Mesquita: Piano Works - Maria Teresa Madeira - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

Henrique Alves de Mesquita was a prolific 19th-century composer who, despite Brazil’s systemic exclusion of Black artists, rose to prominence as a leading figure in the country’s musical life. Celebrated for his sacred music and operas—which are rarely performed today—Mesquita also excelled in lighter, fashionable music-theatre styles, including polkas, tangos, and waltzes, conveying moods from contagious joy to tender melancholy. These lighter works are now widely regarded by scholars as foundational to the development of modern Brazilian popular music.

Label: Naxos | Origin: Holland