by National Symphony Orchestra Of Ireland, Freitas Branco Luis De, Álvaro Cassuto · CD · EAN 0747313205974
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«Symphony No. 2» is the album by Luís de Freitas Branco performed by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, released in 2009 by Naxos on CD.
The album includes Symphony No. 2 (1926-27) and the symphonic poems «After a Reading of Guerra Junqueiro» and «Artificial Paradises», by Luís de Freitas Branco. The symphony combines Romanticism, Gregorian chant and echoes of Franck and Debussy; the other two pieces refer to Richard Strauss and De Quincey.
Recorded at the National Concert Hall in Dublin in April and June 2008 under the direction of Álvaro Cassuto. Catalog number: 8.572059.
For classical and symphonic music listeners, especially those interested in early 20th-century Portuguese repertoire.
