Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra, Fabio Mechetti - Gomes: Opera Overtures & Preludes (2023)

Tracklist

01. Il Guarany: Sinfonia (Overture)
02. Maria Tudor, Act I: Preludio
03. Condor, Act I: Preludio
04. Condor, Act III: Notturno
05. Fosca: Sinfonia (Overture)
06. Joana de Flandres, Act I: Prelúdio
07. Salvator Rosa: Sinfonia (Overture)
08. A noite do castelo, Act I: Prelúdio
09. Lo schiavo, Act I: Preludio
10. Lo schiavo, Act IV: Preludio "Alvorada"

Carlos Gomes was not only Brazil’s leading operatic composer, but he also helped pave the way for Italian verismo during the latter part of the 19th century. The preludes and overtures from his operas chart a course from early experimentation with orchestral sonority to a new conception of atmosphere and tension in his historically based dramas. In Alvorada (‘Dawn’) from Lo schiavo his descriptive writing comes close to the status of a symphonic poem. The music from his greatest artistic triumph, Il Guarany, weaves themes into an organic whole, while his final opera, Condor, is reminiscent of French orchestral music in its employment of whole-tone scales.

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