HENRIQUE OSWALD (1852-1931)
PIANO MUSIC
SERGIO MONTEIRO
“Brazilian-born composer Henrique Oswald was one of the most important composers in South America in the late 19th century and early 20th Century. His music reveals an eclectic mixture of traditional and modern traits aligned with French traditions, and like the music of his friend Saint-Saëns, is not easy to contextualize within a single stylistic paradigm.” – Sergio Monteiro
Pagine d’album, Op. 3
GP682
(1852-1931)
About this Recording
Henrique Oswald was one of the most important composers in South America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His European-influenced music was suppressed by Brazilian nationalist sentiment in the 1930s and 40s, but on his death Villa-Lobos described Oswald as “the most admirable composer of this country”. This programme provides an excellent overview of his stylistic development, from the youthful salon music aesthetic of Pagine d’album to the French impressionism of the Album Op. 36 and the masterful Trois Études.
TOTAL TIME: 61:28
SERGIO MONTEIRO
Brazilian pianist Sergio Monteiro studied under Jose Henrique Duprat and Myrian Dauelsberg at the National Music School of Rio de Janeiro, and has also studied at the Eastman School of Music in the United States, where he earned his Doctor of Musical Arts under Nelita True. He is a winner of several Brazilian and South American piano competitions, including the 2003 Martha Argerich International Piano Competition in Buenos Aires. Monteiro has been the Director of Piano Activities at the Wanda Bass School of Music, Oklahoma City University since 2009. He has an active international career, appearing in venues such as the Toronto Center for the Arts in Canada, the Konzerthaus and the Philharmonie in Berlin, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Kennedy Center in Washington and the Martha Argerich Festival in Beppu, Japan. In 2010 he was invited to join the Steinway Artists’ Roster.
ALSO AVAILABLE
- Pizzicato
- American Record Guide
- Fanfare
- Diapason
