Rubinsky/Minas Gerais Po - Jos� Ant�nio Resdende de Alemeida Prado: Piano Concerto No. 1, Aurora, Concerto Fribourgeois

At the time of his death in 2010, Almeida Prado was one of Brazil�s most internationally admired composers, one who created music of unique sonority and colour, rooted in his native country. In Aurora (�Dawn�) he employs his newly developed �transtonality� to radiant effect, while the Concerto Fribourgeois features a collage technique. In his Piano Concerto No. 1 Almeida Prado explores a cogent structure in which the soloist opens up, rips apart or transforms the theme and variations, in a work that is both grandiose and luminous.