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Heitor Villa-Lobos
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As a young man, Heitor Villa-Lobos played cello and guitar in orchestras in Rio and spent time with the chorões, the street musicians of choro. He worked that music into his classical output: in the 1920s he wrote a series of Chôros. In the Bachianas Brasileiras he joined Bach with Brazilian melodies. The fifth, for soprano and eight cellos, became his best-known work.
Listening
Listening tip. Listen to the Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: eight cellos pluck like guitars, and the soprano sings a long, wordless melody above them.
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 (for Soprano and 8 Cellos): I. Aria (Cantilena): Adagio · Barbara Hendricks & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 1986
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1: I. Introdução (Embolada): Animato · Enrique Bátiz & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 1986- Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6: I. Ária (Chóro): Largo · Lisa Hansen & Susan Bell, 2007
Discography
Studio albums
- 1954Elsie Houston Sings Brazilian Songs / Bachianas Brasileiras no. 1 and Nonetto
- 1965Songs of the Auvergne / Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 / Vocalise
- 1968Sketches Of Brazil (Music Of Villa-Lobos)
- 1969Douze études pour guitare
- 1971Julian Bream Plays Villa-Lobos
- 1972Soni Ventorum Plays Poulenc and Villa-Lobos
- 1972Soni Ventorum Plays Villa-Lobos
- 1974Concierto De Aranjuez / Concerto For Guitar And Small Orchestra
- 1978Twelve Etudes For Guitar / Suite Populaire Brésilienne
- 1982Julian Bream plays Villa Lobos
- 1984Canteloube: Chants d’Auvergne, Vol. 2 / Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
- 1985Chôros nos. 8 & 9
- 1985Compositions for Winds
- 1985Die 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker Vol. 1
- 1985Guitar Concertos
- 1986Bachianas Brasileiras 1, 5 & 7
- 1986Choros II, IV, V, VII & XII
- 1987Bachianas Brasileiras
- 1987Bachianas Brasileiras / Guitar Concerto
- 1987Bachianas Brasileiras 1 & 5 / Suite for Voice and Violin / Bach Preludes and Fugues for an Orchestra of Cellos
- 1987Bachianas Brasileiras Integrales
- 1987Bachianas Brasileiras nos. 1, 2, 5, 9
- 1987Concerto pour guitare et petit orchestre / Suite populaire brésilienne
- 1987Piano Music
- 1987Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Villa-Lobos: Guitar Concerto / Five Preludes
- 1987Seleção do “Guia Prático”
- 1987Villa Violão
- 1987Villa-Lobos: 5 Preludes / 12 Etudes / Ginastera: Sonata
- 1988A floresta do Amazonas
- 1988Guitar Concerto / Twelve Etudes / Five Preludes
- 1989Konzerte für Violoncello und Orchester
- 1989Manuel Barrueco Plays Brouwer, Villa-Lobos & Orbón
- 1989Music for Flute
- 1989Villa-Lobos (Mats Bergström)
- 1990Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 3
- 1990Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasía para un gentilhombre / Villa‐Lobos: Guitar Concerto
- 1990Violin Sonatas & Piano Suites
- 1991Favourite Guitar Music
- 1991Gênesis / Erosão / Amazonas / Dawn in a Tropical Forest
- 1991Piano Works
- 1991Quatuors à Cordes Nos 12-13-14
- 1991Quatuors à Cordes Nos 4/5/6
- 1992Brazil ’88: A Brazilian Extravaganza: Villa‐Lobos: Chôros no. 8 / Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra / Uirapurú / Marlos Nobre: Convergências
- 1992Chamber and Choral Music
- 1992Dowland / Bach / Villa-Lobos / Lauro / Brouwer / Myers
- 1992Enescu: Cello Sonata, op. 26 no. 1 / Villa-Lobos: Divagaçao / O Canto da Nossa Terra / O Canto do Capadocio / O Canto do Cisne Negro / Sonhar / Berceuse
- 1992Estévez: La Cantata Criolla / Villa-Lobos: Chôros no. 10
- 1992Ligeti / Villa-Lobos / Barber / Hindemith / Stockhausen
- 1992Modinhas e Canções - Songs Volume I
- 1992Paganini: Capricen Nr. 17 & 5 / Ponce: 12 Préludes / Brouwer: 12 Etüden / Villa-Lobos: 12 Etüden
- 1992The 5 Piano Concertos
- 1992Villa-Lobos / Ginastera / Morera / García / Casals / Montsalvatge
- 1992Woodwind Music
- 1993Ginastera / Gerswin / Villa-Lobos / Barber / Ives
- 1993Missa São Sebastião / Magnificat-Alleluia / Bendita Sabedoria / Ave Maria / Pater Noster / Cor Dulce, Cor Amabile / Panis Angelicus / Praesepe / Sub Tuum
- 1994Discovery of Brasil Suites Nos. 1-4
- 1994Flavio Cucchi Plays Barrios and Villa-Lobos
- 1994Guitar Concertos
- 1994Piano
- 1994Ravel, Debussy, Turina, Villa‐Lobos, Creston
- 1994Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Villa-Lobos: Guitar Concerto / Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto no. 1
- 1994Rudepoema / Danças características africanas / Dança frenética / Dança dos mosquitos
- 1994Wind Music
- 1995Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 2, 4, & 8
- 1995Forest of the Amazon
- 1995Paris Rio
- 1995The Complete Works for Solo Guitar
- 1995Villa-Lobos: Complete Works for Guitar Vol.2
- 1996Alma Brasileira: Music Of Villa-Lobos
- 1996Complete Works for Solo Guitar
- 1996Concerto For Strings Op. 33 / Suite For Strings; Bachianas Brasileiras No.9 / Airs D'Espagne
- 1996Inspiration: Brazil - Forest of the Amazon
- 1996Symphony no. 4 “Victoria” / Cello Concerto no. 2 / Amazonas
- 1996Symphony no. 6 • Rudá “God of Love”
- 1997Complete Piano Music, Vol. 2
- 1997The Complete Solo Guitar Music
- 1998Bachianas Brasileiras nos. 2 & 5 / Concerto for Guitar / Amazonas
- 1998Cantos y danzas
- 1998Complete Piano Music, Vol. 3: Pieces for Children
- 1998Del Forno Plays Villa-Lobos
- 1998O Violoncello do Villa, Complete works for violoncello and piano, Volume 1
- 1998Orbón: Tres versiones sinfónicas / Villa-Lobos: Bachiana Brasileira no. 2 / Estévez: Mediodía en el llano / Chávez: Sinfonía india
- 1999Beethoven: Sonata Op. 81a (Les Adieux) / Franck: Prelude, Chorale & Fugue / Szymanowski: Mazurkas / Villa-Lobos, Milhaud, Gershwin, Liszt
- 1999Brazil
- 1999Chôros no. 11
- 1999Complete Piano Music, Vol. 4
- 1999O Violoncello do Villa, Complete works for violin, cello and piano, Volume 2
- 1999Piano Music, Vol. 1: A prole do bebê no. 1 / Cirandas / Hommage à Chopin
- 1999Symphonies 1 & 11
- 1999Villa-Lobos / Ginastera
- 2000As Cirandas
- 2000Chôros XII / Chôros VII / Bachiana Brasileira n°1
- 2000Complete Music for Solo Guitar
- 2000Musica para crianças / Music for children
- 2000Piano Music
- 2000Symphonies 4 & 12
- 2000Symphony no. 10 "Amerindia"
- 2001A Obra de Câmara para Sopros de Heitor Villa-Lobos
- 2001Invocación y danza, "Hommage à Falla" / Concierto de Aranjuez / Two Concertos for Guitar and Orchestra
- 2001Mozart, Reicha, Ligeti, Villa-Lobos
- 2001Piano Music, Vol. 2: A prole do bebê no. 2 / Cirandinhas
- 2001Symphonies 6 & 8
- 2002Bassoon XX
- 2002Music for Saxophone and Orchestra
- 2002Symphonies 3 & 9
- 2003Chôros 1-7
- 2003Piano Music Volume Three
- 2003Piano Music, Volume 3: Ciclo brasileiro / Suite floral / Chôros nos. 1, 2 and 5
- 2003Piano Works
- 2003Rodrigo / Villa‐Lobos: Guitar Concertos
- 2003Uirapurú / Bachianas Brasileiras no. 4 / The Emperor Jones
- 2004Música para cuartetos de cuerdas
- 2004O Violoncello do Villa, Complete works for violin, cello and piano, Volume 3
- 2004Piano Music 4: Bachianas Brasileiras no. 4 / Children's Carnival / Simple Song
- 2004Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Villa‐Lobos: Concerto for Guitar / Ponce: Concierto del sur
- 2004String Quartets Complete
- 2004Symphony No 7 / Sinfonietta No 1
- 2004Symphony No. 10" Amerindia'
- 2004Villa-Lobos: 12 Études / Brouwer: Estudios sencillos
- 2005Bachianas Brasileiras (Complete)
- 2005Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 2, 3, 4
- 2005Green Mansions (soundtrack)
- 2005Villa-Lobos em Paris: Obras do concerto histórico de 1924
- 20065 Preludes / Etude no. 1 / Suite populaire braésilienne
- 2006Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 7 - 8 - 9
- 2006Chamber Music: The Jet Whistle / Song of the Black Swan / Duo for Violin and Viola
- 2006Coleção Folha de música clássica, volume 20: Carlos Gomes, Moncayo, Villa-Lobos, Ginastera
- 2006Guitar Works
- 2006Piano Music 5: Guia prático nos. 1 to 9
- 2007Bachianas Brasileiras Nos 1 - 4 - 5 - 6
- 2007Heitor Villa-Lobos: Complete works for solo guitar
- 2007L’œuvre pour violoncelle et piano
- 2007Piano Music 6: Rudepoêma / As três Marias / Saudades das selvas brasileiras
- 2007Piano Music: A Prole do Bebê / Suite Floral / Choro no. 1
- 2007Symphony No. 2 & New York Skyline Melody
- 2007The Complete Solo Guitar Works
- 2008Choros nos 1 · 4 · 6 · 8 · 9
- 2008Choros nos 5 · 7 · 11
- 2008Choros nos. 2 · 3 · 10 · 12
- 2008Nonetto (Impressão Rapidá de todo o Brasil) / Quatuor for Flute, Harp, Celesta, Alto Saxophone and Women's Voices
- 2008Piano Music 7: Amazonas / Histórias da Carochinha / Valsa scherzo
- 2008Piano Music 8: Guia prático, Albums 10 and 11 / Suite infantil nos. 1 and 2
- 2008Violin Sonatas Complete
- 2009Bassoon Concertos
- 2009The Complete Choros and Bachianas Brasileiras
- 2009Um Clássico Popular
- 2010Floresta do Amazonas
- 2010Guitar Concertos
- 2010Heitor Villa-Lobos: Complete Solo Works
- 2010Obra Completa para Piano Solo vol. 1
- 2011Choral Works
- 2011Complete Guitar Music
- 2011Plays Villa-Lobos
- 2012Brasileiro: Villa-Lobos & Friends
- 2012Melodia Sentimental
- 2012Obra Completa para Piano Solo vol. 2
- 2012Symphony no. 6 “On the Outline of the Mountains of Brazil” / Symphony no. 7
- 2012Vozes do Brasil
- 20135 Preludes / 12 Etudes
- 2013Symphony no. 3 "War" / Symphony no. 4 "Victory"
- 2013The Guitar Manuscripts, Vol. 1
- 2014Symphony no. 10 "Ameríndia"
- 2014The Guitar Manuscripts, Vol. 2
- 2015Symphony no. 12 / Uirapuru / Mandu-çarará
- 2015The Guitar Manuscripts, Volume 3
- 2016BBC Music, Volume 24, Number 5: Guitar Concertos
- 2016Complete Guitar Works
- 2016Havana Moon
- 2017Brian Asawa: The Complete RCA Recordings
- 2017Chamber Music
- 2017Symphonies nos. 8, 9 and 11
- 2017Symphony no. 1 "O Imprevisto" / Symphony no. 2 "Ascensão"
- 2018Complete Solo Piano Works, Vols. 4 & 5
- 2018Latin Winds
- 2018Works For Harmonica
- 2019Complete Works for Guitar Solo
- 2019Guitar Concerto / Harmonica Concerto / Sexteto místico / Quinteto instrumental
- 2019Guitar Recital
- 2020BBC Music, Volume 28, Number 7: Uirapurú and Other Orchestral and Choral Works
- 2020Complete Symphonies
- 2021Choral Transcriptions
- 2021Complete Violin Sonatas
- 2021Latin American Dances: Works for Saxophone and Piano
- 2021String Trio & Other Chamber Works
- 2021Villa-Lobos Trios
- 2022Chamber Music for Oboe, Bassoon & Piano
- 2022Intervalles: Music for Flute & Harp
- 2022The Art of Kazuhito Yamashita Vol.3: Villa-Lobos & Ponce: Masterpieces
- 2022Violin Sonatas
- 2023Amazônia
- 2023Cello Concertos nos. 1 and 2 / Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra
- 2023Do Brasil
- 2023Profesión
- 2024Concert for the Americas
- 2024South American Orchestral Gems
- 2025Complete Solo Guitar Works
- 2025The Complete Solo Works
- 2026Pájaros Mágicos
- ?A Prole do Bebê no.1 - Cirandas - Deux préludes pour Guitare
- ?Bachianas Brasileiras
- ?Bachianas Brasileiras n° 5/2/1 / Choros n° 4 / Ciranda des sept notes
- ?Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 2, 5, 6 & 9 (L'Orchestre de Paris Mady Mesplé)
- ?Concertos for Harmonica
- ?Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasy for a Gentleman / Bachianas Brasilieros no. 5
- ?Grandes Compositores - Villa Lobos 01 - Disc A
- ?Instrumental and Orchestral Works
- ?Kabalevsky: The Comedians / Villa-Lobos: Uirapuru / Shostakovich: Symphony no. 9
- ?Modinhas e canções
- ?Orchestral Works
- ?Piano & flauta
- ?Préludes / Etudes / Suite populaire Brésilienne / Chôros