Alvaro Cassuto conducts Three Portuguese Orchestras | Naxos 8579130

Alvaro Cassuto conducts Three Portuguese Orchestras

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8579130

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 27th May 2022

Contents

Artists

Nova Filarmonia Portuguesa
Orquestra Sinfonica Portuguesa
Orquestrado Algarve

Conductor

Alvaro Cassuto

Works

Brahms, Johannes

Hungarian Dances (21), WoO1
» no.1 in G minor (orch. Schmelling)
» no.5 in G minor (orch. Schmeling)

Chabrier, Alexis Emmanuel

Espana

Glinka, Mikhail

Ruslan and Lyudmila, op.5
» Overture

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Symphony no.35 in D major, K385 'Haffner'

Santos, Joly Braga

Staccato brilhante

Strauss, Richard

Don Juan, op.20
Salome, op.54
» Dance of the Seven Veils

Wagner, Richard

Lohengrin
» Prelude to Act 3

Artists

Nova Filarmonia Portuguesa
Orquestra Sinfonica Portuguesa
Orquestrado Algarve

Conductor

Alvaro Cassuto

About

Álvaro Cassuto’s importance to Portuguese cultural life over the last half-century is immense. A significant composer as well as conductor (his music can be heard on Naxos 8573266), he had already won the Koussevitzky Prize at Tanglewood when he was appointed deputy music director of the Lisbon Radio Orchestra in 1970. This album focuses on the three orchestras he established in later years, all of which set new levels of musical excellence in Portugal. The performances show how, across a variety of repertoire, he revolutionised orchestral standards of music-making in his country and how he personally spearheaded the revival of the music of Joly Braga Santos.

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