Browse: The Music of Brazil (series)

Baldini produces an alluring tone that taps into the natural resonances of his instrument, and phrases with a natural instinct for cantabile espressivo. His sensitive and responsive partner,... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

the work that really shows the composer at his most potent is the 1945 Fantasia...even when the Amazon jungle seems at its most choking in this latest addition to Naxos’s series ‘The Music of... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

albums of Krieger hardly crowd the market. Thomson and his meticulously prepared, sympathetically engineered Goiás orchestra give the intrigued listener every reason to start here. — Gramophone Magazine, April 2024 More…

An enjoyable tour of the Brazilian’s concertos and chamber works including the lesser-known, winsome Harmonica Concerto. The guitar Concerto gets a fine advocate in soloist Manuel Barrueco. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

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. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The journey is navigated with aplomb by the Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Neil Thomson. Deftly woven counterpoint is contrasted with off-beat rhythms and expansive melodies that showcase... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

These two late symphonies by the Brazilian Claudio Santoro are very different beasts. The 11th is packed full of Shostakovichlike angst and aggression while the 12th is a refined sinfonia concertante,... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Brazilian’s Eighth Symphony walks an intriguing and imaginatively orchestrated line between Expressionism and serialism. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…