Description

Brazilian Guitar Quartet Plays Villa-Lobos / Delos Audio CD 2011 / DE 3409

UPC 013491340920

Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887 – November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the best-known South American composer of all time. A prolific composer, he wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works, totaling over 2,000 works by his death in 1959. His music was influenced by both Brazilian folk music and stylistic elements from the European classical tradition, as exemplified by his Bachianas Brasileiras (Brazilian Bachian-pieces) and his Chôros. His Etudes for classical guitar (1929) were dedicated to Andrés Segovia, while his 5 Preludes (1940) were dedicated to his spouse Arminda Neves d'Almeida, a.k.a. "Mindinha". Both are important works in the classical guitar repertory.

Label:	Delos – DE 3409
Format:	CD
Country:	US
Released:	2011
Genre:	Latin, Classical

Tracklist:

	Suite Floral (1918)
1	dílio na Rede (Idyll in a Hammock)	2:56
2	Uma Camponeza Cantadeira (A Singing Country Girl)	2:14
3	Alegria Na Horta (Joy In The Garden)	2:27
	from Cirandas (1926)
4	A Canoa Virou (The Canoe Capsized)	2:57
5	A Condessa (The Countess)	3:02
6	Terezinha de Jesus	2:11
	String Quartet No. 5 (1931)
7	Pouco Andantino	6:05
8	Vivo E Enérgico	3:10
9	Andantino	3:03
10	Allegro	3:34
	Danças Características Africanas (African Folk Dances) (1916)
11	Farrapós (Young People's Dance)	4:09
12	Kankukus (Elder's Dance)	4:25
13	Kankikis (Children's Dance)	2:57
	From Cirandas
14	À Procura de Uma Agulha (Searching For A Needle)	3:09
15	Senhora Dona Sancha	1:50
16	Que Lindos Olhos (What Beautiful Eyes)	3:53
	String Quartet No. 12 (1950)
17	Allegro	6:40
18	Andante Melancólico	6:40
19	Scherzo: Allegretto (Ligeiro)	5:23
20	Allegro (bem Ritmado)	4:53