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While Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras series may be better known or more popular (at least in part), his Choros pieces are just as fine–and perhaps richer
Dorian made some of its best recordings, both technically and artistically, in Venezuela, and this performance of Antonio Estévez’s Cantata Criolla got the ball rolling.
The primary novelty here is the piano-solo original version of Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4, an interesting alternative to the more familiar setting for orchestra. There
Villa-Lobos compiled 137 traditional Brazilian songs into an anthology entitled Guia Prático that later served as the basis for 11 short volumes of piano miniatures
Brazilian writers on Villa-Lobos tend to minimize the value of his symphonies for little reason beyond the fact that for the most part they are
This new installment of what looks to be the complete orchestral Bachianas Brasileiras is as fine as the previous one. Lest this be taken for
We have long needed a good modern recording of the complete Bachianas Brasileiras, and this set fills the bill nicely. It was exactly 20 years
The Sixth Symphony was one of the composer’s favorites. Its first movement contains thematic material derived from a topographical map of Brazil, the rise and
These performances of Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 2 and 4 easily are the finest available. The São Paulo Symphony Orchestra certainly ought to know how to
Originally released on Dorian, these fine performances constitute the only complete cycle currently available of the 17 string quartets that pepper Villa-Lobos’ entire career. The
