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Villa-Lobos, H.: Piano Music, Vol. 7 - Amazonas / Historias Da Carochinha / Valsa Scherzo

4/28/2009, 21 Tracks, 1:08:46

Featuring

  • Sonia Rubinsky
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos

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Performer Biography

Sonia Rubinsky, the pianist on this album, holds Doctorate and Master of Musical Arts degrees from The Juilliard School.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

In Amazonas, Villa-Lobos based the composition on indigenous themes from the Amazon, innovatively varying and transforming them through sophisticated harmonic and rhythmic experiments.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) was the most prolific of all twentieth-century composers.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Villa-Lobos devised a classification system for his works based on the importance of folk-music elements, ranging from indirect influence to a universal language devoid of folk material.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

Several pieces on this recording, including Feijoada Sem Perigo..., Canções de Cordialidade, Cortejo Nupcial, and Valsa Lenta, are world première recordings.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The ballet/tone-poem Amazonas, originally for orchestra, was transcribed for piano by Villa-Lobos himself and published in 1932.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The five Prelúdios for guitar, composed in 1940, are dedicated to Villa-Lobos's wife, Arminda Villa-Lobos, and are considered essential to the guitar repertoire.

Source: Booklet

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