Alessandro Santoro - Santoro: Complete Piano Sonatas (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Piano Sonata: I. Lento
02. Piano Sonata: II. Alegre brincando e gracioso
03. Piano Sonata: III. Muito lento
04. Piano Sonata No. 1: I. Lento
05. Piano Sonata No. 1: II. Allegretto
06. Piano Sonata No. 1: III. Andante - Allegro
07. Piano Sonata No. 2: I. Allegro
08. Piano Sonata No. 2: II. Lento
09. Piano Sonata No. 2: III. Allegro vivo
10. Piano Sonata No. 3: I. Allegro energico
11. Piano Sonata No. 3: II. Adagio
12. Piano Sonata No. 3: III. Moderato
13. Piano Sonata No. 4 "Fantasia": I. Allegro deciso
14. Piano Sonata No. 4 "Fantasia": II. Andante
15. Piano Sonata No. 4 "Fantasia": III. Allegro molto
16. Piano Sonata No. 5: I. Adagio - Allegro vivo
17. Piano Sonata No. 5: II. Andante
18. Piano Sonata No. 5: III. Livre angustiado

Written over a 46-year period, Claudio Santoro’s six piano sonatas document the evolution of his creative and formal skills – together they present a survey of the composer’s entire aesthetic development. Always radiating a forceful inner power and with expressive lyricism at their heart, the early sonatas explore twelve-note technique as a unifying element, transitioning to a distinctive Brazilian nationalist character by the Third and Fourth sonatas. The Fifth Sonata, from the end of Santoro’s life, is a synthesis of the various idioms he had used over the decades. This is the first complete recording of Santoro’s piano sonatas, performed by the composer’s son, Alessandro Santoro.

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