Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 - Symphony No. 3 / The Death of Manfred / Suite alentejana No. 2

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LUIS DE FREITAS BRANCO
Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 - Symphony No. 3 / The Death of Manfred / Suite alentejana No. 2
RTE National Symphony Orchestra / Alvaro Cassuto

[ Naxos / CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 1 June 2010

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"As with all of the releases in this series so far, Álvaro Cassuto conducts as persuasively as we have any right to expect, and Naxos' sonics are excellent. A very attractive and welcome release." 9/9 ClassicsToday.com

Naxos's acclaimed survey of Luís de Freitas Branco's orchestral works continues with his magisterial Third Symphony which, although composed in 1944, revels in Romantic melodrama and luminous orchestral sonorities. The brooding, agitated atmosphere of his tone poem The Death of Manfred for strings contrasts with the expansive Suite Alentejana No. 2, with its evocations of the rural landscape, folklore and village life of the Alentejo region south-east of Lisbon, where the composer owned a large estate and composed many of his works.

Tracks:

Symphony No. 3
A Morte de Manfredo (The Death of Manfred)
Suite alentejana No. 2