12 Etudes • Villa-Lobos • Andrzej Wilkus

#VillaLobos

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959)

12 Etudes for guitar (1928/1929)

Etude No. 1 in E Minor - Allegro non troppo 00:00
Etude No. 2 in A Major - Allegro 02:03
Etude No. 3 in D Major - Allegro moderato 03:01
Etude No. 4 in G Major - Un peu modéré 05:36
Etude No. 5 in C Major - Andantino 09:11
Etude No. 6 in E Minor - Poco allegro 12:04
Etude No. 7 in E Major - Tres animé 13:42
Etude No. 8 in C-Sharp Minor - Modéré - Lent 16:14
Etude No. 9 in F-Sharp Minor - Très peu animé 19:14
Etude No. 10 in B Minor- Très animé 22:32
Etude No. 11 in E Minor - Lent 26:13
Etude No. 12 In A Minor - Animé 30:20

Andrzej Wilkus, guitar

Recorded at St. Michael's Church
🇫🇮 Turku, 2018

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[BakajaHu]

Finally, someone plays no 1. at a tempo he accurately can.

[aalb]

This is one of the best classical guitar performances I've ever watched.

[ericwilden-constantin]

I agree with the comment below. Villa-Lobos' 12 Etudes were never intended to be a speed contest. Unfortunately some classical guitarists believe the faster they play a piece (at the expense of phrasing), the better they are at the guitar. Wrong!
Congratulations to Andrzej Wilkus for his brilliant rendition of Villa-Lobos' 12 Etudes! I was delighted to hear him play my personal favourites - Etudes 1, 5, 7 and 11.

[RedLight_Chill]

Great playing, I love it!
By the way, Villa Lobos was a metalhead

[JuntosNaMesmaDireçãoOficial]

Heitor Villa-Lobos is a genius of classical music! 🇧🇷

[mauriziovannucci]

Finalmente Musica da questi studi resi spesso sterili da grandi tecnici...qui c’è tutto un mondo di bellezza, dinamiche e timbri finalmente svelato!

[codiaq]

I studied classical guitar in my youth for 6 years. 12 etudes by HVL was the final step. You perform it effortlessly. Thank you so very much for your great performance...

[gildasiooliveira]

Very good performance! These twelve Etudies are the nightmare to all of us, not only about to play them, but to understand and decrypt the Scores as well!!!
Bravo!!!

[robertyahu]

Meu Deus do Pensei em comentar alguma coisa aqui, mas a cada segundo que passei ouvindo essa obra maravilhosa as poucas palavras que ainda me restavam foram se esvaindo. Obrigado Jesus me permitir ouvir.

[kie]

Superb. Powerful, but still sensitive. My favourite interpreter of the Villa-Lobos studies.

[ebvsou]

This is by far the most musical version of the VL Etudes that I have ever heard.
There are so many recordings and videos here - most people play the etudes very mechanically and as quickly as possible - so much is lost in the process.
The fascinating thing is that although they are practice pieces in form, they contain a wealth of wonderful music, full of tension, but also so rich and tender.
Andrzej expresses exactly that 100%.
I listen spellbound and fascinated from the first to the last note, feeling the music in so many facets, it is a pleasure.
Especially the tenderness with which he plays the relevant passages is simply magical.
On the other hand, he also manages to build up such enormous and large-scale dynamics, often followed by a subtle resolution/relaxation, as I have rarely experienced

[jmcastromattos]

Study number 5 is the most beautiful and most difficult to execute. It should be called a "homage to Debussy". Very handsome!

[ducdeblangis]

Excellent, la ligne mélodique si souvent occultée dans la numéro 1 se détache, et met en exergue le génie de Villa-Lobos

[restoreguitars]

My first time listening to the Etudes, and couldn't have hoped for a better performance. Outstanding stuff. Lobos is definitely different, in a good way.

[glennwilliams]

Fifty five years of watching Classical Guitar and I have found one of the greatest guitarists of the modern era. WOW.

[adventuresofunicornyandfri]

I love this rendition so much. I listen to it at least once every two weeks. Very deep interpretation, extra astonishing for someone far away from Brazilian music culture.

[tmjcbs]

Good performance, finally a player who doesn't turn this into a speed contest. A point of critique though: why are the repetitions of the bars in studies no. 1 and 2 omitted? They are essential in these compositions IMHO. I read about some additions in study no.11 that Villa-Lobos later omitted, I have to say (FWIW of course) I like the 'regular' version better...

[jaechoi]

What an inspiration!!! You may not have played a villa lobos etude before, but you cannot miss the mastery of the composer and the player here.

[jorgeluizdeoliveira]

It's absolutely gorgeous. Perfect Regards from Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷

[modranmodran]

Brawo Andrzejku! Marzenie spełnione...