24 VALSAS BRASILEIRAS - PIANO

Com o intuito de resgatar e preservar a obra pianística do compositor brasileiro Francisco Mignone (1897-1986), apresentamos a série 24 Valsas Brasileiras para piano solo. O trabalho contou com a supervisão e revisão técnica de Maria Josephina Mignone, a quem boa parte destas valsas foi dedicada e a quem o compositor confiou orientações sobre a interpretação de suas obras. Destina-se, portanto, como álbum de performance para musicistas profissionais e estudantes.

Compostas entre 1963 e 1984, as Valsas Brasileiras retratam fortemente o estilo musical de Mignone, marcadas por tempos, ritmos, melodias, harmonias, texturas e dinâmicas bastante expressivas e com particularidades idiomáticas, como a busca pela sonoridade do violão. Elas combinam os elementos nacionalistas e tradicionais, que o compositor usou de forma ampla e habilidosa, com um novo e rico vocabulário musical, fruto de suas pesquisas e investidas.

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In order to rescue and preserve the piano work of Brazilian composer Francisco Mignone’s (1897-1986), we present the series 24 Valsas Brasileiras (24 Brazilian Waltzes) for solo piano. This work was done under the supervision and technical review of Maria Josephina Mignone, to whom most of these waltzes were dedicated, and to whom the composer gave his guidelines about the interpretation of his works. Therefore, they are meant to be a performance album for both professional musicians and students.

Composed between 1963 and 1984, the Valsas Brasileiras (Brazilian Waltzes) strongly portray Mignone’s musical style, marked by tempos, rhythms, melodies, harmonies, quite expressive textures and dynamics, along with idiomatic peculiarities, such as the search for the sonority of the guitar. In short, they combine the nationalistic and traditional elements, which the composer made use so widely and skillfully, with an innovative and rich musical vocabulary, as a result of his research and advances.