Cassuto, Alvaro

Frederico de Freitas: The Silly Girl's Dance; The Wall of Love; Medieval Suite; Ribatejo / Alvaro Cassuto

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-03-26

Works: Frederico de Freitas: The Silly Girl's Dance, for orchestra; The Wall of Love, for orchestra; Medieval Suite, for orchestra; Ribatejo, for orchestra
Conductors: Cassuto, Alvaro

Frederico de Freitas was one of Portugal's most prolific composers, whose highly successful ballets are inspired by local folklore and romance. The Silly Girl's Dance...continue...
Recording information: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Scotland (08/16/2012-08/17/2012)....continue...

Fernando Lopes-Graça: Symphony; Rustic Suite; December Poem / Cassuto

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-05-29

Works: Fernando Lopes-Graça: Suite Rústica no 1, for orchestra; December Poem, for orchestra; Festival March, for orchestra; Symphony for orchestra
Conductors: Cassuto, Alvaro
Ensemble: ; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Fernando Lopes-Graça was one of the most prolific Portuguese composers of the 20th century. His use of Portuguese folk-music to forge a personal style is...continue...
Recording information: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Scotland (07/26/2011-07/27/2011)....continue...

Joly Braga Santos: Alfama; Symphonic Overture; Elegy; Three Symphonic Sketches

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-12-13

Works: Joly Braga Santos: Symphonic Overture no 3; Elegia a vianna da motta, for orchestra; Alfama, ballet suite for orchestra; Variations for orchestra; Symphonic Sketches (3) for orchestra
Conductors: Cassuto, Alvaro
Ensemble: ; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Joly Braga Santos composed in a wide variety of forms, faithfully mirrored in this selection of his highly appealing music. The Elegy was written for...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall (RSNO Centre), Glasgow, England (03/08/2011-03/09/2011)....continue...

Luís de Freitas-Branco: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-12-14

Works: Luís de Freitas Branco: Symphony no 4; Vathek, Symphonic Poem in the form of variations on an Oriental Theme, for orchestra
Conductors: Cassuto, Alvaro

This fourth volume in Naxos’s critically acclaimed series of Portuguese composer Luís de Freitas Branco’s orchestral music juxtaposes his magnificent Symphonic Poem in the form...continue...
Recording information: National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland (04/12/2010-04/13/2010)....continue...

Luis de Freitas Branca: Symphony No. 3; Death Of Manfred; Etc.

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-05-25

Works: Luís de Freitas Branco: Symphony no 3; A Morte de Manfredo (The Death of Manfred), for orchestra; Suite Alentejana no 2, for orchestra
Conductors: Cassuto, Alvaro

Naxos's acclaimed survey of Luis de Freitas Branco's orchestral works continues with his magisterial Third Symphony which, although composed in 1944, revels in Romantic melodrama...continue...
Recording information: National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland (04/20/2009-04/21/2009)....continue...

Luís de Freitas Branco: Orchestral Works Vol 2 / Cassuto, Radio Telefis Eireann SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-01-27

Works: Luís de Freitas Branco: Symphony no 2 in B flat minor; After a reading of Guerra Junqueiro (Fantasy), for orchestra; Artificial Paradises, for orchestra
Conductors: Cassuto, Alvaro
Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

Luis de Freitas Branco was the towering figure in Portugese music during the first half of the 20th Century. His 'Second Symphony' combines elements as...continue...

Art and Music - Goya - Music of His Time

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-08-26

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Daphnis et Églé, pastorale héroïque; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in F minor, K 467/L 476; François-Joseph Gossec: Grande Messe des Morts,...
Performers: Eder, Gyorgy; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Rowland, Gilbert; Tokos, Zoltan
Conductors: Terey-Smith, Mary; Fasolis, Diego; Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter; Wordsworth, Barry; Cassuto, Alvaro; Halász, Michael; Zedda, Alberto

The artistic genius of Goya (1746-1828) was multifaceted and complex. Chief painter at the Spanish court, a master of the official portrait, he also gave...continue...

Branco: Symphony no 1, Scherzo fantastique, etc / Cassuto, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-07-29

Works: Luís de Freitas Branco: Symphony no 1; Scherzo Fantastique, for orchestra; Suite Alentejana no 1, for orchestra
Conductors: Cassuto, Alvaro
Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

Luis de Freitas Branco was a pre-eminent figure in Portuguese music of the first half of the twentieth century. This first disc of a four-volume...continue...

Mozart Effect 101

6 CD / Warner Classics Import / 2008-03-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 25 in G minor, K 183 (173dB); Das Veilchen, K 476; Sonata in F major; Divertimento for String Quartet in F major, K 138 (125c); Sehnsucht nach dem Frühling (...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Baumann, Hermann; Berkes, Kalman; Blasi, Angela Maria; Bonney, Barbara; Cachemaille, Gilles; Clevenger, Dale; Cuberli...
Conductors: Conlon, James; Cassuto, Alvaro; ; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Jordan, Armin; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Leppard, Raymond; Koopman, Ton; Scholz, Alfred; Barenboim, Daniel; Marriner, Sir Neville; Pitamic, Alexan...
Ensemble: ; Concentus Musicus Wien; Salzburg Consort; Schultz Ensemble; Trio Fontenay; Vienna Baroque Ensemble; Vienna Mozart Winds

Personnel: Cecilia Bartoli (soprano, mezzo soprano); Barbara Bonney, Sumi Jo (soprano); Herbert Lippert (tenor); Thomas Hampson (baritone); Maxim Vengerov , Thomas Zehetmair (violin); Jean-Pierre Ra...continue...

Dittersdorf: Sinfonias / Cassuto, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-12-12

Works: Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Sinfonia in D major, Grave D6; Sinfonia in A major, Grave A6; Sinfonia in E flat major, Grave Eb9
Conductors: Cassuto, Alvaro
Ensemble: Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra

"Dittersdorf, like his more famous friends and contemporaries Haydn and Mozart, understood the importance of creating a cohesive balance across a multi-movement composition, and this...continue...

I Do - Classical Wedding Music

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2006-03-14

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G major, BWV 1049; Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BW...
Performers: Bertoncelj, Aci; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Dvorsky, Peter; Fuchs, Gabriele [Soprano Vocal]; Gorisek, Bojan; Haljakova, Sidonia; Jordao, Adriano; Maurery, Pavol; Pivka, Marian; Reiner, Andreas [Violin]; Ro...
Conductors: Conta, Josif; Pribil, Rudolf; Scholz, Alfred; Tabakov, Emil; Varese, Luigi; Pitamic, Alexander von; Warchal, Bohdan; Hudec, Jiri; Naidenov, Alipi; Lenárd, Ondrej; Duvier, Eugen; Horak, Vlastimil...
Ensemble: ; Bratislava Chamber Orchestra; Camerata Academica Salzburg; I Musici di San Marco; Nova Filarmonia Portuguesa; Salzburg Consort; Slavonic Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Chamber Orchestra; Sofia Cham...

Bomtempo: Symphonies no 1 & 2 / Cassuto, Algarve Orchestra

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: J. Domingos Bomtempo: Symphony no 1, Op. 11; Symphony no 2
Conductors: Cassuto, Alvaro
Ensemble: Algarve Orchestra

Bomtempo wrote a subtantial body of music, and enjoyed a brilliant carreer in Paris & London in the early 19th century. His two symphonies represent...continue...

Arriaga: Symphony in D, etc / Cassuto, Algarve Orchestra

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-11-01

Works: Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga: Los Esclavos Felices, overture (for a lost opera); Symphony in D major; Carlos de Seixas: Sinfonia in B flat major; Joao de Sousa Carvalho: L' amore industrioso, opera; ...
Conductors: Cassuto, Alvaro

Known as 'The Spanish Mozart' after his premature death at the age of 19, Juan Crisostomo Arriaga appears to us today as a talent of...continue...

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...

I Do - Classical Wedding Music

3 CD / Golden Stars / 2002-01-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G major, BWV 1049; Suite for Orchestra no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major,...
Performers: Bertoncely, Acy; Cassinelli, Riccardo; Dvorsky, Peter; Fuchs, Gabriele; Gorisek, Bojan; Haljakova, Sidonia; Jordao, Adriano; Maurery, Pavol; Pivka, Marian; Reiner, Andreas; Robev, Georgi; Tomsic, Dub...
Conductors: Conta, Josif; Pribil, Rudolf; Scholz, Alfred; Tabakov, Emil; Varese, Luigi; Pitamic, Alexander von; Warchal, Bohdan; Hudec, Jiri; Naidenov, Alipi; Lenárd, Ondrej; Duvier, Eugen; Horák, ...
Ensemble: Bratislava Chamber Orchestra; Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra; Budapest Opera Orchestra; Budapest State Opera Chorus; Camerata Romana; Consortium Musicum Ljubljana; London Festival Orchestra; Music...

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 3 & 6 / Cassuto, Portugese SO

1 CD / Marco Polo Import / 1999-01-26

Works: Joly Braga Santos: Symphony no 3; Symphony no 6
Performers: Neves, Ana Ester
Conductors: Cassuto, Alvaro
Ensemble: Portugese Symphony Orchestra

"...[Third Symphony] It is a work I would go far to hear in concert...Braga Santos last symphony is also his strangest...The words are of artless...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