Almeida Prado: Pequenos funerais cantantes / Sinfonia dos Orixás
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JOSE ANTONIO de ALMEIDA PRADO
Almeida Prado: Pequenos funerais cantantes / Sinfonia dos Orixás
São Paulo Symphony Choir / São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Neil Thomson, with Clarissa Cabral (mezzo) & Sabah Teixeira (bass-baritone)
[ Naxos The Music of Brazil / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 12 May 2023
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José Antônio de Almeida Prado was one of the most admired Brazilian composers of his time. The two stylistically diverse works featured on this album exemplify different creative periods in the composer's life. The prize-winning Pequenos funerais cantantes, which was Almeida Prado's breakthrough as a composer, is a lament full of unique soundworlds forged from different combinations of choral and orchestral writing. The superbly orchestrated Sinfonia dos Orixás takes as its subject the Orishas (deities in the Yoruba religion) - and is a personal tribute to the rich Afro-Brazilian religious traditions, a sumptuous melodic and rhythmic feast celebrating the forces of nature.
Tracks:
Pequenos funerais cantantes ao poeta Carlos Maria de Araújo ('Small Sung Obsequies for the Poet Carlos Maria de Araújo') (1969)
Sinfonia dos Orixás ('Symphony of the Orishas') (1984-85)
