Prado: Works for Violin & Cello / Baldini, Cesario

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
January 12, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Almeida Prado
    • PERFORMER
      Emmanuele Baldini, Rafael Cesario
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 12, 2024
    • UPC
      747313445974
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8574459
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Invocation I

      Composer: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado

      Performer: Emmanuele Baldini, Rafael Cesario

    2. II. Manifestation de Xangô

      Composer: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado

      Performer: Emmanuele Baldini, Rafael Cesario

    3. III. Le Visage d'Iansã

      Composer: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado

      Performer: Emmanuele Baldini, Rafael Cesario

    4. IV. Le Visage d'Obá

      Composer: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado

      Performer: Emmanuele Baldini, Rafael Cesario

    5. V. Le Visage d'Oxum

      Composer: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado

      Performer: Emmanuele Baldini, Rafael Cesario

    6. VI. Invocation II

      Composer: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado

      Performer: Emmanuele Baldini, Rafael Cesario

    7. VII. Rituel

      Composer: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado

      Performer: Emmanuele Baldini, Rafael Cesario

    8. VIII. Invocation III

      Composer: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado

      Performer: Emmanuele Baldini, Rafael Cesario

    9. IX. Illumination

      Composer: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado

      Performer: Emmanuele Baldini, Rafael Cesario

    10. No. 1. Allegro

      Composer: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado

      Performer: Emmanuele Baldini, Rafael Cesario

    11. No. 2. Tema e variações

      Composer: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado

      Performer: Emmanuele Baldini, Rafael Cesario

    12. No. 3. Rondó: Scherzo

      Composer: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado

      Performer: Emmanuele Baldini, Rafael Cesario

    13. I. Outono (Autumn)

      Composer: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado

      Performer: Emmanuele Baldini

    14. II. Inverno (Winter)

      Composer: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado

      Performer: Emmanuele Baldini

    15. III. Primavera (Spring)

      Composer: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado

      Performer: Emmanuele Baldini

    16. IV. Verão (Summer)

      Composer: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado

      Performer: Emmanuele Baldini

    17. Capriccio für Constança und Ana Luiza

      Composer: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado

      Performer: Emmanuele Baldini

    18. Praeambulum for Solo Cello

      Composer: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado

      Performer: Rafael Cesario

    19. I. Allegro intenso

      Composer: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado

      Performer: Emmanuele Baldini

    20. II. Scherzo intenso

      Composer: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado

      Performer: Emmanuele Baldini

    21. III. Adágio rapsódico

      Composer: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado

      Performer: Emmanuele Baldini

    22. IV. Fugueta a 4 -

      Composer: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado

      Performer: Emmanuele Baldini

    23. V. Coral

      Composer: José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado

      Performer: Emmanuele Baldini


Part of the Naxos label's The Music of Brazil series. This album of works for cello and violin by José Antônio de Almeida Prado is performed by violinist Emmanuele Baldini (concertmaster of the Sâo Paolo Symphony Orchestra) and prize-winning cellist Rafael Cesario. Includes four world premiere recordings. Sinfonia dos orixás (8.574411) and the First Piano Concerto (8.574225) are also available.

REVIEW:

In the series of recordings with works by the Brazilian composer Almeida Prado, the current installment is dedicated to his works for violin, cello, or both together.

Le Livre magique de Xangô (Shango’s magic book) was composed in his postmodern phase and is aesthetically characterized by Afro-Brazilian religiosity. In Das Cirandas, he weaves in folk tunes from various regions of Brazil. Almeida Prado dedicated the lively violin sonata to his violinist-daughter. The Four Seasons was a compulsory piece for the second Brazilian music competition in 1984. Each section is conceived as a study. The Capriccio for solo violin has a lyrical nature. For the cello, Praeambulum was inspired by Antonio Meneses as an introduction to Bach’s third cello suite.

The violinist Emmanuele Baldin gives Prado’s works an exciting mixture of charming folk and modern-sounding sections. As an accomplished instrumentalist and very familiar with Brazilian music, he finds the ways and means to model the character of the pieces and exude Brazilian flair. In the Violin Sonata, the Capriccio and the Four Seasons, he is able to demonstrate his skills as a soloist, which he does convincingly.

The cellist Rafael Cesario makes his solo appearance in Praeambulum, which he also performs successfully. In Das Cirandas and Le Livre magique de Xangô, he performs his parts alongside the violinist in an appealing and confident manner.

-- Pizzicato