Pinho Vargas: Requiem; Judas
) | Label: NAXOS Catalog: 8573277 Format: CD Gulbenkian Choir and Orchestra; Carneiro; EldoroComposed by: Vargas, Pinho Much decorated by his native country, António Pinho Vargas, originally best known for his jazz performances, is now one of Portugal’s leading classical composers. + His instrumental and film music has won numerous awards, and his chamber works have been performed by some of the world’s leading ensembles. + In turning to the sacred, Pinho Vargas has crafted music of moving declamatory power. + He has organized Judas into five specific scenes with an epilogue, whilst the Requiem is a very personal and powerful reply, in the composer’s words, ‘to a history of numerous works of the past’.  Price: $19.98 |