Luís de Freitas Branco: Solemnia Verba (Symphonic Poem)

Luís de Freitas Branco: Solemnia Verba (Symphonic Poem), based on homonymous poem from the portuguese poet Antero de Quental.
Pictures of Luís Freitas Branco, Antero Quental and digitalization of the original poem's manuscript.

[@marizacabral5141]

Orchestra and conductor for this recording?

[@jamesstuart5904]

Orchestra and conductor? Than you : )

[@josealexandreferreiradacos193]

Sibelius? Richard Strauss? Both? I wonder why Freitas branco being a contemporeous of Mahler (he dies in 1911) does not show any mahlerian particular sign in his music...Maybe it was still "too soon"? Excellent piece.

[@FleuveAlphee]

This may sound 'strange' today, but Mahler was hardly a household name until the late 60s, and above all the later "Death in Venice" phenomenon. Not surprising at all a composer like Freitas Branco would know little about Mahler, whose music was rarely performed (until then), and his scores seldom looked at.