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The Music of Brazil
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Special offer. Heitor Villa-Lobos: Complete Violin Sonatas
Emmanuele Baldini (violin), Pablo Rossi (piano)
Baldini produces an alluring tone that taps into the natural resonances of his instrument, and phrases with a natural instinct for cantabile espressivo. His sensitive and responsive partner,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, Chamber Choice
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Special offer. Villa-Lobos: Cello Concertos Nos. 1-2 & Fantasia for Cello & Orchestra
Antonio Meneses (cello), São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Isaac Karabtchevsky
the work that really shows the composer at his most potent is the 1945 Fantasia...even when the Amazon jungle seems at its most choking in this latest addition to Naxos’s series ‘The Music of... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto
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Special offer. Claudio Santoro: Fantasias Sul América; Sonata For Solo Violin
Emmanuele Baldini, Soloists of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
The 15 solo fantasias here, originally penned as competition pieces, are certainly a good workout for the musicians. It ’s an oddly compelling, if occasionally meandering, journey through the... — More…
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Special offer. Alberto Nepomuceno: Symphony In G
Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra, Fabio Mechetti
Nepomuceno, who lived at the turn of the 20th century, revels in his South American heritage in the Brazilian Suite, while his Symphony has a Mendelssohn-like feel. Uplifting stuff. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2019, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Claudio Santoro: Symphony Nos. 5 & 7 'Brasília'
Goias Philharmonic Orchestra, Neil Thomson
The journey is navigated with aplomb by the Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Neil Thomson. Deftly woven counterpoint is contrasted with off-beat rhythms and expansive melodies that... — More…
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Special offer. Claudio Santoro: Symphonies Nos. 11 and 12; Concerto Grosso; Three Fragments On Bach
Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra, Neil Thomson
These two late symphonies by the Brazilian Claudio Santoro are very different beasts. The 11th is packed full of Shostakovichlike angst and aggression while the 12th is a refined sinfonia concertante,... — More…
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Special offer. Pedro I of Brazil
Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra, Concentus Musicum de Belo Horizonte, Fabio Mechetti
Naxos is to be congratulated on assembling all-Brazilian forces for this fine new recording, which will surely appeal to those curious to experience this European-influenced music from South... — More…
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Special offer. Heitor Villa-Lobos: Guitar Concerto & Harmonica Concerto
Manuel Barrueco (guitar), José Staneck (harmonica)
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, OSESP Ensemble, Giancarlo Guerrera
An enjoyable tour of the Brazilian’s concertos and chamber works including the lesser-known, winsome Harmonica Concerto. The guitar Concerto gets a fine advocate in soloist Manuel Barrueco. — More…
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Special offer. Camargo Guarnieri: Choros Vol. 2; Flor de Tremembé
Ovanir Buosi, Horácio Schaefer, Matias de Oliveira Pinto, Olga Kopylova, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Roberto Tibiriçá
I have so enjoyed discovering Guarnieri’s music. This second volume of his Choros serves up what are essentially concertos for clarinet, piano, viola and cello. It’s truly vivacious music with... — More…
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Special offer. Krieger: Orchestral Works
São Paulo Symphony Choir, Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra, Neil Thomson
albums of Krieger hardly crowd the market. Thomson and his meticulously prepared, sympathetically engineered Goiás orchestra give the intrigued listener every reason to start here. — More…
