VILLA-LOBOS – Complete Works for Solo Guitar: Études, Préludes, Choros (by Turibio Santos)

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959) was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist described as “the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music”. Villa-Lobos has become the best-known South American composer of all time. A prolific composer, he wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works, totaling over 2000 works by his death in 1959.

His music was influenced by both Brazilian folk music and stylistic elements from the European classical tradition, as exemplified by his Bachianas Brasileiras (Brazilian Bachian-pieces) and his Chôros. His Etudes for classical guitar (1929) were dedicated to Andrés Segovia, while his 5 Preludes (1940) were dedicated to his spouse Arminda Neves d’Almeida, a.k.a. “Mindinha”. Both are important works in the classical guitar repertory.

Turibio Soares Santos (born in 1943) is a Brazilian classical guitarist, musicologist, and composer, who established himself as a performer with a wide repertoire of pieces by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Ernesto Nazareth, Francisco Mignone, and by accompanying musicians like Clara Sverner, Paulo Moura and Olivia Byington.

12 Études for Solo Guitar

Etude No.1 en Mi mineur Etude No.2 en La Majeur Etude No.3 en Ré Majeur Etude No.4 en Sol Majeur Etude No.5 en Do Majeur Etude No.6 en Mi mineur Etude No.7 en Mi Majeur Etude No.8 en Do# mineur Etude No.9 en Fa# mineur Etude No.10 en Si mineur Etude No.11 en Mi mineur Etude No.12 en La mineur

5 Prelude for Solo Guitar

Prelude No.1 en Mi mineur Prelude No.2 en Mi Majeur Prelude No.3 en La mineur Prelude No.4 en Mi mineur Prelude No.5 en Ré Majeur

Bachiana Brasileira No. 5 for Guitar and Sopran (Leila Guimarães)

Suite Populaire Brésilienne I. Mazurka – Choro II. Schottisch – Choro III. Valse – Choro IV. Gavotte – Choro V. Chorinho

Distribution de fleurs for Guitar and Flute (Marcelo Bomfim) Choros No.1

Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra

Allegro Preciso II. Andantino & Andante / Cadenza III. Allegro non Troppo Orchestre de Chambre Brésilien Direction : Bernardo Bessler

Sextuor Mystique

Oboe : Elsa Marins Flute : Carlos Rato Saxophone : Antonio Bruno Celesta : Sonia Vieira Harp : Maria Cella Machado Conductor : Noël Devos

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