Luis De Freitas-Branco: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4
This fourth volume in Naxosâs critically acclaimed series of Portuguese composer LuĂs de Freitas Brancoâs orchestral music juxtaposes his magnificent Symphonic Poem in the form of variations on an Oriental Theme, Vathek, with his final symphony, an appealing masterpiece that combines Neo-classical stylishness with late Romantic richness. Ălvaro Cassuto, Portugalâs finest living conductor and an authority on the classical music of his country, is an ideal interpreter of this eminently satisfying yet unaccountably neglected repertoire.
This fourth volume in Naxosâs critically acclaimed series of Portuguese composer LuĂs de Freitas Brancoâs orchestral music juxtaposes his magnificent Symphonic Poem in the form of variations on an Oriental Theme, Vathek, with his final symphony, an appealing masterpiece that combines Neo-classical stylishness with late Romantic richness. Ălvaro Cassuto, Portugalâs finest living conductor and an authority on the classical music of his country, is an ideal interpreter of this eminently satisfying yet unaccountably neglected repertoire.
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This fourth volume in Naxosâs critically acclaimed series of Portuguese composer LuĂs de Freitas Brancoâs orchestral music juxtaposes his magnificent Symphonic Poem in the form of variations on an Oriental Theme, Vathek, with his final symphony, an appealing masterpiece that combines Neo-classical stylishness with late Romantic richness. Ălvaro Cassuto, Portugalâs finest living conductor and an authority on the classical music of his country, is an ideal interpreter of this eminently satisfying yet unaccountably neglected repertoire.
