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Heitor Villa-Lobos

  • #ClassicsaDay #Classical1921 Week 2

    Jan 15th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #Classical1921, #ClassicsaDay, Arnold Schoenberg, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Frederick Delius, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Igor Stravinsky, Twitter

    What better way to celebrate a new year than with a look back? In this case, the Classics a Day team decided to go back 100 years. For January 2021 the challenge is to post works that were completed in or recordings released in 1921. It turns out there was quite a lot going on […]

  • El Canto del Cisne Negro – Latin-American music that merits attention

    Jan 7th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Ars Produktion, CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Hugo Llanos Campos, Jose Elizondo, Nicole Pena Comos, Noteworthy Release

    In the liner notes, the artists write they’re presenting “a collection of largely unknown works for violoncello and piano from Latin America…[These composers] traveled to Europe, where they found themselves torn between their admiration for the culture and their nostalgia for… their own cultural roots. We share their experience, and their music resonated deeply with […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #WeWriteSymphonies Week 2

    Aug 14th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicsaDay, #WeWriteSymphonies, Carlos Chavez, Classical music, Francis Johnson, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Isang Yun, Leo Brouwer, Twitter

    Last month the Classics a Day team made #BlackLivesMatter the theme. Systemic racism in classical music has limited exposure to composers of color. So for August, the team opened up the focus even further. #WeWriteSymphonies is a hashtag used by composers of color, and it seems like a logical extension of #BlackLivesMatter. For my contributions […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #ClassicalEleven Week 4

    Nov 29th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Arnold Schoenberg, David Conte, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Igor Stravinsky, Louis Spohr

    Numbers have meaning. But meaning can depend on context. The Classics a Day team made “eleven” the theme for November, the eleventh month. The challenge is to post performances of classical music that involve the number. I chose a mix. Some pieces involve eleven players. Some are the eleventh type of piece by a composer. […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #ClassicalSchool Week 2

    Sep 13th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicalSchool, #ClassicsaDay, Carl Czerny, Classical music, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Johann Sebastian Bach, Maria Szymanowska, Twitter

    Traditionally, September is the back-to-school month. The Classics a Day team decided to mark the occasion. Classical School is the theme for September 2019. To participate, just post a piece of classical music that’s somehow related to education with the appropriate hashtags. What would count? Any classical work about school, or using themes from schools; […]

  • Villa-Lobos Symphonic Cycle Ends at Beginning

    Oct 24th, 2018 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Isaac Karabtchevsky, Naxos, Orchestral music, Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Naxos completes their cycle of Villa-Lobos symphonies by starting at the beginning. This final installment features Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2. Both are early works, and both are strongly influenced by Vincent d’Indy. Villa-Lobos studied in France and used d’Indy’s book on composition as a guide. His first symphony, completed in 1916 bears a strong […]

  • São Paulo Symphony and Karabtchevsky Deliver with Villa-Lobos Symphonies

    Oct 3rd, 2018 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Isaac Karabtchevsky, Naxos, Orchestral music, Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Volume five of Naxos’ Villa-Lobos Symphonies features three works written for American premieres. Symphony No. 8 was completed in 1950, No. 9 in 1952, and No. 11 in 1955. Despite the five-year span, the three works share several similarities. All three are relatively short works. Villa-Lobos’ motifs are almost epigrams, and yet these are densely-compact […]

  • Villa-Lobos War and Victory Symphonies – Compelling Music

    Apr 17th, 2013 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Isaac Karabtchevsky, Naxos, Orchestral music, Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    This is the second installment of Villa-Lobos symphonic cycle by Karabtchevsky and the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra. The two symphonies on this release are the surviving parts of a triptych commissioned by the Brazilian government to celebrate the end of the First World War. Symphony No. 3 “War,” and Symphony No. 4 “Victory” are on […]

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