This album was recorded in Grace Church on the Hill, Toronto, Canada, from September 19th to 23rd, 2000.
The piano music on this album is performed by Sonia Rubinsky.
The producers for this recording were Bonnie Silver and Norbert Kraft, with Norbert Kraft also serving as the engineer.
Villa-Lobos's piano music, though using traditional forms, uniquely synthesizes Brazilian and Western cultures.
Heitor Villa-Lobos, the composer, was a hugely prolific Brazilian composer who remained fiercely independent of any single compositional style.
The cover painting for this album is 'Café', an oil painting from 1935 by Candido Portinari, a Brazilian artist.
