The Naxos series titled ‘The Music of Brazil’ is part of Brasil em Concerto, a project developed by the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to promote music by Brazilian composers dating back to the 18th century. Some 100 orchestral works from the 19th and 20th centuries will be recorded by the Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra, the Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra and the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra.
The works have been selected according to their historical importance for Brazilian music and the existence of recordings. Most of the works recorded for the series have never had recordings available outside Brazil; many others are receiving their world premiere recordings.
Volume 9 features symphonic music by César Guerra-Peixe, who left an extensive body of work for a range of instrumental and vocal formations, but it is in his orchestral music that his artistry is most evident.
César GUERRA-PEIXE (1914–1993)
Symphonic Suites Nos. 1 and 2
Roda de Amigos *
Raul Menezes, Flute * • Públio da Silva, Oboe *Patrick Viglioni, Clarinet * • Felipe Arruda, Bassoon *
Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra
Neil Thomson
César Guerra-Peixe was one of the most versatile Brazilian musicians of the 20th century, gaining a particular mastery of orchestration and creating his own inimitable sound through extensive work in radio, television and cinema. The toe-tapping dance rhythms and lyrical expressiveness in his two Symphonic Suites were inspired by research into Brazilian folk traditions, further enhanced by a broad range of vibrantly eloquent global influences. The lighthearted Roda de Amigos mischievously caricatures Guerra-Peixe’s musical circle of friends and their various woodwind instruments.
IV. O travesso
Neil Thomson has been principal conductor and artistic director of the Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra since 2014. He also enjoys a busy international career working with all the major UK orchestras and with the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, Tokyo Philharmonic, Tokyo Symphony, Russian National Orchestra, São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra, WDR Rundfunkorchester, Israel Symphony, Lahti Symphony and the Romanian National Orchestra.
Choros, Vol. 1
Seresta
Kopylova • Silvério • Nascimento • Graton • São Paulo Symphony Orchestra • Karabtchevsky
– Scherzo
Choros, Vol. 2
Flor de Tremembé
Buosi • Schaefer • Pinto • Kopylova • São Paulo Symphony Orchestra • Tibiriçá
Aurora • Concerto Fribourgeois
Rubinsky • Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra • Mechetti
– www.klassik.com
Symphony in G Minor
O Garatuja – Prelude • Série Brasileira
Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra • Mechetti
– Gramophone
Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op.14
VELÁSQUEZ, G.:
Sonatas for Piano and Violin Nos. 1 and 2
Baldini • Fernandes
– Rafael’s Music Notes
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 7 ‘Brasilia’
Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra • Thomson
– BBC Music Magazine ★★★★
Guitar Concerto • Harmonica Concerto
Sexteto Místico • Quinteto Instrumental
Barrueco • Staneck • OSESP Ensemble • São Paulo Symphony Orchestra • Guerrero
– ClassicsToday.com
Choral Transcriptions
São Paulo Symphony Choir • Peleggi
– Limelight ★★★★
Complete Violin Sonatas
Baldini • Rossi
– Pizzicato ★★★★
