Credits:

Helen Cawthorne

Description:

The project "Brasil em Concerto" is an unprecedented project led by the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in which about 100 works composed between the 19th and 20th centuries will be performed and recorded by Brazilian orchestras. The project is an unprecedented large-scale project in which about 100 works composed between the 19th and 20th centuries are performed and recorded by Brazilian orchestras. This year's program features works by Carlos Gomes, one of the pioneering Brazilian composers who achieved success in Europe. He studied at the Rio de Janeiro Conservatory under Italian composer Gioacchino Gianni, and in 1861, soon after graduation, his first opera, "Night at the Castle," was performed. Two years later, his second opera, "Joana de Flandres," also gained popularity. In 1870, he premiered "The Gwarani Man" at La Scala, based on a story of the Brazilian natives, which was so well received that it was compared to Rossini and Verdi. It was so well received that it was compared to Rossini and Verdi. He continued his creative activities while traveling between Brazil and Italy, and by the time of his death at the age of 60, he had left behind a total of eight operas, choral works, and piano pieces, but he is most highly regarded as an opera composer. This album contains overtures (preludes) and other pieces from all eight operas written by Gomez.Although Gomes' music does not bring to the fore the ethnic atmosphere of Brazilian composers active in the 20th century, it has a powerful and emotionally direct appeal, similar to the famous melodies of the verismo operas. Fabio Mechetti is a conductor born in São Paulo. He studied at the Juilliard School and won the first prize at the Nicolai Marco International Conducting Competition. He has been the conductor of the Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra since its founding in 2008, and the duo's recordings have garnered international attention, including two Grammy nominations. Naxos Japan

Tracklisting:

1.Il Guarany~Overture
2.Maria Tudor~Act I. Prelude
3.Condor~Act I. Prelude
4.Condor~Act III. Nocturne
5.Fosca~Overture
6.Joana de Flandres~Act I. Prelude
7.Salvator Rosa~Overture
8.A noite do castelo~Act I. Prelude
9.Lo schiavo~Act I. Prelude
10.Lo schiavo~Act IV. Prelude 'Alvorada'