Villa Lobos: Complete Guitar Music

Heitor Villa-Lobos is widely recognised as Brazil’s most important composer, whose style reflects his country and his era: rooted in 20-th century European modernism, he developed his own unique style, blending all colours, smells and sounds of his homeland into his rich, exuberant and vibrant music.

Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Artists: Frédéric Zigante guitar

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Villa-Lobos wrote an immense oeuvre. An important place hold his guitar works, the perfect instrument to present his own style, fusing Latin-American folk-inspired elements with more “learned” European forms, like Etudes and Preludes.
- The complete guitar works of Villa Lobos, played by one of the best classical guitarists of today, Frédéric Zigante.
- New recording.

Villa-Lobos is perhaps best known for his large scale and exotic orchestral works, but he had a passion for the guitar that went back to his youth, and on which he was a masterful performer. Listeners who know the large orchestral works such as Choros Nos.9 and 12 will be surprised that this group of works – Choros, (which numbered 14 in all, and are all based on Brazilian folk music) started with a work for solo guitar – no.1 is included on CD2 of this set.

His output for guitar is slim, but of good quality, and it suffers little from the weaknesses that are apparent in his 12 symphonies, or the 5 piano concertos. When he is at his most improvisatory, and free from formal structures and ‘classical’ restraints he is at his best, and the music has a fresh and spontaneous feel. Villa-Lobos saw a connection between the music of Bach and the music of his native country, and he explored this in his series of works ‘Bachianas brasileiras’. The 12 Etudes from 1928 were written for Segovia.

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Little-known repertoire from this Brazilian master
- The complete guitar works of Villa Lobos, played by one of the best classical guitarists of today, Frédéric Zigante.
- Booklet note by the soloist
- Recording made in 2010
Tracklist:
Heitor Villa-Lobos:
Cinq Préludes:
00:00:00 No. 1 in E Minor

00:04:55 No. 2 in E
00:08:00 No. 3 in A Minor
00:14:37 No. 4 in E Minor
00:18:26 No. 5 in D Major
Suite populaire brésilienne:
00:22:46 I. Mazurka-chôro
00:26:11 II. Schottisch-chôro
00:29:27 III. Valsa-chôro
00:34:34 IV. Gavotta-chôro
00:39:41 V. Chôrinho
00:43:55 Valsa-Concerto No. 2 Op. 8: Andante – Valsa brilhante
00:48:11 Simples: Mazurka
Disk 2
00:50:36 Chôros, No. 1 (1920): Quasi andante
Douze Études (1928, revised version of 1953):
00:55:21 No. 1 in E Minor
00:57:39 No. 2 in A
00:59:23 No. 3 in D
01:02:05 No. 4 in G
01:06:07 No. 5 in C
01:08:42 No. 6 in E Minor
01:10:47 No. 7 in E
01:15:26 No. 8 in C-Sharp Minor
01:18:25 No. 9 in F-Sharp Minor
01:22:23 No. 10 in B Minor
01:24:51 No. 11 in E Minor
01:29:01 No. 12 in A Minor
01:31:37 Valse-chôro (1928): Très lent
01:36:39 Étude No. 10 in B Minor: Animé
01:40:13 Étude No. 11 in E Minor (1928 version): Lent

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Tracklist:
Heitor Villa-Lobos:
Cinq Préludes:
00:00:00 No. 1 in E Minor
00:04:55 No. 2 in E
00:08:00 No. 3 in A Minor
00:14:37 No. 4 in E Minor
00:18:26 No. 5 in D Major
Suite populaire brésilienne:
00:22:46 I. Mazurka-chôro
00:26:11 II. Schottisch-chôro
00:29:27 III. Valsa-chôro
00:34:34 IV. Gavotta-chôro
00:39:41 V. Chôrinho
00:43:55 Valsa-Concerto No. 2 Op. 8: Andante – Valsa brilhante
00:48:11 Simples: Mazurka
00:50:36 Chôros, No. 1 (1920): Quasi andante
Douze Études (1928, revised version of 1953):
00:55:21 No. 1 in E Minor
00:57:39 No. 2 in A
00:59:23 No. 3 in D
01:02:05 No. 4 in G
01:06:07 No. 5 in C
01:08:42 No. 6 in E Minor
01:10:47 No. 7 in E
01:15:26 No. 8 in C-Sharp Minor
01:18:25 No. 9 in F-Sharp Minor
01:22:23 No. 10 in B Minor
01:24:51 No. 11 in E Minor
01:29:01 No. 12 in A Minor
01:31:37 Valse-chôro (1928): Très lent
01:36:39 Étude No. 10 in B Minor: Animé
01:40:13 Étude No. 11 in E Minor (1928 version): Lent

[SincerelyDeMartini]

Muito obrigado por compartilhar esse ilustre e genial compositor brasileiro.

[hannawagenknecht]

Schönheit entdecken, bei dieser Musik😊❤

[anigiuran]

Lovely , sensibile music ! 😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤Thank you Brilliant Classics !

[geremiascruz]

Muito bom, obrigado por compartilhar tão belo trabalho!

[pauloludwig]

Um violão, límpido, claro, cristalino!

[alessiagenesis]

Bellissima l intera sequenza.
Il meglio ❤️

[ziegunerweiser]

I read segovia commissioned several works, when I saw john williams in 1990 he played villa lobos and satie

I really liked the violin sonatas

years later i explored the piano music i highly encourage everyone to check out was championed by arthur rubenstein among others - an eclectic variety of influences and unlike anything I have heard before or since - very modern and progressive I think

[renatoc.corgosinho]

"...and it suffers little from the weaknesses that are apparent in his 12 symphonies, or the 5 piano concertos." 🤣🤣🤣🤫

[ГалинаТ-жз]

А мне намного больше нравится исполнение этих прелюдий Вилья-Лобоса превосходнейшим греческим гитаристом Евангелосом Ассимакопулосом-
Evangelos Assimakopoulos!!)) Такого звучания гитары и игры с потрясающей выразительностью по силе чувства, но в то же время с удивительной элегантностью и сдержанностью, с безукоризненной техникой мне слышать не приходилось и забыть, раз услышав, совершенно невозможно))) 🎸🎶👌💓💯👍😊💌