Martin Jones - Piano Music of Camargo Guarnieri (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Dansa Negra
02. Improviso: II. Lentamente
03. Valsa, No. 2
04. Lundu
05. Momento, No. 7
06. Sonatina, No. 1: I. Molengamente, bem forma o canto
07. Sonatina, No. 1: II. Modinha
08. Sonatina, No. 1: III. Dança
09. Toada Triste
10. Valsa, No. 4
11. Improviso: IV. Saudoso
12. Ponteios, Book III: No. 30
13. Ponteios, Book IV: No. 37
14. Ponteios, Book V: No. 49 (Homenagem à Scriabin)
15. Sonatina, No. 4: I. Com alegria
16. Sonatina, No. 4: II. Melancólico
17. Sonatina, No. 4: III. Gracioso
18. Improviso: III. Nostalgico
19. Chôro Torturado
20. Valsa, No. 6
21. Improviso: VI. Tristonho
22. Toada
23. Sonatina, No. 5: I. Com humor
24. Sonatina, No. 5: II. Muito calmo, terno
25. Sonatina, No. 5: III. Com Alegria, con espirito
26. Improviso: IX. Melancolico

The short individual pieces on this recording, the Valsas, Improvisos and Momentos show the sweeter side of Guarnieri’s musical language. The Waltz is a format in which every Brazilian composer has expressed his national character, making it almost a new distinctive format. Guarnieri’s Valsas share a minor key, and typically present internal melodies shared between the hands, and wreathed in chromatic modulations and decorations. Their mood is one of longing, now almost completely shorn of its dance character. The effect of all these pieces, many of them extreme miniatures, is of gentle nostalgia.

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