Francisco António de Almeida
Latest Albums
- Mário Alves, Fernando Guimarães, Musicos do Tejo, Os, Marcos Magalhães, Ines Madeira, Joana Seara, Cátia Moreso, João Fernandes, Ana Quintans, Luis Rodrigues
- Stefano Barneschi, Gemma Bertagnolli, Orchestra Divino Sospiro, Fernando Miguel Jalôto, Enrico Onofri
- Orquestra Clássica do Porto, Elsa Saque, Manuel Ivo Cruz, Armando Vidal, António Wagner Diniz, Ópera de Câmara do Real Theatro de Queluz
Biography
Francisco Antonio de Almeida was primarily a composer for the vocal genres. Media included opera, oratoria, masses, motets and serenata. His works include but are not limited to "In pentimento di Davidde," "La Pazienza di Socrate," "Le virtu trionfanti," "Veni Sancte Spiritus," "Benedictus," "Miserere," "Beati Omnes," "O quam suavis est Domine," and the opera "La Spinalba ovvero Il vecchio matto." Almeida was able to capture the feeling of the story-lines in note-for-note harmonics forsaking not the import of the independent lines including the upper registers. Orchestration for him primarily included oboes, strings and horns. ~ Keith Johnson