Heitor Villa-Lobos - Chamber Music

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

Chamber Music

The Jet Whistle (1950) 

Quintette instrumental for flute, violin, viola, cello and harp (1957)

Song of the Black Swan for violin and harp (1917)

Duo for violin and viola (1946) 

Five Songs (transcribed for flute and harp by Lorna McGhee and Alison Nicholls)

Vida Formose (Beautiful life) (1943) 

Nesta Rua (On this Street) (1943) 

Modinha (1926) 

Chanson de Cristal (Song of Crystal) (1950) 

Cancão do Marinheiro (Sailor’s Song) (1936)

Mobius: 

Philippe Honore (violin) 

Ashan Pillai (viola) 

Michael Stirling (cello) 

Lorna McGhee (flute)

Alison Nicholls (harp)

rec. St Michael’s Church, East Woodhay, May-June 2003 

 

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Complete Violin Sonatas

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

Complete Violin Sonatas

Violin Sonata (Fantasia) No.1 ‘Désésperance’ (1912) 

Violin Sonata (Fantasia) No.2 (1914) 

Violin Sonata No.3 (1920) 

Emmanuele Baldini (violin)

Pablo Rossi (piano)

rec. 7-8 January 2020, Westchester Studios, New York

Brasiliana - Three Centuries Of Brazilian Music

BRASILIANA: Three Centuries Of Brazilian Music

Music by:

Cláudio SANTORO (1919-1989)

Mozart Camargo GUARNIERI (1907-1993)

Henrique OSWALD (1852-1931)

Francisco MIGNONE (1987-1986)

Francisco BRAGA (1868-1945)

Luiz LEVY (1861-1935)

César Guerra PEIXE (1914-1993)

Eduardo DUTRA (1908?-1963/4?)

Octavio PINTO (1890-1950)

Leopoldo MIGUEZ (1850-1902)

Luiz Álvares PINTO (1719-1789)

Francisco (Chiquinha) GONZAGA (1847-1935)

Alberto NEPOMUCENO (1864-1920)

José Mauricio Nunes GARCIA (1767-1830)

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

Radames GNATTALI (1906-1988)

José SIQUEIRA (1907-1985)

Ernesto NAZARETH (1863-1934)

Alexandre LEVY (1864-1892)

Fructuoso VIANNA (1896-1976)

Oscar Lorenzo FERNANDEZ (1897-1948)

Arnaldo Cohen - piano

Recordings made in the former Academy of Music, Stockholm in June 2000

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Floresta do Amazonas; Philip Glass - Metamorphosis I (from Aguas de Amazonia)

Amazonia

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

Floresta do Amazonas, W 551

Philip GLASS (b.1937)

Metamorphosis I (from Aguas de Amazonia)

Camila Provenzale (Soprano) 

Philharmonia Zurich

Simone Menezes

Recorded in October 2022 at Zurich Opera House

Villa-Lobos - Piano Music Vol.8

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887–1959)

Piano Music - Volume 8

Guia pratico, Book 10

Guia pratico, Book 11

Ibericarabe

Suite infantil No. 1

Suite infantil No. 2

Marqueza de Santos (arr. for piano) (excerpts)

Guia pratico, Vol. 1 (arr. for piano) (excerpts)

Sonia Rubinsky (Piano)

Rec. at L’Église Évangélique Saint-Michel, Paris, 18th and 19th April, 2007.

Villa-Lobos - Piano Music Vol.7

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

Piano Music - Volume 7

Amazonas (Ballado Indígena Brasileiro) (Brazilian Indian ballet) (1917, 1932)

Prelúdios para Guitarra (Guitar preludes) (1940) (transcr. José Vieira Brandaõ) 

Lembranças do Sertaõ (Memories of Sertaõ) : Bachianas Brasileiras No.2 – Dansa (1930)

Valsa Scherzo (Waltz-scherzo) (1907)

Bailado Infernal (Infernal ballet) (1920) 

Feijoada Sem Perigo ... (Bean-stew without danger) (1955)* 

Histórias da Carochinha (Stories from Carochinha) (1919) 

Cançoes de Cordialidade  (Songs of cordiality)* 

Cortejo Nupcial (Wedding procession) (1949)* 

Valsa Lenta (Slow waltz) (1911)* 

Sonia Rubinsky (piano)

* World première recordings.

Rec. at L’Église Évangélique Saint-Michel, Paris, 21st and 22nd February, 2007. 

 

Villa-Lobos - Piano Music Vol.6

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

Piano Music Vol. 6

Sul America

New York Sky Line Melody

Saudades das selvas brasileiras

Petizada

Caixinha de musica quebrada

A menina das nuvens: Valsa (Waltz)

Bailado infantil (Children's Ballet)

Melodia da montanha, "Serra da Piedade de Belo Horizonte"

Rudepoema

Sonia Rubinsky (piano)

recorded at Eglise Evangelique, Saint Marcel, Paris, France, during March 2006

 

Villa-Lobos - Piano Music Vol.5

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

Piano Music Vol.5

Guia Prático Nos.1 to 9

(Based on Brazilian Traditional Songs)

Sonia Rubinsky (piano)

rec. Performing Arts Center, The Country Day School, King City, Ontario, 

Canada, 2-5 January 2006.

 

Villa-Lobos - Piano Music Vol.4

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

Piano Music, Volume 4: 

Bachianas Brasilieras No. 4 (1930-41)

Poema singelo (1938-42) 

Carnaval des Criançasa (1920)* 

Prencette et Piá (1928)  

A Fiandiera (1921)  

Simples Coletânea (1917-19) 

Valsa romântica (1907)

Sonua Rubinsky, Tatjana Rankovich * (pianos).

Rec. Grace Church on the Hill, Toronto, Canada, on October 17th-20th, 2003

Villa-Lobos - Piano Music Vol.3

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

Piano Music, Volume 3

Suite Floral (1917-1918) 

Ciclo Brasileiro (1936) 

Brinquedo de Roda (1912) 

Danças Características Africanas (1915) 

Tristorosa (1910) 

Chόros No. 1 “Tνpico" (1920) 

Chόros No. 2 (ca 1920)

Chόros No. 5 “Alma Brasileira”(1925)

Sonia Rubinsky, piano

Recorded in Grace Church on the Hill, Toronto, Canada, 19-23 September 2000 DDD

Villa-Lobos - Piano Music Vol.2

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

Piano Music Vol. 2 

A Lenda do Caboclo 

Ondulando (Etude, Op. 31)

Valsa da Dor 

A Prole do Bebe, No. 2

Cirandinhas

Sonia Rubinsky (Piano)

Villa-Lobos - Piano Music Vol.1

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

Piano Music Vol.1

A Prole do Bebe, No. 1

Cirandas

Hommage a Chopin

Sonia Rubinsky (piano)

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Symphonies Nos.1 and 2

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887–1959)

Symphony No. 1 ‘O Imprevisto’

Symphony No. 2 ‘Ascensão’

Sao Paulo SYmphony Orchestra

Isaac Karabtchevsky

Recorded 13-23 February 2017 at the Sala Sao Paulo, Brazil

 

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Symphonies Nos.8, 9 and 11

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

Symphony No. 8 (1950) 

Symphony No. 9 (1952) 

Symphony No. 11 (1955) 

São Paulo Symphony Orchestra

Isaac Karabtchevsky

rec. Sala São Paulo, Brazil, 2015/16. DDD

Villa-Lobos - Symphony No.12; Uirapuru; Mandu-Çarará

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

Uirapuru (1917) 

Symphony No. 12 (1957) 

Mandu-Çarará (1940)* 

*São Paulo Symphony Choir and Children’s Choir

São Paulo Symphony Orchestra/Isaac Karabtchevsky

rec. Sala São Paulo, Brazil, 28 Feb-7 March 2014, 19-21 June 2014

Villa-Lobos - Symphony No.10 'Ameríndia'

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887–1959)

Symphony No. 10 ‘Ameríndia’ (Sumé, Father of Fathers)

São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and Choir

Isaac Karabtchevsky

Saulo Javan (Bass)

Leonardo Neiva (Baritone)

Recorded at the Sala Sao Paulo, Brazil from February 2- 16, 2013

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Symphonies Nos. 3 'War' and 4 'Victory'

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS(1887–1959)

Symphonies Nos 3 ‘War’ and 4 ‘Victory’

São Paulo Symphony Orchestra

Isaac Karabtchevsky

Recorded at the Sala Sao Paulo, Brazil, from February 26 to March 5, 2012 

 

Villa-Lobos - Symphonies No.6 'On the outline of the mountains of Brazil'; and No.7

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

Symphony No.6 'On the outline of the mountains of Brazil' (1944) 

Symphony No.7 (1945)

São Paulo Symphony Orchestra

Isaac Karabtchevsky

rec. Sala São Paulo, Brazil 21 February – 5 March 2011

 

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras Integrales

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

Bachianas Brasileira Integrales

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1, for 8 cellos, A. 246

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2, for orchestra, A. 247

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 3, for piano & orchestra, A. 388

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4, for piano & orchestra, A. 424

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, for voice & 8 cellos, A. 389

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6, for flute & bassoon, A. 392

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 7, for orchestra, A. 432

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 8, for orchestra, A. 444

Nélson Freire, piano (no. 3)

Leila Guimaraes, soprano (no. 5)

Cellos from the Brasil Symphony Orchestra (nos. 1 and 5)

Norton Morozowicz, flute (no. 6)

Noel L. Devos, bassoon (no. 6) 

Brasil Symphony Orchestra

Isaac Karabtchewsky

Recorded at

Sala Cecilla Meireles, Rio de Janeiro,

March 1987 (Bachianas 1-4, 7-9) ;

Salon Leopoldo Miguez de l'ecole de musique de l'Universite Federale de Rio de Janeiro,

March 1987 (Bachianas no 5) ;

Sala Vera Janacopoulos, Rio de Janeiro,

February 1987 (Bachianas no 6)

Villa-Lobos - The 5 Piano Concertos

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

The 5 Piano Concertos

Piano Concerto No.1 (1945)

Piano Concerto No.2 (1948)

Piano Concerto No.3 (1952)

Piano Concerto No.4 (1957)

Piano Concerto No.5 (1954)

Cristina Ortiz

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 

Miguel Gómez Martínez