Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Performer: Wilhem Latchoumia
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: La Dolce Volta
Catalogue: LDV119
Release: 2023
Size: 927 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Chôros No. 5 ‘Alma Brasileira’ for piano
02. Chôro No. 2, W198
03. Ondulando (Rippling)
Cirandas, W220
04. No. 3, Senhora dona Sancha
05. No. 6, Passa passa gavião
06. No. 15, Que lindos olhos
07. No. 10, O pintor de Cannahy
08. No. 9, Fui no Tororó
09. No. 4, O cravo brigou com a rosa
10. No.2, A condessa
11. No. 8, Vamos atrás da serra, Calunga
12. No. 5, Pobre cega
13. No. 16, Có-Có-Có
14. Caixinha de Música Quebrada (Broken Musical Box)
Suite infantil No. 1
15. No. 2, Nenê vai dormir
16. New York Skyline
17. Rudepoêma
Heitor Villa-Lobos was a key figure in twentieth century Brazilian music, an instinctive creator with a luxuriant imagination, at once provocative and conformist.
He forged a personal style by founding his idiom on the melodic and rhythmic traditions of his country and enriching it with all the innovations he found among his contemporaries.
His protean music captivates the listener with the diversity of its aesthetic orientations, which exalt his ardent patriotism and find expression in vast epic scores or, on the contrary, in delicious, piquant miniatures.
A champion of contrast and surprise, Villa-Lobos looks equally to the spirits of his ancestors and the primeval forces of nature in his native Brazil, a penchant that earned him the sobriquet ‘White Indian’.
Deeply committed to the musical education of young people, he introduced into his piano works many folksongs, often collected by himself, to serve as a support for three cycles that are veritable keyboard encyclopaedias: Guia prático (Practical guide), A próle do bébé (The baby’s family) and Cirandas (Round dances).
Among his other works for piano solo are Bachianas brasileiras no.4, Chôro no.5, and the magnificent Ciclo brasileiro, the last-named of which Wilhem Latchoumia recorded in 2008 in a programme entitled ‘Impressões’ that also included works by Guastavino and Ginastera.