Conductor(s): Brönnimann, Baldur
Label: Naxos
Genre: Chamber Music; Vocal
Catalogue No: 9.70233
Barcode: 730099723312
Release Date: 06/2015

PINHO VARGAS, A.: Verses and Nocturnes (Northern Sinfonia, Vaganza, Brönnimann)

António Pinho Vargas, whose musical journey has encompassed jazz, instrumental, and film music, is now firmly established as one of Portugal’s leading classical composers. These world première recordings draw on two great Portuguese poetry cycles and represent the “hugely liberating response” Pinho Vargas gains from text. António Pinho Vargas’ thought-provoking opera Os Dias Levantados is available for download on Naxos 9.70231-32.

Tracklist

Pinho Vargas, António
Ramos Rosa, Antonio - Lyricist
Taveira, Rui (tenor)
Mota, Jaime (piano)
1No. 1. Nao tenho lagrimas (I have no tears)03:32
Taveira, Rui (tenor)
Mota, Jaime (piano)
2No. 2. Nao era um barco (It wasn't a boat)02:19
Taveira, Rui (tenor)
Mota, Jaime (piano)
3No. 3. Ligado a uma sombra (Bound to a shadow)01:38
Taveira, Rui (tenor)
Mota, Jaime (piano)
4No. 4. Um tremor de proa (A tremor of the prow)02:53
Taveira, Rui (tenor)
Mota, Jaime (piano)
5No. 5. Tacteio sobre o branco (A touch on the arm)02:26
Taveira, Rui (tenor)
Mota, Jaime (piano)
6No. 6. Como quem levanta (Can it be that the world is listening)03:31
Taveira, Rui (tenor)
Mota, Jaime (piano)
7No. 7. Onde a forca do vento (Where is the power of the wind)02:15
Taveira, Rui (tenor)
Mota, Jaime (piano)
8No. 8. E por aqui mas o caminho e tremulo (It's this way but the path is unsteady)01:39
Taveira, Rui (tenor)
Mota, Jaime (piano)
9No. 9. O que escrevo pro vezes (Sometimes as I write)02:42
Taveira, Rui (tenor)
Mota, Jaime (piano)
Pinho Vargas, António
Northern Sinfonia, Vaganza (Ensemble)
Brönnimann, Baldur (Conductor)
10Nocturno / Diurno09:08
Northern Sinfonia, Vaganza (Ensemble)
Brönnimann, Baldur (Conductor)
Northern Sinfonia, Vaganza (Ensemble)
Brönnimann, Baldur (Conductor)
11No. 1. Pouco me importa… (It matters little to me)02:28
Northern Sinfonia, Vaganza (Ensemble)
Brönnimann, Baldur (Conductor)
12No. 2. … o vento que passa… (The wind that passes)03:06
Northern Sinfonia, Vaganza (Ensemble)
Brönnimann, Baldur (Conductor)
13No. 3. … se eu morrer cedo… (If I die early)03:20
Northern Sinfonia, Vaganza (Ensemble)
Brönnimann, Baldur (Conductor)
Pinho Vargas, António
Martins, Albano - Lyricist
Ferreira, Paulo (baritone)
Mota, Jaime (piano)
14No. 1. Compromisso (Commitment)02:39
Ferreira, Paulo (baritone)
Mota, Jaime (piano)
15No. 2. A mesma cancao (The same song)03:32
Ferreira, Paulo (baritone)
Mota, Jaime (piano)
16No. 3. Porque sao numerosos (Because they are many in number)01:50
Ferreira, Paulo (baritone)
Mota, Jaime (piano)
17No. 4. Os dias de vespera (The eves of feast-days)02:13
Ferreira, Paulo (baritone)
Mota, Jaime (piano)
18No. 5. Paleta (Palette)04:01
Ferreira, Paulo (baritone)
Mota, Jaime (piano)
19No. 6. Jogos (Games)02:16
Ferreira, Paulo (baritone)
Mota, Jaime (piano)
20No. 7. Escrito a vermelho (Written in red)02:01
Ferreira, Paulo (baritone)
Mota, Jaime (piano)

Total Playing Time: 59:29