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H. Villa Lobos

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDA67176

Release Date:  01 October 2013

Label:  Pavane

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5410939743728

Genres:  Classical  Solo Instrumental  

Release Date:  01 June 2000

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571171760

Genres:  Classical  Solo Instrumental  

  • Description

    Villa-Lobos is one of those composers (Haydn and Milhaud are examples of others) whose reputation has suffered through the vastness of their output. Where does the listener start? What are the major works? No problem here! This recital presents the most important of his solo piano works in definitive performances by Marc-André Hamelin.
    A one-disc compendium of the essence of Villa-Lobos. The major work is Rudepoema; written in the 1920's for Artur Rubinstein it was said by the composer to be a portrait in music of the dedicatee. The work is a virtuosic tour-de-force and certainly captures the larger than life exuberance of the then young virtuoso; perhaps it could be regarded as a Latin-American equivalent of Stravinsky's Three Movements from Petrushka also dedicated to Rubinstein. The Prole do Bebê (The Baby's Family) suites represent in the first suite various dolls and in the second toy animals. These are not children's pieces, though, but adult reflections on these images. The music has a certain Ravelian clarity but again coloured with the rhythms of South America. O Polichinelo in the first suite is certainly Villa-Lobos' most popular piano piece and frequently crops up as recital encore, a trend begun by Rubinstein. The recital is completed by As Três Marias, three delightful miniatures that actually represent the three stars in the 'belt' of the constellation Orion.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. As Tres Marias: Alnitah
      • 2. As Tres Marias: Alnilam
      • 3. As Tres Marias: Mintika
      • 4. The Baby's Family - Ste No.1 (The Dolls): Branquinha (The Little White Porcelain Doll)
      • 5. The Baby's Family - Ste No.1 (The Dolls): Moreninha (The Little Brunette Papier-Mache Doll)
      • 6. The Baby's Family - Ste No.1 (The Dolls): Caboclinha (The Little Mestiza Clay Doll)
      • 7. The Baby's Family - Ste No.1 (The Dolls): Mulatinha (The Little Mulatto Rubber Doll)
      • 8. The Baby's Family - Ste No.1 (The Dolls): Negrinha (The Little Black Wooden Doll)
      • 9. The Baby's Family - Ste No.1 (The Dolls): A Pobresinha (The Poor Little Rag Doll)
      • 10. The Baby's Family - Ste No.1 (The Dolls): O Polichinello (Punch)
      • 11. The Baby's Family - Ste No.1 (The Dolls): Bruxa (The Witch Cloth Doll)
      • 12. The Baby's Family - Ste No.2 (The Little Animals): The Little Paper Cockroach
      • 13. The Baby's Family - Ste No.2 (The Little Animals): The Little Cardboard Cat
      • 14. The Baby's Family - Ste No.2 (The Little Animals): The Little Papier-Mache Mouse
      • 15. The Baby's Family - Ste No.2 (The Little Animals): The Little Rubber Dog
      • 16. The Baby's Family - Ste No.2 (The Little Animals): The Little Wooden Horse
      • 17. The Baby's Family - Ste No.2 (The Little Animals): The Little Tin Ox
      • 18. The Baby's Family - Ste No.2 (The Little Animals): The Little Cloth Bird
      • 19. The Baby's Family - Ste No.2 (The Little Animals): The Little Cotton Bear
      • 20. The Baby's Family - Ste No.2 (The Little Animals): The Little Glass Wolf
      • 21. Rudepoema