JOSÉ ANTÔNIO REZENDE DE ALMEIDA PRADO (1880⁠–⁠1951)

COMPLETE NOCTURNES
ILHAS

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ALEYSON SCOPEL

‘This recording, a follow-up to Almeida Prado's complete Cartas Celestes for piano, demonstrates how multifaceted and varied his sound world is. The Nocturnes are pearls of intimacy and lyricism and pay homage to the idiom of other composers with whom Almeida Prado had an affinity. Nocturne No. 4 is an audience favourite and one of the simplest, yet most memorable. My personal favourite is No. 1, which sums up his inventive new gestures. Ilhas (‘Islands’) is a piece that precedes the compositional techniques employed in his Cartas Celestes, and already shows how the piano's resonance plays a very important role.’ – Aleyson Scopel