Various Artists - 3 Portuguese Orchestraslvaro Cassuto's importance to Portuguese cultural life over the last half century is immense. A significant composer as well as conductor (his music can be heard on Naxos 8. 573266), he had already won the Koussevitzky Prize at Tanglewood when he was appointed deputy music director of the Lisbon Radio Orchestra in 1970. This album focuses on the three orchestras he established in later years, all of which set new levels of musical excellence in

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"Here Come the Nice" and "Tin Soldier"

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an organist much in demand as a soloist

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for the Queen continued to protect him and he was never harassed during the religious disputes that shook the country

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In an age when singer/composers were relatively common

Dubbed "The First Lady of Children's Music