LUÍS DE FREITAS BRANCO (1890-1955): 10 Prelúdios, Sonatina, 4 Prelúdios, Prelúdio, ARMANDO JOSÉ FERNANDES (1906-1983): 5 Prelúdios, Op. 1.
Catalogue Number: 12K071
Label: Numérica
Reference: NUM 1143
Format: CD
Price: $14.98
No Longer Available
Description: Composed from 1914-18, the first set of Freitas Branco's Preludes are like finding ten new pieces by Debussy so much are they imbued with that composer's style of Impressionism. The later works still have elements of this but also turn more toward a Ravelian neo-classicism until, with the last group of Preludes (1940) some Second Viennese elements begin to intrude. Fernandes' five (1928) take us back to 19th century Romanticism with harmonies reminiscent of Fauré. António Rosado (piano).