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Numerous textual differences distinguish the original 1928 manuscript version of Villa-Lobos’ 12 Etudes for Guitar from the composer’s revised version published in 1957. These principally
This collection of feisty, vibrant, gutsy, and overall brilliant string quartets is sure to blow away anyone’s impression of chamber music as stuffy or tedious.
Richard Cionco offers an excellently chosen cross-section of Latin-American compositions that take their cue from traditional dance and song. Even the Bach-influenced passages that permeate
This excellent disc continues CPO’s marvelous and important ongoing survey of Villa-Lobos’ complete symphonies. It’s a mystery to me why anyone would claim that Villa-Lobos
Here’s an attractive and stunningly played program of saxophone quartet music, ranging from baroque transcriptions to modern shades of blues. Proceeding in chronological order, the
Villa-Lobos from Denmark? Skeptics may take some consolation in the fact that conductor Jan Wagner, despite the Germanic name, actually is Venezuelan by birth. Besides,
Symphonies Nos. 3-5 constitute a “war trilogy” and respectively symbolize war, victory, and peace. As might be expected, the “war” symphony (1919) has its share
Sonia Rubinsky’s highly anticipated follow-up to her acclaimed first volume in Naxos’ projected Villa-Lobos piano music cycle was worth the wait. The pianist’s lyrical temperament
Originally issued on Marco Polo, these performances make a welcome reappearance on the Naxos label. Villa-Lobos used the “Chôro”, a popular type of urban street
This traversal of Villa-Lobos’ guitar music begins with a most unfortunate reading of the Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 in an arrangement for voice and guitar.
