Braga Santos: Chamber Music Vol. 3

Saiote, António;
Braga Santos, Leonor

TOCC 0588

Joly Braga Santos (1924–88) was one of the most important composers in twentieth-century Portugal. In his early works his fondness for modal harmony, absorbed from the Portuguese masters of the Renaissance, and his busy counterpoint combine to make him sound surprisingly close to such particularly English composers as Vaughan Williams and Moeran. Although his harmonic language became more astringent with time, it retained a burly sense of humour and a powerful charge of energy, often infused with the spirit of Portuguese folk-dance. This final volume of the Toccata Classics survey of his chamber music brings a varied programme of instrumental duos and a trio – some of them innocent, some lyrical, some dark – almost all in their first recordings. One of the composer’s two daughters is among the fine Portuguese musicians performing here.

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Toccata Classics

01-12-2020

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