Fernando Lopes-Graça was one of Portugal’s most prolific and innovative 20th-century composers. This third volume of Songs and Folk Songs explores Portuguese poetry alongside Old...

Fernando Lopes-Graça was one of Portugal’s most prolific and innovative 20th-century composers. This third volume of Songs and Folk Songs explores Portuguese poetry alongside Old English and French songs. The pianist Nuno Vieira de Almeida is joined by soprano Susana Gaspar. Volumes 1 and 2 can be heard on Naxos 8.579039 and 8.579082. Orchestral works by Lopes-Graça can be heard on 8.572817, 8.572892 and 8.573461.