Flavia Fernandes, São Paulo Symphony Choir, Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra, Neil Thomson – Krieger: Canticum naturale, Ludus symphonicus & Variações elementares (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:11:02 minutes | 1,19 GB | Genre: Classical
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Edino Krieger was a leading figure in Brazilian music as both composer and arts director who influenced a generation of his compatriots during his long life. Krieger’s works can be divided into three phases: serial, neo-Classical, and a fascinating synthesis of traditionalism and the avant-garde. From the second category comes the transitional Variações Elementares whereas his final creative phase, his peak of artistic maturity, is represented by the remainder of the programme. Included is one of his most emblematic pieces, Canticum Naturale, an expansive Amazonian painting in sound, and the virtuosic and expressive Ludus Symphonicus.
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São Paulo Symphony Choir – Villa-Lobos: Choral Transcriptions (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 58:29 minutes | 929 MB | Genre: Classical
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Choral music holds a central position in Villa-Lobos’s catalogue of works, but among these famous pieces is a series of little-known transcriptions for a cappella choir taken from the standard classical repertoire. They were intended for a teachers’ chorus and for use in schools, and through astonishing alchemy they achieve a true ‘orchestration’ of largely piano originals, adding a fresh new repertoire for vocal ensembles. This album also includes the first ever recording of Villa-Lobos’s complete set of a cappella transcriptions from Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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