Guarnieri: Chôros, Vol. 2

Featuring

Roberto Tibiriçá
Ovanir Buosi
Olga Kopylova
Horácio Schaefer
Matias de Oliveira Pinto
Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

Camargo Guarnieri

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Album & Artwork

This album is part of "The Music of Brazil" series, which aims to promote music by Brazilian composers dating back to the 18th century.

Compositional Technique

Guarnieri's Choros often conjure the soundscape of Brazil's 'outback' regions (sertões), grasslands (cerrados), festivals, and celebrations.

Compositional Technique

The final movements of Guarnieri's Choros invariably draw on the rhythms of Brazilian dances such as the baião, maracatu, and embolada, with warm percussion writing and metric changes.

Recording & Production

Many works recorded for "The Music of Brazil" series, including this one, are world premiere recordings or have never been available outside Brazil.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Camargo Guarnieri, the composer, intended the term 'choro' in his works to be a Brazilian version of the concerto genre, featuring dialogue between soloist and orchestra.

Composition History

An important part of this project involves preparing new or first editions of the scores, as many were previously only available in the composer's manuscript.