Joly Braga Santos: Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 1 Quarteto Lopes-Graça

• Joly Braga Santos (1924 - 1988): String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 4:
• 1 String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 4: I. Allegro moderato 08:17
• 2 String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 4: II. Allegro con fuoco 04:12
• 3 String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 4: III. Andante tranquillo 11:01
• 4 String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 4: IV. Allegro molto energico e appassionato 12:54
• String Quartet No. 2, Op. 29:
• 5 String Quartet No. 2, Op. 29: I. Largo - Allegro moderato 07:14
• 6 String Quartet No. 2, Op. 29: II. Adagio molto - Andante con moto 06:34
• 7 String Quartet No. 2, Op. 29: III. Largo - Allegro molto vivace 07:00
• String Sextet, Op. 65:
• 8 String Sextet, Op. 65: I. Molto largo 09:20
• 9 String Sextet, Op. 65: II. Allegro ben marcato, ma non troppo 07:08
• 10 String Sextet, Op. 65: III. Andante - Allegro 05:07
• Total Runtime 01:18:47

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Joly Braga Santos (1924–88) was one of the most important composers in twentieth- century Portugal. In his early works his fondness for modal harmony, absorbed from the Portuguese masters of the Renaissance, and his busy counterpoint combine to make him sound surprisingly close to such particularly English composers as Vaughan Williams and Moeran. Although his harmonic language became more astringent with time, it retained a burly sense of humour and a powerful charge of energy.

Quarteto Lopes-Graça:
Luís Pacheco Cunha, violin
Maria José Laginha, violin
Isabel Pimentel, viola
Catherine Strynckx, cello
Leonor Braga Santos, viola (Tracks 8–10)
Irene Lima, cello (Tracks 8–10)

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