This page lists all recordings of A Lenda do Caboclo, by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) on CD, SACD & download (MP3 & FLAC). Generally, more recent releases are listed first, but with priority given to those that are in stock. |
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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Nelson Freire: Brasileiro
Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire’s eagerly awaited new album, Brasileiro: Villa-Lobos & Friends, pays tribute to his country’s greatest composer, Heitor Villa-Lobos, upon the 125th anniversary of his birth. In containing Freire’s personal choice of rarely recorded pieces by seven other lesser-known Brazilian composers whose music helped shape his artistic personality during his formative early years, the album also offers a sonic “portrait of the pianist as a young man”. Comprising works that roughly span the seventy or so years of Villa-Lobos’s own lifetime, Freire’s chosen repertoire chronicles the efforts of three generations of Brazilian composers to forge a recognisably national musical language out of an amalgam of European influences and indigenous folk and popular styles. In combination with his trademark technical mastery and legendary sense of melodic line, Nelson Freire’s quintessentially Latin American temperament and innate sense of rhythmic ease ensure that he brings a uniquely authentic touch to the rarely heard piano music of his native land. “Freire's kind of artistry raises [the repertoire] to an entirely different level. There's plenty of flair and soul, yet the playing is always crystalline and precise, perfectly pedalled, the colours as subtle as a Debussy prelude...Just drop-dead gorgeous repertoire and performances: I don't think I've enjoyed any piano recording more this year.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2012 ***** “Freire presents a masterlcass in nonchalant playfulness, capturing to perfection the charm of a composer often criticised for being too fecund and unselfcritical but here heard at his best...Freire is a class act - and 'Brasiliero', immaculately recorded by the way, is sheer delight from start to finish.” Gramophone Magazine, November 2012 “Freire characterises and colours each one inimitably, never searching for emotional depths that aren't there, nor attempting to confer profundity on music that is mostly intended simply to be enjoyed...if there is a more perfectly played piano disc released this year, we will be very lucky indeed.” The Guardian, 23rd August 2012 *****  BBC Music Magazine
Instrumental Choice - December 2012 |
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Wilhem Latchoumia (piano) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Villa-Lobos: Complete Solo Piano Works Volume 2
The long awaited second release in Marcelo Bratke’s complete piano music of Villa-Lobos. All the works on this CD have a direct reference to Brazil and come from two different periods of Villa-Lobo’s artistic output. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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The Grammy award winning ensemble the Los Angeles Guitar perform compositions by Sergio and Odair Assad, Marco Pereira, Hermeto Pascoal, Baden Powell, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Heitor Villa-Lobos and others. They are joined by specials guests who include vocalist Luciana Souza who performs a medly of Jobim tunes Katisse Buckingham on flutes and saxes and Kevin Ricard on percussion. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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The Grammy award winning ensemble the Los Angeles Guitar perform compositions by Sergio and Odair Assad, Marco Pereira, Hermeto Pascoal, Baden Powell, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Heitor Villa-Lobos and others. They are joined by specials guests who include vocalist Luciana Souza who performs a medly of Jobim tunes Katisse Buckingham on flutes and saxes and Kevin Ricard on percussion. | | | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. |
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| |  | Piano Music Of The Americas
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| |  | Villa-Lobos: Piano Works
Nohema Fernandez (piano) Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Freeman | |
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| |  | Villa-Lobos - Piano Music Volume 1
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