Claudio Santoro (1919-1989)

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Brazilian composer, conductor and violinist.

site --->  http://www.claudiosantoro.art.br/Santoro/open.html

A prolific composer, not more than a smattering of his work has been officially recorded/issued.
Of that, some has been posted on Youtube, along with radio broadcasts and in-concert videos.
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Chamber Music
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Str Trio, 1941;
Wind Qnt, 1942;
Sonatina a 3, fl, va, vc, 1942;
Str Qt no.1, 1943;
Música de câmera, fl, cl, b cl, pf, vn, vc, 1944;
Variações miniatura, cl, vn, va, vc, 1945;
Str Qt no.2, 1946–7;
Str Qt no.3, 1953;
Str Qt no.4, 1955;
Str Qt no.6, 1963;
Str Qt no.7, 1965;
Agrupamento in 10, fl, trbn, perc, pf, xyl, vib, vn, va, db, 1966;
Pf Trio, 1973;
Bodas sem Figaro (Musikalischer Spass), pic, cl, pf, vn, va, vc, db, synth, 1976; Wind Qt, ob, cl, hn, bn, 1980;
Kleine Fanfarre, 3 hn, timp, org, 1983
Sonata, vn, 1940;
Sonata, fl, pf, 1941;
4 epigramas, fl, 1942;
Sonatina, ob, pf, 1943;
3 peças, cl, 1944;
Coral, org, 1945;
Duo, vn, bn, 1945;
Adagio, vc, pf, 1946;
Sonata, tpt, pf, 1946;
Sonata no.3, vn, pf, 1947;
Sonata no.2, vc, pf, 1947;
Sonata no.4, vn, pf, 1950;
Sonata no.3, vc, pf, 1951;
Sonata no.5, vn, pf, 1957;
Sonata no.4, vc, pf, 1963;
Diagramas ciclicos, pf, perc, 1966;
3 espaços, va, pf, 1966;
Elegia II, vn, pf, 1985

Orchestral
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Symphonies: no.1, 2 str orchs, 1940;
no.2, 1945;
no.3, 1947–8;
no.4 'Da paz', 1953;
no.5, 1955;
no.6, 1957;
no.7 'Brasília', 1959–60;
no.8, 1963;
no.9, 1982;
no.10 (B solo, movt 4), 1982;
no.11, 1984;
no.12, 1987;
no.13, 1988;
no.14, 1989
Adagio, string orchestra, 1942;
Música para cordas 1946, 1946;
Canto de amor e paz, 1950;
Ponteio, 1953;
Introdução e allegro, 1962–3;
3 abstrações, 1966;
In Tele tonos visionem, 1967;
Fantasia sul América, solo insts, str, 1983;
3 Fragmentos sobre B–A–C–H, 1985;
Conc. para orquestra de câmara, 1988
Impressões de uma fundição de aço, 1942;
Divertimento, 1943;
Música 1944, pf, orch, 1944;
Variações, 1945;
Piano Conc. no.1, 1951;
Brasiliana, 1954;
Violin Conc. no.2, 1958;
Recitativo e variações, chbr orch, 1959;
Piano Conc. no.3, 1960;
Cello Conc. no.1, 1961;
5 esboços, 1964–5;
Intermitências II, pf, chbr orch, 1967;
Intermitências III, pf, orch/pf solo, 1967;
Interações assintóticas, 1969;
Pequena abertura universitária, 1979;
Suite Brasília, 1986;
Viola Conc. no.1, 1988

Ballets: Icamiabas, 1958–9; Zuimaaluti, 1960;
Strukturen, 1976;
Conflito, 1981;
Brasília Ano I, 1988

Piano Music
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Pequena toccata, 1942;
4 peças, 1943;
Sonata no.1, 1945;
Sonatina infantil, 1946;
6 perças, 1946;
Preludios nos.1–4, 1946–8;
Sonatina no.1, 1948;
Sonata no.2, 1948;
Preludio no.5, 1950;
2 danças brasileiras, 1951;
9 peças infantis, 1952;
Frevo, 1953;
7 paulistanas, 1953;
Toccata, 1954;
Sonata no.3, 1955;
Sonata no.4 'Fantasia', 1957;
Estudos nos.1–2, 1959–60;
Preludios nos.1–25, 1957–63;
Sonatina no.2, 1964;
Intermitências I, 1967;
Duo, 1972;
Prelúdios nos.26–9, 1983–4;
Noturno, 1984;
Sonata no.5, 1988;
I Topolini e Le Cicale, ballet, 1988

Vocal Music
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Choral: Cantata elegíaca (Camões), chorus, orch, 1970; Aus den Sonnetten an Orpheus (R.M. Rilke), T, chorus, str, 1979; Missa a 6 vozes, solo vv, chorus, orch, 1983; Os Estatutos do Homem (orat), solo vv, chorus, orch, 1984; Requiem para JK, solo vv, chorus, 1986

Songs: A menina bôba (O. Alvarenga), 1944; 60 corais infantis, 1951; Irremediável canção (A. de Andrade), 1953; Canção da fuga impossivel (Andrade), 1953; A uma mulher (C. Brant), 1956; Levavas a madrugada (Andrade), 1956; Amor em lágrimas (V. de Morais), 1957; 12 canções de amor (Morais), 1958–9; No meio fio da rua (J. Alimonda), 1960; Tu vais ao mar (Santoro), 1961; Canção (textless), 1961; Canção (textless), 1962; Eu não sei (R. da Costa), 1966; Canção (textless), 1966; Von ertrunkenen Mädchen (B. Brecht), 1973; Liebes Lied (Brecht), 1974; Das Lied von der Volker der Nacht (Brecht), 1974; 4 canções de madrugada (C. Nunes), 1982; O soldado (A. Zakythinos), v, chbr ens, 1988

          and an opera,

Alma (4), 1984

Tape Experiments
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Mutationem I–XII: I, hpd, tape, 1968; II, vc, tape, 1970; III, pf, tape, 1971; IV, va, tape, 1972; V, vn, tape, 1972; VI, vn, tape, 1972; VII, str qt, opt. tape, 1973; VIII, pf qt, opt. tape, 1975; IX, vv, objects, unspecified inst, 1976; X, ob/tape, 1976; XI, tape, 1976; XII, str qt/str orch, opt. tape, 1976



When, a few months before his death, Rachmaninov lamented that he no longer had the "strength and fire" to compose, friends reminded him of the Symphonic Dances, so charged with fire and strength. "Yes," he admitted. "I don't know how that happened. That was probably my last flicker."

Scion7

With his son as piano soloist for the Concerto for Piano & Orchestra Nr.3:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_246Ed4q_Qg
When, a few months before his death, Rachmaninov lamented that he no longer had the "strength and fire" to compose, friends reminded him of the Symphonic Dances, so charged with fire and strength. "Yes," he admitted. "I don't know how that happened. That was probably my last flicker."

Maestro267

A series of recordings of the symphonies are being released by Naxos now.