Alberto Nepomuceno: Symphony In G
Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra, Fabio Mechetti
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2019, Editor's Choice
Nepomuceno, who lived at the turn of the 20th century, revels in his South American heritage in the Brazilian Suite, while his Symphony has a Mendelssohn-like feel. Uplifting stuff.
Alberto Nepomuceno: Symphony In G
Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra, Fabio Mechetti
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2019, Editor's Choice
Nepomuceno, who lived at the turn of the 20th century, revels in his South American heritage in the Brazilian Suite, while his Symphony has a Mendelssohn-like feel. Uplifting stuff.
About
Alberto Nepomuceno was a herald of Brazilian musical nationalism. He was one of the first composers in his country to employ elements of folklore in his compositions, he encouraged younger composers such as Villa-Lobos, and his music was conducted by Richard Strauss. The Prelude to O Garatuja, an incomplete opera, is one of his best known works and an example of a truly Brazilian lyric comedy. Série Brasileira is a vivacious suite that employs maxixe rhythms and ends with the feverish batuque dance, while the Symphony in G minor is one of the earliest such examples by a Brazilian, a heroic and lyric structure revealing the influence of Brahms.
Contents and tracklist
- Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra
- Fabio Mechetti
- Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra
- Fabio Mechetti
- Recorded: 9-11 April 2018
- Recording Venue: Sala Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra
- Fabio Mechetti
- Recorded: 9-11 April 2018
- Recording Venue: Sala Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineMay 2019Editor's Choice
April 2019
Nepomuceno, who lived at the turn of the 20th century, revels in his South American heritage in the Brazilian Suite, while his Symphony has a Mendelssohn-like feel. Uplifting stuff.
May 2019
The four-movement suite is absolutely delightful and quite original in its way. Nepomuceno’s influences are readily apparent… Yet the music also looks ahead, and sometimes in startling ways…This is the first instalment in what’s promised to be a 30-disc survey of Brazilian music… If subsequent volumes maintain the high standards heard here, we have a lot to look forward to. Urgently recommended.
April 2019
Bubbles, barks, struts, serenades and effervesces.
