Description
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras, Nos. 2, 4 & 8 - Jesús López-Cobos, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra / Telarc Audio CD 1995 / CD-80393
UPC 089408039324
The Bachianas Brasileiras (Portuguese pronunciation: [bakiˈɐ̃nɐz bɾaziˈlejɾɐs]) (an approximate English translation might be Bach-inspired Brazilian pieces) are a series of nine suites by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, written for various combinations of instruments and voices between 1930 and 1945. They represent a fusion of Brazilian folk and popular music on the one hand and the style of Johann Sebastian Bach on the other, as an attempt to freely adapt a number of Baroque harmonic and contrapuntal procedures to Brazilian music. Most of the movements in each suite have two titles: one "Bachian" (Preludio, Fuga, etc.), the other Brazilian (Embolada, O canto da nossa terra, etc.).
In the Bachianas, Villa-Lobos employs the counterpoint and harmonic complexity typical of Bach's music and combines it with the lyrical quality of operatic singing and Brazilian song. The listener experiences the charm of the Brazilian landscape; the energy of Brazilian dance; the color, dissonance and expression of early 20th-century Brazilian modernism; and the refreshing originality of Villa-Lobos' compositional style.
| Label: | Telarc – CD-80393 |
|---|---|
| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | US |
| Released: |
1995 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Modern |
Tracklist:
| Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2 | |||
| 1 | Preludio (O Canto Do Capadocio) | 6:52 | |
| 2 | Aria (O Canto Da Nosso Terra) | 5:20 | |
| 3 | Dansa (Lembranca Do Sertão) | 5:17 | |
| 4 | Toccata (O Tremzinho Do Caipira) | 4:11 | |
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Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 |
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| 5 | Preludio (Introdução) | 7:42 | |
| 6 | Coral (Canto Do Sertão) | 4:14 | |
| 7 | Aria (Cantiga) | 5:33 | |
| 8 | Dansa (Miudinho) | 3:55 | |
|
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 8 |
| 9 | Preludio | 6:50 | |
| 10 | Aria (Modinha) | 7:58 | |
| 11 | Tocata (Catira Batida) | 5:30 | |
| 12 | Fuga | 5:44 |
- Art Direction, Design [Cover] – Anilda Carrasquillo
- Bass – Charles Van Ornum, Frank Proto, James Lambert (3), Matthew Zory, Jr., Rick Vizachero, Ronald Bozicevich, Wayne Anderson (4)
- Bass Clarinet – Ronald Aufmann
- Bass Trombone – Peter Norton, Scott Moore (13)
- Bass [Principal] – Barry Green (2)
- Bassoon – Hugh Michie, Martin James (3)
- Bassoon [Principal] – William Winstead
- Cello – Carlos Zavala (2), Charles Snavely, Dana Rusinak, Daniel Culnan, Geraldine Sutyak*, Laura McLellan, Matthew Lad, Norman Johns, Susan Marshall-Petersen
- Cello [Principal] – Eric Kim
- Clarinet – Carmine Campione, Richard Porotsky
- Clarinet [Principal] – Richard Hawley (2)
- Composed By – Heitor Villa-Lobos
- Concertmaster [Acting] – Rebecca Culnan
- Conductor – Jesús López-Cobos
- Contrabassoon – Frank Heintz
- Edited By [Editor] – Rosalind Ilett
- Engineer [Console Custom Engineered By] – John Windt
- Engineer [Digital Recording Processor Custom Engineered By] – Gary Gomes, Kenneth Hamann
- Engineer [Recording] – Michael Bishop
- English Horn – William Harrod
- Flute – Kyril Magg, Rochelle Doepke
- Flute [Principal] – Randolph Bowman
- French Horn – Charles Bell (6), Duane Dugger, Milton Blalack, Robert Schauer, Thomas Sherwood
- French Horn [Principal] – Robin Graham (2)
- Harp – Juliet Stratton
- Illustration [Cover Photo] – Joan Miró
- Keyboards – Heather MacPhail, Michael Chertock
- Liner Notes – Richard E. Rodda
- Liner Notes [Traduction] – Patricia Dussaux
- Liner Notes [Übersetzung] – Gila Fox
- Management [Personnel Manager] – Rosemary Waller
- Oboe – Lon Bussell, Michael Kenyon (3)
- Oboe [Principal] – Richard Johnson (32)
- Orchestra – Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
- Other [Assistant Librarian] – Sandra Pearson
- Other [Librarian] – Mary Judge (2)
- Percussion – David Fishlock, Marc Wolfley, Richard Jensen, Scott Lang
- Percussion [Principal] – William Platt
- Photography By – David Heald
- Piccolo Flute – Joan Voorhees
- Producer [Recording] – Robert Woods (2)
- Production Manager [Production Assistance] – Erica Brenner
- Supervised By [Production Supervisor] – Elaine Martone
- Technician [Technical Assistance] – Thomas Knab
- Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Michael Andres
- Timpani – Eugene Espino
- Trombone – James Eastman
- Trombone [Principal] – Tony Chipurn
- Trumpet – Douglas Lindsay, Marie Speziale, Steven Pride
- Trumpet [Principal] – Philip Collins
- Tuba [Principal] – Michael Thornton (9)
- Viola – Allen Martin (2), Joseph Somogyi, Judith Martin, Julian Wilkison, Mark Cleghorn, Mary Olson, Paul Frankenfeld, Raymond Stilwell, Robert Howes (4), Sari Eringer-Thoman, Steven Rosen (3)
- Viola [Principal] – Mama Street
- Violin [First] – Conny Kiradjieff, Darla De Deppo Bertolone, Donald Gibson (2), Gayna Mandelbaum Bassin, Gerald Itzkoff, James Braid, Joseph Fafard, Larrie Howard, Lois Reid Johnson, Michelle Edgar Dugan, Oscar Rubens Fernandez, Rebecca Culnan, Rebecca Kruger, Ronald Konieczka, Sylvia Mitchell, Sylvia Samis
- Violin [Second, Principal] – Yumi Hwang
- Violin [Second] – Borivoje Angelich, Catherine Lange, Chiun-Teng Cheng, David Moore (34), DeAnne Cleghorn, Denise Doolan, Drake C. Ash, Eric Bates (4), Harold Byers, Hey-Sun Park, Katharine Anderson, Kiki Bussell, Kristin Frankenfeld, Manami White, Michele Wilkison, Paul Patterson (10), Scott Mozlin, Serge Shababian, Stacey Woolley, Stephen Schaefer (2)
