Heitor Villa-Lobos was surprisingly well represented on records during his own lifetime for someone whose style was so often bizarre and whose career was so far from the mainstream of Western music. Many of these recordings Villa-Lobos led, participated in, or played himself; EMI has issued a six-CD box set of these, and that still does not exhaust what is out there in terms of his own interpretations. Él's disc Villa-Lobos: Nonetto contains some recordings of Villa-Lobos' music made during his lifetime in which he was not ...
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Heitor Villa-Lobos was surprisingly well represented on records during his own lifetime for someone whose style was so often bizarre and whose career was so far from the mainstream of Western music. Many of these recordings Villa-Lobos led, participated in, or played himself; EMI has issued a six-CD box set of these, and that still does not exhaust what is out there in terms of his own interpretations. Él's disc Villa-Lobos: Nonetto contains some recordings of Villa-Lobos' music made during his lifetime in which he was not personally involved. Some are taken from a Museum of Modern Art concert of 1940 devoted to Brazilian music, others a 1957 album for Capitol led by Roger Wagner -- its front cover was adapted for the handsome front cover of this CD -- and some odds and ends from arch-classical guitarists Julian Bream, Laurindo Almeida, and Andrès Segovia. Only a limited amount of Villa-Lobos gained traction in those times, so here we are presented with two different recordings of the Nonetto and two...
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Add this copy of Nonetto (an Impression of the Whole of Brazil) to cart. $35.97, good condition, Sold by First Coast Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Eatonton, GA, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by El Records.
