Braga Santos: Complete Chamber Music

Quarteto Lopes-Graça

TOCC 0772

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, often infused with the spirit of Portuguese folk-dance.

Works:

•Braga Santos, J M: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 4
•Braga Santos, J M: String Sextet, Op. 65
•Braga Santos, J M: Suite of Dances
•Braga Santos, J M: Piano Trio, Op. 64
•Braga Santos, J M: Adagio e scherzino
•Braga Santos, J M: Suite for Brass
•Braga Santos, J M: Aria a tre con variazione for Clarinet, Viola & Piano
•Braga Santos, J M: Improviso for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 64
•Braga Santos, J M: Aria I for Cello & Piano, Op. 6 (Arr. for Bassoon & Piano)
•Braga Santos, J M: Piece for Flute & Piano
•Braga Santos, J M: Aria I for Cello & Piano, Op. 6
•Braga Santos, J M: Tema e variações for Cello & Piano, Op. 12
•Braga Santos, J M: Canção
•Braga Santos, J M: Aria II for Cello & Piano, Op. 51
•Braga Santos, J M: Melodia for Cello & Piano
•Braga Santos, J M: Nocturno for Violin & Piano

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1.09.2025

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