elements. Aleyson Scopel is an award-winning Brazilian pianist and one of Almeida Prado’s greatest contemporary advocates.

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