The Villa-Lobos Twitter Marathon - November 2011

#110 - November 1 - Guitar Prelude no4 - Timo Korhonen: Suite for Voice & Violin, a modernist masterpiece from 1923 - Sinfonietta no1 "In Memory of Mozart" - Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa: Martírio dos Insetos for Violin & Orchestra - Daniel Guedes: - very cool! - very rare Villa-Lobos!
#114 - November 8 - Poema singelo (=Simple poem) - played here by Alfred Heller - Prelude no2 for guitar - listen to Carlé Costa’s version from his new CD: Choros no7, another big chamber work: a septet written in 1924 - Choros no8, a huge work from 1925, complete with prepared piano - Divagação (Wandering) for cello & piano - Blue Rose Duo: Erosão, commissioned by - a favourite of Villa-Lobos's - The Harp Concerto, one of the late (1953) commissioned works, deserves to be played more often
#121 - November 15 - Choros no5 “Alma Brasileira”, for piano - Fabiane de Castro:
#122 - November 16 - Guitar Concerto - Rafael Aguirre plays the Cadenza:
#123 - November 17 - Bachianas Brasileiras no8 - JORCAM cond. Jordi Francés in the 4th mvt. Fugue:
#124 - November 18 - Cancao do poeta do seculo XVIII, a song from 1948 - Estrella Cuello with pianist Miguel Ángel Tapia:
#125 - November 19 - Choros no11 - Here’s a video with Cristina Ortiz and OSESP conducted by John Neschling:
#126 - November 20 - Carnaval das Criancas - Duo Corvisier play Folia de um bloco infantil: Cirandinhas - here’s a cool version of Nesta Rua Tem Um Bosque with Marcelo Bratke & Camerata Vale Música:
#128 - November 22 - Duas lendas amerindias em nheengatu - Madrigal de Brasilia:
#129 - November 23 - Harmonica Concerto - Jose Staneck:
#130 - November 24 - Estrela é Lua Nova, a song from Cancoes tipicas brasileiras - Madrigal de Brasilia: - this is really fun!
#131 - November 26 - Sinfonietta no2 (1947). Hard to track this piece down. I know it from a CD called O Raro Villa-Lobos:
#132  - November 27 - Ave Maria for 4-part choir (1918) - SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, cond Marcus Creed: Jardim fanado, a song from 1955 - Anne-Marie Hellot sings it in this video: