Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Performer: Manuel Barrueco, José Staneck, OSESP Ensemble
Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Release: 2019
Size: 1.08 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Guitar Concerto
01. I. Allegro preciso
02. II. Andantino e andante
03. III. Allegretto non troppo
04. Sextuor mystique for Flute, Oboe, Alto Saxophone, Guitar, Celesta and Harp
Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra in A minor
05. I. Allegro moderato
06. II. Andante
07. III. Allegro
Quintet for flute, violin, viola, cello & harp
08. I. Allegro non troppo
09. II. Lento
10. III. Allegro poco moderato
The concertos and chamber works on this album show Villa-Lobos’s unceasing enthusiasm for new colours and sonorities in his music. The Concerto for Guitar and Small Orchestra was his last work for the instrument and written for Segovia. A cornerstone of the repertoire, it contains soaring melodies and rhythmic vitality couched in virtuosic writing. Exploring the instrument’s full harmonic and chromatic possibilities, the Concerto for Harmonica is also deftly orchestrated. New and daring sonic combinations are to be heard in the two chamber works demonstrating the composer’s extraordinary gift for seductive lyricism.