Camargo Guarnieri: Symphony No. 1 (1940)

Orquesta Sinfónica de São Paulo dirigida por / São Paulo Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Neschling.

I. Maestoso – Allegro Risoluto (0:00)
II. Vivace (7:01)
III. Andante (9:42)

Camargo Guarnieri pertenece a la generación de compositores brasileños que prosiguió a Heitor Villa-Lobos y Óscar Lorenzo Fernandes. Su música yace entre el claro etnicismo – alentado por su fervor nacional – y por su gran admiración hacia técnicas musicales contemporáneas. Su Primera Sinfonía es una obra puramente abstracta que se sirve de ritmos étnicos y lenguaje tonal con fines puramente artísticos.

Camargo Guarnieri belongs to the generation of Brazilian composers that came right after Heitor Villa-Lobos and Oscar Lorenço Fernandes. His music lies between plain ethnic roots – fostered by national fervor – and great admiration for contemporary music techniques. His First Symphony is a purely abstract work which is based on ethnic rhythms and tonal language with purely artistic aims.

Imagen/image: Café/Coffee. Candido Portinari. 1935.
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