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Braga Santos: Symphony no 4, etc / Cassuto, Ireland NSO

1 CD / Marco Polo / 2002-11-01

Works: Joly Braga Santos: Symphonic Variations on a popular song from the Alentejo, for orchestra; Symphony no 4
Conductors: Cassuto, Alvaro
Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

"As I've said about previous volumes, this is a composer tailor-made to appeal to fans of British music, given his youthful devotion to Vaughan Williams,...continue...

Braga Santos: Concerto for Strings, etc / Cassuto, et al

1 CD / Marco Polo / 2002-01-01

Works: Joly Braga Santos: Concerto for strings in D major; Sinfonietta for Strings, Op. 35; Variaçoes concertantes, for string orchestra, harp & solo string quartet; Double Concerto for violin, cello, ...
Performers: Creswick, Bradley
Conductors: Cassuto, Alvaro
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

"...The playing and recording are of a high standard; the disc broadens our knowledge of a fine, and likeable, 20th-century composer." ***** -BBC Music...continue...

Braga Santos: Symphony no 2 / Cassuto, Bournemouth SO

1 CD / Marco Polo / 2001-02-01

Works: Joly Braga Santos: Symphony no 2 in B minor; Encuzilhada (Crossroads), ballet in one act
Conductors: Cassuto, Alvaro
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Undoubtedly the leading Portuguese symphonist of the century, Joly Braga Santos composed his Second Symphony at the age of 23. The work is as vivid...continue...

Braga Santos: Symphonies no 1 & 5 / Cassuto, Portuguese SO

1 CD / Marco Polo / 1998-03-27

Works: Joly Braga Santos: Symphony no 1; Symphony no 5
Conductors: Cassuto, Alvaro
Ensemble: Portuguese Symphony Orchestra