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Heitor Villa-Lobos: Choral Transcriptions - Coro Sinfonico do Estado de Sao Paulo (choir, chorus); São Paulo Choir (choir, chorus)
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  1. Song Without Words for piano No. 9 in E major, Op. 30/3
  2. Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 8 in E flat minor, BWV 853 (BC L87) (WTC I/8)
  3. Kinderszenen No. 7 ("Träumerei"), for piano, Op. 15/7
  4. Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 1 in C major, BWV 846 (BC L80) (WTC I/1): Fugue
  5. Ständchen ("Leise flehen meine Lieder"), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang), D. 957/4
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  1. Song Without Words for piano No. 9 in E major, Op. 30/3
  2. Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 8 in E flat minor, BWV 853 (BC L87) (WTC I/8)
  3. Kinderszenen No. 7 ("Träumerei"), for piano, Op. 15/7
  4. Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 1 in C major, BWV 846 (BC L80) (WTC I/1): Fugue
  5. Ständchen ("Leise flehen meine Lieder"), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang), D. 957/4
  6. Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 21 in B flat major, BWV 866 (BC L100) (WTC I/21): Fugue
  7. Waltz for piano No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64/2, CT. 213
  8. Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 22 in B flat minor, BWV 867 (BC L101) (WTC I/22): Prelude
  9. Prelude for piano No. 1 in C sharp minor ("The Bells of Moscow"), Op. 3/2
  10. Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 14 in F sharp minor, BWV 883 (BC L117) (WTC II/14): Prelude
  11. Élégie: O doux printemps d'autrefois, for voice & piano (from "Mélodies, Vol.1")
  12. Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 5 in D major, BWV 874 (BC L108) (WTC II/5): Fugue
  13. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor ("Pathétique"), Op. 13: II. Adagio cantabile
  14. Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9, for chorus (or string orchestra), A. 449
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The Naxos label's "The Music of Brazil" series, backed by the Brazilian government, unearths a real find here, with barely known choral arrangements of a set of preludes and fugues (separate, not paired) of Bach, by Heitor Villa-Lobos, here receiving their world recorded premieres. The rest of the program consists of similar a cappella arrangements of famous repertory pieces, both polyphonic and tune-plus-harmony, both vocal and instrumental. The arrangements were made in the mid-1930s and intended for school choruses. A ...

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