Pianist Elizabeth Powell recalls Poulenc telling her not to play his 'Caprice italien' sentimentally, reinforcing his general injunction against mawkishness in his work.
Performer Biography
Elizabeth Powell, the pianist on this album, was introduced to Poulenc's music at age ten by her teacher Leonie Gombrich, a fellow refugee from Austria.
Composer Biography
Francisco Mignone, a prolific Brazilian composer, concert pianist, and conductor, embraced modernist trends like atonality and serialism in the 1950s and 60s, but later reaffirmed his belief in nationalist music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Heitor Villa-Lobos's style is highly individual and permeated with national elements, often combining J. S. Bach's style with Brazilian folk music.
Compositional Technique
Villa-Lobos's 'Ciclo brasileiro' is a suite of Brazilian Impressions from 1936, with each of its four pieces relating to a particular genre of Brazilian music.
Composition History
Villa-Lobos's 'Guia Prático' is a collection of 137 traditional Brazilian songs, mostly children's rounds, which he arranged for solo piano.
Composer Biography
Heitor Villa-Lobos, a Brazilian composer, received his first music lessons from his father, who taught him the cello.
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