Bachianas Brasileiras #4 (Orchestra)
Appleby Catalogue W number:
W424
Originally written for piano, in the period 1930-1941. Villa-Lobos orchestrated the work in 1942.
- Prelúdio (Introdução) (1941, RJ)
- Coral (Canto do Sertão) (1941, RJ)
- Ária (Cantiga) (1935, RJ)
- Dança (Miudinho) (1930, SP)
Year Composed:
Category:
Bachianas Brasileiras
Orchestral Works
Instrumentation:
Orchestral version:2 Flutes +1 picc, 2 oboes +1 English Horn, 2 Clarinets +1 Bass Clarinet, 2 Bassoons +1 Contra Bassoon - 4 Horns, 3 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, 1 Tuba - Timpani, 3 Percussion players (BD, tam-tam, xylo), Celesta, Strings
Scores:
This comprehensive listing of Bachianas Brasileiras scores from the Major Orchestra Librarians' Association website contains lots of useful information.
Recordings:
- Villa-Lobos par lui-même
- Composers in Person
- Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 2,3,4 (BIS)
- Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras (Complete)
- Bachianas Brasileiras 2, 4, 8 (Telarc)
- Bachianas Brasileiras, Guitar Concerto (Batiz)
- Erosion, Dawn in the Tropical Forest (First Edition)
- Odense SO: Orchestral Works (Bridge)
- Bachianas Brasileiras #1-9 (Karabtchewsky)
- Alma Brasileira - Music of Villa-Lobos (RCA Victor)
- Alma Brasileira (Marcelo Bratke DVD)
- Complete Choros & Bachianas Brasileiras (BIS)
- Brasilian Images
- Bachianas Brasileiras #1, 4, & 5 (Rio Cello Ensemble)
- Glorious John - Anniversary Set
- Villa-Lobos (Sonia Muniz, OSESP, Eleazar de Carvalho)
- Enigma Variations (University of Houston Wind Ensemble) - arranged for Wind Ensemble
- Bachianas Brasileiras #2, #4 (Melodiya)
- Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira: Nobre, Villa-Lobos, Santoro
- Trem Caipira (Gismonti) - arrangements of movements 1, 3, & 4
- Flor de Abril (Gisbranco) - arrangement of the 4th movement
- 20 Jahre Arpegigione Live - 1st movement
- Villa-Lobos Superstar - prelude & aria
Performances:
This work is one of the most popular works in the Villa-Lobos catalogue. Performances in the Villa-Lobos Concerts database (nearly 200 as of November 2011) are more or less evenly divided between the piano and orchestral versions.