Brasileiro: Villa-Lobos & Friends

by Nelson Freire

Brasileiro: Villa-Lobos & Friends cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 2012
  • Label: Decca
  • Country: Brazil
  • Length: 1:13:38
  • Community rating: 3.83/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Brasileiro: Villa-Lobos & Friends' gathers thirty piano pieces, sixteen of them by Heitor Villa-Lobos, alongside works by Camargo Guarnieri, Henrique Oswald, Alexandre Levy and Claudio Santoro. Produced by Dominic Fyfe, the album won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Classical Album.

Genres

Descriptors: piano, virtuosic, delicate, reflective, sophisticated

Tracklist

  1. Carnaval das 莽riancas: 1. O gin锚te do pierrozinho (1:06)
  2. Carnaval das 莽riancas: 2. O chicote do diabinho (1:32)
  3. Carnaval das 莽riancas: 3. A manha da pierrete (1:56)
  4. Carnaval das 莽riancas: 4. Os guizos do dominozinho (1:07)
  5. Carnaval das 莽riancas: 5. As perip茅cias do trapeirozinho (1:16)
  6. Carnaval das 莽riancas: 6. As traquinices do mascarado mignon (1:25)
  7. Carnaval das 莽riancas: 7. A gaita de um precoce fantasiado (2:49)
  8. Ch么ros No. 5, W207 (4:25)
  9. A Mar茅 Encheu (Guia Pr谩tico) (1:27)
  10. Valsa da dor (4:12)
  11. Saudades das Selvas Brasilieras No. 2 (2:54)
  12. Pobre cega (1:32)
  13. Cirandas: 14. A Canoa Virou (2:39)
  14. A Lenda do Caboclo (3:29)
  15. Dansa Negra (3:31)
  16. Ponteio No. 24 (1:40)
  17. Toccata (2:39)
  18. Valse Lente (3:03)
  19. Tango Brasileiro (2:02)
  20. Minha Terra (1:44)
  21. Tres Estudos em forma de Sonatina: 1. Allegro con brio (3:26)
  22. Tres Estudos em forma de Sonatina: 2. Moderato (3:12)
  23. Tres Estudos em forma de Sonatina: 3. Allegro scherzoso (2:08)
  24. Prole do bebe, Book 2 - Os Bichinhos (1921): 2. O Gatinho de Papelao (3:42)
  25. Paulistana No. 1 (1:26)
  26. Toccata (2:57)
  27. New York Skyline, W407 (3:03)
  28. Valse Elegante (2:18)
  29. Quatro Pecas Brasileiras: 1. Maroca (1:44)
  30. Congada (2:59)

Credits

  • Nelson Freire - primary artist, piano
  • Jonathan Stokes - engineer
  • Alexander Van Ingen - executive-producer
  • Manoel Correa Do Lago - liner notes
  • Eric Dahan - photography by
  • Dominic Fyfe - producer
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos - composed by
  • Mozart Camargo Guarnieri - composed by
  • Henrique Oswald - composed by
  • Alexandre Levy - composed by
  • Joaquim Ant么nio Barrozo Netto - composed by
  • Oscar Lorenzo Fern谩ndez - composed by
  • Claudio Santoro - composed by
  • Francisco Mignone - composed by

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