Azevedo / Camerata Atlantica / Manzanilla - Bows Up - Music CD

Portuguese orchestral music was scarce until the 20th century, when composers were able to build on the great legacy of Lus de Freitas Branco (see digital single Two Melodies, 9.70326). Antnio Fragoso died young, and the Concerto romnticois a new adaptation of his Suite romantique, orchestrated to reflect influences from Faur and early Debussy. Joly Braga Santos's Concerto in D minor is one of his best-loved early works, blending Alentejo folk songs with the sophistication of Vaughan Williams and Walton. Srgio Azevedo is renowned for his neo-Classical style, shaping a narrative of darkness to light in the Sinfonietta, and reviving the concerto grosso in his homage to Bartk, the Music for Strings.