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Almeida Prado - Complete Cartas celestes Vol.4 | Grand Piano GP747

Almeida Prado - Complete Cartas celestes Vol.4

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Label: Grand Piano

Cat No: GP747

Barcode: 0747313974726

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 13th April 2018

Contents

Works

Prado, Jose Antonio Rezende de Almeida

Cartas celestes (18)
» no.13
» no.16 'Magical Animals'
» no.17 'Celestial Egypt and Greece'
» no.18 'The Sky of Macunaima'

Artists

Aleyson Scopel (piano)

Works

Prado, Jose Antonio Rezende de Almeida

Cartas celestes (18)
» no.13
» no.16 'Magical Animals'
» no.17 'Celestial Egypt and Greece'
» no.18 'The Sky of Macunaima'

Artists

Aleyson Scopel (piano)

About

Almeida Prado’s vast cycle of Cartas celestes (Celestial Charts) depicts the celestial bodies visible in the Brazilian night sky during the four seasons of the year. As the cycle evolves so does Almeida Prado’s sound world and colour palette, reaching a highly transcendent and poetic view of the universe with an ever-evolving harmonic language that includes the composer’s own invented “transtonality”. The composer himself described Aleyson Scopel’s performances on Volume 1 (GP709) as “straight from heaven!”

Brazilian pianist Aleyson Scopel has performed worldwide in solo, chamber and concerto settings. A recipient of the Nelson Freire and Magda Tagliaferro awards, he has also won numerous prizes in international competitions such as the William Kapell, Villa-Lobos, Corpus Christi, Kingsville and Southern Highland International piano competitions. His performance of the first set of Cartas celestes by Almeida Prado was thus received by the composer: “It came straight from heaven! Meteor Showers, radiant constellations, glowing nebulae and a transcendental vitality marked the genial interpretation of this colossal pianist.” Prado would later dedicate to Scopel the fifteenth set of the series.

“…Scopel’s pianistic skills are extraordinary but it is primarily his intense identification with this music that makes the performances so great.” – The Art Music Lounge on Vols. 1 & 2

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