SACD, Villa-Lobos (composer)
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Synergy
Sharon Bezaly (flute), Michala Petri (recorder), Björn Gäfvert (harpsichord, organ), Michael Collins (clarinet), Walter Auer (flute), Bram van Sambeek (bassoon), Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Urban Svensson, Thomas Dausgaard
Bezaly makes a playful return to the BIS recording studio for a series of performances rooted in collaboration and musical camaraderie. In this programme of concertos and chamber works, Bezaly’s... —
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There are arguably few players today better placed than German guitarist Franz Halász to imbue Villa-Lobos’s musical language with an entirely modern sensibility that is both respectful and... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2025, Editor's Choce
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This niche but enjoyable disc continues this tradition, featuring a wide range of contemporary Brazilian works…the disc’s varied works playfully reimagine and reframe longstanding Brazilian... —
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Villa-Lobos: Floresta do Amazonas, W 551
Anna Korondi (soprano)
Male voices of the Choir of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra & São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, John Neschling
The music is, of course, wilful, fluid, entirely unpredictable, with moments of extreme violence and tremendous beauty...The orchestration is variegated, by turns dense and transparent, lush... —
Awards:
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2009
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Giuliani, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Villa Lobos: Guitar Concertos
Narciso Yepes (guitar)
London Symphony Orchestra & English Chamber Orchestra, Luis Antonio Garcia Navarro
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Classica Brasiliana - Music From Brasil
Anette Maiburg (flute), Filippa Gojo (voice), Rafael Aguirre (guitar), Marcelo Rosario (guitar), Gabriel Rosario (mandoline), Wlodzimierz Gula (double bass), Roland Peil (percussion)
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Superb virtuosos —
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Françaix, Tomasi, Jolivet & Villa-Lobos: Bassoon Concertos
Matthias Rácz (bassoon)
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Johannes Klumpp
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Sublime pianism in this bewitching selection of works from Spain, Portugal, Brazil and Argentina; each work pivots between melancholy and joy, love and loss. —
