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& Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude 22, arranged for 8 cellos by Villa-Lobos, on a Yale Cellos disc Serestas - a collection of amazing songs written from 1923 to the early 40s - Saudades das Selvas Brasileiras, from 1927 - Fred Sturm video: Choros #05 "Alma Brasileira" - Cirandas, 16 piano pieces based on children's songs - Villa-Lobos Cor dulce, cor amabile, a late choral work. Emperor Jones, a ballet based on the great Eugene O'Neill play. Symphony no6 "Montanhas do Brasil" - an experiment in millimetrization - Epigrammas Ironicas e Sentimentais, 8 modernist songs based on poetry by Ronald de Carvalho - http://www.villalobos.ca/epigrammas
#99 - October 10 - Prole do Bebê, book1, masterpieces of 20th century piano music. Listen to Sonia Rubinsky at Mbaraka Musica: Improviso no7 for violin & piano. Where are Improvisos no1-6? Oscar Borgerth plays this piece on YouTube: Francette et Pia, a 1929 suite for piano. The orchestral version of Bachianas Brasileiras no4. Played here by Sinfonica Heliopolis in a DW podcast: A very early piano piece, Bailado infantil - - so many of Villa-Lobos's works are about or for children