MASTER-PIECES OF PORTUGUESE AND ROMANIAN PIANO MUSIC

Constantin Sandu - piano

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Master-pieces of Portuguese and Romanian Piano Music

João de Sousa Carvalho - João Domingos Bomtempo - Armando José Fernandes

Cláudio Carneyro - Filipe de Sousa - George Enescu

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Although established in opposite extremities of Europe, the Portuguese and the Romanians have similar souls. The Portuguese, just like the Romanians, claim the exclusivity of a feeling – “saudade” - without any meaning in other languages; the only thing is that in Romanian it is named “dor”.

Maybe that’s why, from the beginning of my settling down in Portugal, I have felt as if I was at home, without any adaptation problems. Possibly this is the reason why when listening to Portuguese classical music I recall the Romanian “ethos”. The similar mental structure of both peoples, as well as their cultures, has roots in the common Latin origins. The differences come from the fact that Portuguese are turned towards the Atlantic and the Romanians towards the Balkans.

Having these aspects in mind, I thought it would be interesting to record a CD with some of the most beautiful piano works written by Portuguese and Romanian composers, challenging the listeners to decide if the balance tilts more to the side of the affinities or the one of the diversities.

JOÃO DE SOUSA CARVALHO (1745-1799)

1 - Toccata em sol menor 08’03’’

Allegro 

Andante con gran espressione

JOÃO DOMINGOS BOMTEMPO (1775-1842)

2 - Fantasia e Variações sobre a Aria

“Soyez Sensibles” de Mozart op. 21 10’27’’

ARMANDO JOSÉ FERNANDES (1906-1986)

3 - Cinco Prelúdios 08’38’’

Moderato con sentimento

Presto giocoso

Allegro non troppo

Andante con moto

Allegretto

CLAUDIO CARNEYRO (1895-1963)

4 - Arpa-eólea 05’03’’

5 - Movimento perpétuo 02’01’’

FILIPE DE SOUSA (1927)

6 - Sonatina nº 1 05’16’’

Moderato

Livre

Vivo

GEORGE ENESCU (1881-1955)

- Suite op. 10

7 - Toccata 04’41’’

8 - Sarabande 07’01’’

9 - Pavane 06’15’’

10 - Bourrée 06’40’’

Ref.: NUM_1136