FRANCISCO MIGNONE (1897-1986): Sonata No. 1, OSCAR LORENZO FERNANDEZ (1897-1948): 3 Estudos em forma de sonatina, Op. 62, LEOPOLDO MIGUEZ (1850-1902): Nocturno, Op. 10, CLÁUDIO SANTORO (1919-1989): Prelúdios Nos. 1-3 & 12, MARLOS NOBRE (b.1939): Tango, ALMEIDA PRADO (b.1943): Cartas Celestes, Vol. 1, HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959): Impressões Seresteiras, Saudades das selvas brasileiras, Hommage à Chopin.

Catalogue Number: 03J076
Label: Meridian
Reference: CDE 84551
Format: CD
Price: $17.98
Description: As long as record labels refuse to record one-composer discs by any Brazilian but Villa-Lobos, we will be compelled to add tiny pieces to our personal collections from such anthologies as this one. Everything here is nationalist in style except Miguéz and the youngest composer, Prado, whose 1974 "Celestial Charts" is a suite of music commissioned for use in a planetarium. At 19 minutes, this is the longest work here and its 21 segments each describe stars, galaxies or planets in a generally modern but approachable style. Eduardo Monteiro (piano).