1925 – A productive year for Heitor Villa-Lobos.
Today, another episode featuring music composed exactly 100 years ago. This time, the works are all from the same composer: Brazilian Heitor Villa-Lobos. In 1925, Villa-Lobos just came back from a 2 year stay in Paris. While there, he had met composers such as Edgard Varèse and Aaron Copland, as well as Pablo Picasso and conductor Leopold Stokowski. Villa-Lobos used elements from classical Western tradition in his music, but also from Brazilian folk music.
Playlist:
Heitor Villa-Lobos
- Chôros no. 3 ‘Picapau’
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra choir, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Neschling - Chôros no. 5 ‘Alma brasileira’
Nelson Freire (piano) - O martírio dos insetos
Francesca Anderegg (violin), Erika Ribeira (piano) - Coleção Brasileira
Marcel Quillévéré (tenor), Noël Lee (piano) - Desejo uit Serestas
Cathy Berberian (mezzo soprano), Harold Lester (piano) - Canção do carreiro uit Serestas
Cathy Berberian (mezzo soprano), Harold Lester (piano) - Sul America
Sonia Rubinsky (piano) - Chôros no. 8
Linda Bustani & Ilan Rechtman (piano), São Paulo Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Neschling - from Cirandinhas, movement 1-5
Sonia Rubinsky (piano)
