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Isaac Karabtchevsky

  • 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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