VASQUES - DIAS & LOPES - Travels In My Homeland (Sealed) (CD)

PORTUGUESE PIANO MUSIC. Fernando Lopes-Gra?a and Am?lcar Vasques-Dias are linked in their musical reflections on Portuguese identity, but at widely differing points in that countrys history. Lopes-Gra?a transformed traditional songs into poetic and hard-edged statements, helping to create a national collective spirit that would not be bowed by dictatorship. Vasques-Diass approach to folk culture is based on more personal feelings and emotions, recalling the countryside of his childhood and its landscapes today.