Descobrimento do Brasil = Discovery of Brazil
Descobrimento do Brasil - "Discovery of Brazil". The four suites are made up of music Villa-Lobos wrote for Humberto Mauro's classic film.
David Appleby gives each of the four suites a separate "W" catalogue number:
- W377
- W378
- W379
- W380
See this post on Descombrimento do Brasil in The Villa-Lobos Magazine. It includes video from Mauro's film.
Suite #1
- Introdução (Largo)
- Alegria - this movement was adapted from the Alegria na Horta piece from the Suite floral.
Suite #2
- Impressão Moura
- Adágio Sentimental
- Cascavel
Suite #3
- Impressão Ibérica
- Festa nas Selvas
- Ualalocê (Visão dos Navegantes)
Suite #4
- Procissão da Cruz
- Primeira Missa no Brasil
Suite #1: pic, 2fl, 2ob, c ing, 2cl(Bb), cl baixo, sax alto, 2fg, cfg, 4cor, 3trp, 3trb, tuba, tímp, bombo, xil, cel, hp, pf e cordas
Suite #2: pic, 2fl, 2ob, c ing, 2cl(Bb), cl baixo, sax alto, 2fg, cfg, 4cor, 3trp, 3trb, tuba, tímp, prato, reco-reco, chocalho, surdo, sino, matraca, hp, pf, cel e cordas
Suite #3: pic, 2fl, 2ob, c ing, 2cl(Bb), cl baixo, sax alto, 2fg, cfg, 4cor, 4trp, 4trb, tuba, tímp, tam-tam, pandeiro, castanholas, tambor indiano, surdo, prato, coco (grande e pequeno), bombo, chocalho, caixa clara, xil, cel, 2hp, pf e cordas
Suite #4: SATB 2pic, 2fl, 2ob, c ing, 2cl(Bb), cl baixo, 2fg, cfg, 4cor, 4trp, 4trb, tuba, tímp, tam-tam, reco-reco, chocalho de madeira e de metal, prato, coco, surdo, tambor indiano, pio, trocano, gongo, pandeiro, folha de flandres, xil, cel, 2hp e cordas
- The classic recording of the Discovery of Brazil suites was conducted by Villa-Lobos in the late 1950s (included in the set Villa-Lobos par lui-meme).
- The first suite from this performance is included in the compilation Música em torno do Modernismo
- A second good recording is the Marco Polo recording conducted by Roberto Duarte.
- A 2002 Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra CD includes Suites 2 & 3.
There are five records in the Villa-Lobos Concerts database (January 2010).