Braga Santos: Orchestral Works Goran Filipec, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Álvaro Cassuto

• Joly Braga Santos (1924-1988):
• 1Symphonic Overture No. 1, Op. 807:17
• 2Symphonic Overture No. 2, Op. 11 "Lisboa"12:34
• 3Viver ou morrer, Op. 19: Prelude13:24
• 4Pastoral02:05
• 5Romance02:29
• 6Symphonic Prelude04:29
• 7Intermezzo02:38
• 8Piano Concerto, Op. 52: I. Allegro vivace05:42
• 9Piano Concerto, Op. 52: II. Largo05:36
• 10Piano Concerto, Op. 52: III. Allegro moderato05:12
• Total Runtime01:01:26

Info for Braga Santos: Orchestral Works

Joly Braga Santos was Portugal’s greatest orchestral composer, and this recording presents eight world premiere recordings including his very first work for orchestra, the Symphonic Overture No. 1. This and the Symphonic Overture No. 2 share a unified structure and lyrical themes, contrasting with the somber Prelude, originally written for an intensely tragic opera. Braga Santos’s characterful four ‘miniatures’ are brought together to form an attractive suite, while his only Piano Concerto is a virtuoso spectacle with a large part for percussion and a gloriously anarchic approach to timbre and tonality. Born in Rijeka in 1981, Goran Filipec studied at the Ino Mirkovich Academy in Croatia, at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, and the Conservatoire national superieur de musique et de danse de Paris. During his early career, he was a top prizewinner of several international piano competitions. He performs across Europe, the US, South America and Japan as a recitalist and as a soloist with leading orchestras.

Goran Filipec, piano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Álvaro Cassuto, conductor

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