Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Performer: Saulo Javan, Leonardo Neiva
Orchestra: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
Conductor: Isaac Karabtchevsky
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Release: 2014
Size: 1.02 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Symphony No. 10 ‘Amerindia’
01. Part I: The Earth and Its Creatures
02. Part II: War Cry (Bass, The Voice of the Earth)
03. Part III: Iurupichuna (Indian Natives, The Voice of the Earth)
04. Part IV: The Voice of the Earth and the Appearance of Father Anchieta (The Amerindio, The Voice of the Earth, Indian Natives, Anchieta)
05. Part V: Glory in Heavens, and Peace on Earth! – Finale (Chorus)
Recorded: 2-16 February 2013
Recording Venue: Concert hall, Sala Sao Paulo, Brazil
Heitor Villa-Lobos was instrumental in developing a national Brazilian musical culture, writing in a wide variety of forms. Composed in 1954 for the 400th anniversary of the founding of São Paulo, Ameríndia is the composer’s largest symphony. Effectively a hybrid symphony and oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra, it is memorable for its stylistic variety and breadth, drawing on many different sources of Brazilian music. This recording is based on a newly revised edition made by Editora Criadores do Brasil (the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra’s publishing house) in collaboration with the Academia Brasileira de Música.