Pre-Order: Lopes-Graca / Lopes * Joly Braga Santos: Complete Chamber Music Vol. 1-3 [New CD] RSDBF24 Hold Back The Wind

Hold Back The Wind

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Pre-Order: Lopes-Graca / Lopes * Joly Braga Santos: Complete Chamber Music Vol. 1-3 [New CD] RSDBF24 Hold Back The WindJoly Braga Santos (1924 88) was one of the most important composers in twentieth century Portugal. In his early works his fondness for modal harmony, absorbed from the Portuguese masters of the Renaissance, and his busy counterpoint combine to make him sound surprisingly close to such particularly English composers as Vaughan Williams and Moeran. Although his harmonic language became more astringent with time, it retained a burly sense of humour and a