Viana da Mota's Cinco Rapsódias Portuguesas manipulate traditional fado tunes, transforming them with inventive modulations and virtuosic effects, similar to Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies.
Performer Biography
João Costa Ferreira, the pianist on this recording, is a researcher with a doctoral program at Paris-Sorbonne University, studying José Viana da Mota's piano works.
Composer Biography
José Viana da Mota, a Portuguese composer, went to Berlin at age 14 to study music, supported by Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, King-Consort of Portugal.
Composer Biography
Viana da Mota played for Franz Liszt in Weimar in 1885 and later studied with Liszt's pupil, Hans von Bülow, in Frankfurt.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Viana da Mota's early works aimed to distinguish him within the Germanic Classical-Romantic lineage of composers like Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Liszt, and Wagner.
Recording & Production
This album includes world premiere recordings of José Viana da Mota's Zwei Klavierstücke nach A. Böcklin and Cinco Rapsódias Portuguesas.
Composer Biography
Viana da Mota studied piano with Xaver Scharwenka and theory and composition with Philipp Scharwenka at the conservatory in Berlin.
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