Description
Villa-Lobos - Quatuors A Cordes Nos 15/16/17 / Le Chant Du Monde Audio CD 1989 / LDC 278 948
UPC 3149025040138
String Quartet No. 16 is the penultimate of seventeen quartets by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, and was written in 1955. A performance lasts approximately twenty minutes.
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 2000 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: | Le Chant Du Monde – LDC 278 948 |
|---|---|
| Format: |
CD
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| Country: | France |
| Released: |
1989 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Modern |
Tracklist:
| Quatuor N°15 |
(15:57) |
| 1 | Allegro Non Troppo | 5:20 |
| 2 | Moderato | 4:23 |
| 3 | Scherzo | 1:56 |
| 4 | Allegro | 4:18 | |
|
Quatuor N°16 |
(18:26) |
| 5 | Allegro Non Troppo | 4:38 |
| 6 | Molto Andante (Quasi Adagio) | 5:11 |
| 7 | Scherzo. Vivace | 4:17 |
| 8 | Molto Allegro | 4:20 | |
|
Quatuor N°17 |
(18:41) |
| 9 | Allegro Non Troppo | 5:29 |
| 10 | Lento | 4:58 |
| 11 | Allegro Vivace | 3:16 |
| 12 | Allegro Vivace, Con Fuoco | 4:58 |
