The portuguese cellist Bruno Borralhinho is a member of the 
The diversified artistic activity of Bruno Borralhinho also includes orchestral conducting, in which he received important impulses through Christian Kluttig, Jorma Panula and Juanjo Mena. Along with regular appearences as a conductor with his Ensemble Mediterain (DE), he conducted the Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa (PT), the Orquestra Clássica do Sul (PT), the Orquestra Clássica do Centro (PT), the Orquestra Clássica da Madeira (PT), the Orquestra de Camara Portuguesa (PT), the Filharmonie Bohuslava Martinu (CZ), the Oficina de Cordas de Campinas (BR), the Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin (DE) and the Berliner Symphoniker (DE). 
Bruno Borralhinho has been a member of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra and Solo-Cellist of the Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra. He was also a member of the Academy of the Staatskapelle Berlin, resident orchestra of the Berlin State Opera, and of the DSO - Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin. 
Release: October 2018 | Label: Ars Produktion
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The works selected by Bruno Borralhinho and Christoph Berner for this CD were composed over a period of eleven years (between 1883 and 1894). It was appealing to place three early works alongside each other, works in which Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler and Alexander von Zemlinsky prove their command of their art of composing, so to speak, and where – with all the echoes of admired role models – their own distinctive signature becomes audible for the first time.
The sonatas of Strauss and Zemlinsky belong to the essential nucleus of the repertoire of the instrument. The new transcription by Bruno Borralhinho of Mahler's songs, on the other hand, establishes a tempting link between the composer and the instrument, but also, in the concrete case of this programmatic construction, a historical, musical and personal connection between the three composers.
This recording brings together for the first time some of Portugal’s leading composers in a unique programme dedicated to their works for cello and orchestra. The impressionistic and luxuriant harmonies of Luiz Costa’s Poema contrast with Fernando Lopes-Graça’s sombre and austere Concerto da Camera, a commission from Mstislav Rostropovich. Luís de Freitas Branco’s Cena Lírica is an early, romantically expressive piece, while the Concerto by his eminent pupil Joly Braga Santos is a hauntingly poetic symphonic masterpiece.
This recording is entirely dedicated to Portuguese music for solo cello and cello/piano duet. We aim to make this repertoire better known in Portugal and abroad, as it includes some of the most significant Portuguese works of the past and current centuries. By recording this music, we wish to counteract the tendency for Portuguese cello repertoire to be dismissed as a “forgotten page” (Página Esquecida), abroad and even in Portugal. As we continue to honor these and other composers in our live performances, so we also hope our project stimulates the interpretation of Portuguese music by even more musicians.
On the 100th Anniversary of his death, the Ensemble Mediterrain dedicates to the spanish composer Isaac Albéniz the world premiere of his famous "Suite Española op.47", on a version for septet by Bruno Borralhinho. The CD also includes the "classical" Septet op.20 by Ludwig van Beethoven. 
Idealized and developed under absolute responsibility of the former Trio Mediterrain, this project consists of a recording of 4 original works dedicated to the group itself by 4 proeminent portuguese composers. 
