Francisco António de Almeida Podcasts
Portuguese composer and organist
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Andrée Esposito | Iris Paque | Claudine Ferment | Alain Vanzo | Jean-Pierre Laffage | Ivan Sauer | François Garcia | Alfred Navello | Gérard Spagnol | Alain Duverry Antonio de Almeida | Nice | Dec. 1976
When cellist Ofra Harnoy entered London’s venerable Abbey Road Studios in 1996 to record Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85, she never imagined she would have to wait 27 years for the recording’s release – at last, set for release on September 15 via Sony Classical and available for preorder now.The new album also includes a reissue of Harnoy’s recording of the Cello Concerto in D Minor by the French composer Edouard Lalo, made in 1995 with the late Antonio de Almeida conducting the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.Track Listing:1 Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 / I. Adagio – Moderato2 II. Lento - Allegro molto3 III. Adagio4 IV. Allegro - Moderato - Allegro, ma non-troppo - Poco più lento – Adagio5 Lalo: Cello Concerto in D Minor / I. Prelude. Lento - Allegro maestoso6 II. Intermezzo. Andantino con moto - Allegro presto7 III. Introduction. Andante - Allegro vivaceHelp support our show by purchasing this album at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber and Apple Classical. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber#AppleClassical Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) [email protected] This album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).
This is another fun short piano piece by this Brazilian composer from the beginning of the XX century. Background picture: https://flic.kr/p/6tZqkV Atrevido , Brazilian tango published in 1913 Casa Arthur Napoleão (Sampaio, Araújo & Cia.), dedicated to his friend Dr. Jorge Fragoso. The son of the dedicator stated, in an interview with the biographer Luiz Antonio de Almeida: "My father was graduating in medicine when he met Ernesto Nazareth. He was leaving college and going to play at Cinema Odeon, listening to Nazareth. From there, a friendship was born that would last a lifetime. After graduating, my father moved to São Paulo, even hosting the composer in our house. On one of my father's trips to the Odeon, Nazareth introduced him to new music. And since he had, my father, some notion of music called Nazareth's attention to an "oversight". as to the number of bars contained in a certain part of that song, or something along those lines. He then looked at my father and said: ' - You're pretty cheeky, huh!...' And what was my father's surprise when Nazareth appeared with the 'Tango' Atrevido , dedicated to him..."
César Franck - Symphonic Variations Francois-Joel Thiollier, piano Ireland National Symphony Orchestra Antonio de Almeida, conductor More info about today's track: Naxos 8.550754 Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording AmazonArkivMusic
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