Vol. 27 within the Naxos Music of Brazil collection options music by César Guerra-Peixe (1914–1993). On this podcast, Raymond Bisha discusses the life and music of the composer, often called the ‘Brazilian Bartók’ on account of his ethnomusicological analysis, with conductor Neil Thomson. Describing Guerra-Peixe as an “extraordinarily prolific, extremely rounded, full musician”, Thomson additionally particulars how the Music of Brazil collection acquired off the bottom; how the featured orchestra, the Goiás Philharmonic, has raised its profile during the last forty years; and the way the stylistic variations between Guerra-Peixe’s First and Second Symphonies took place.
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Catalogue No.: 8.573926
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