Álvaro Cassuto
Álvaro Cassuto is often ranked as Portugal's top orchestral conductor, and he has been active frequently both in the U.S. and in other European countries as well as in Portugal. He is also a noted composer. Cassuto was born in Porto, Portugal, on November 17, 1938. He studied composition in Lisbon, and in the 1960s he became one of Portugal's few members of the international compositional avant-garde. His Sinfonias breves of 1960 were Portugal's first compositions to make use of the serial method. He has continued to compose, mostly in orchestral genres. Cassuto earned a law degree from the University of Lisbon and then, armed with marketable skills, he enrolled as the Vienna Conservatory as a conducting student. Among his teachers was Herbert von Karajan. His conducting career took off quickly and for some years followed dual tracks in Portugal and the U.S., where he landed a post as assistant to Leopold Stokowski at the American Symphony Orchestra. Cassuto was promptly awarded the Koussevitzky Prize, a prestigious American conducting award, in 1969. He went on to music director positions at the University of California Symphony Orchestra from 1974 to 1979, the Rhode Island Symphony from 1979 to 1985, and the National Orchestra of New York from 1981 to 1987. He has also appeared with the symphony orchestras of Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Antonio, Oklahoma City, Savannah, Buffalo, and Tucson, as well as the Philharmonic Orchestra of North Carolina. In Portugal he was subdirector of the RDP Philharmonic from 1970 to 1975, when he was named conductor. He remained in that post until the orchestra's demise in 1989. Prior to that, he established the New Portuguese Philharmonic Orchestra and served as its conductor. Cassuto has also been conductor and artistic director of the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra and the Algarve Orchestra. His European (and Middle Eastern) career includes stints as music director of the Raanana Symphony Orchestra in Israel (2000-2002) and the Bari Symphony Orchestra in Italy (2009-2011). He has made numerous guest appearances with top orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic in London, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Moscow Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic, the Symphony Orchestra of the Berlin Radio, the Paris Chamber Orchestra, the Leipzig Radio Orchestra, and the Philharmonica Hungarica. His many recordings include series on the Marco Polo and Naxos labels, including, on the latter label in 2018, a reading of the Piano Concerto of Portuguese composer Joly Braga Santos, with pianist Goran Filipec.
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21 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Symphonies n°1 & 5
Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Classique - Paru chez Marco-Polo le 27 mars 1998
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Braga Santos : Orchestral Works
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Goran Filipec, Álvaro Cassuto
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 14 sept. 2018
5 de Diapason24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Symphonies n° 3 & 6
Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, Ana Ester Neves, Álvaro Cassuto, Joao Paulo Santos, Sao Carlos National Theatre Chorus
Classique - Paru chez Marco-Polo le 11 nov. 1998
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BRAGA SANTOS: Symphony No. 2 / Encruzilhada
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Classique - Paru chez Marco-Polo le 1 déc. 2000
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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (Excerpts) (Live)
Álvaro Cassuto, Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa
Classique - Paru chez First Hand Records le 12 mai 2023
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Œuvres orchestrales (volume 3)
RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 25 mai 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
BRAGA SANTOS: Symphony No. 4 / Symphonic Variations
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Álvaro Cassuto
Classique - Paru chez Marco-Polo le 1 juin 2002
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Œuvres orchestrales (Volume 1)
RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 29 juil. 2008
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Œuvres orchestrales (Volume 2)
RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 27 janv. 2009
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The Silly Girl's Dance
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 4 mars 2013
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Œuvres orchestrales (Volume 4)
RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 1 déc. 2010
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Braga Santos: Sinfonietta for Strings / Violin Concerto
Northern Sinfonia, Sue Blair, Álvaro Cassuto, Bradley Creswick, Alexander Somov
Musique concertante - Paru chez Marco-Polo le 5 nov. 2001
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Viana da Motta: À pátria – Sinfonia
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 25 sept. 2015
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Symphonie - Suite Rústica
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 30 avr. 2012
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Return to the Future
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Antonio Rosado, Álvaro Cassuto
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 5 nov. 2013
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Álvaro Cassuto: 3 Portuguese Orchestras (Live)
Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, Nova Filarmonia Portuguesa, Algarve Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 27 mai 2022
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Braga Santos: Cello Concerto / Divertimentos Nos. 1 and 2
Algarve Orchestra, Jan Bastiaan Neven, Álvaro Cassuto
Classique - Paru chez Marco-Polo le 1 août 2004
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
3 Symphonies
Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 12 déc. 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2
Algarve Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 1 oct. 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Spanish and Portuguese Orchestral Music
Algarve Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 29 sept. 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo