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Heitor Villa-Lobos: Symphonies

7 CD / CPO / 2009-11-17

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Symphony no 1, for orchestra, "O Imprevisto", A. 114 (Op. 112); Symphony no 11, for orchestra, A. 527; Symphony no 2, for orchestra, "Ascensao", A. 132 (Op. 160); New York Skyline...
Performers: Böhm, Henryk; Linn, Jurgen; Odinius, Lothar
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl

Heitor Villa-Lobos is without a doubt Brazil's most famous composer and one of the great creative personalities of the twentieth century. His oeuvre is gigantic...continue...
Recording information: Stadthalle Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany (1997-2000)....continue...

Villa-Lobos: Symphony no 10 "Amerindia" / Carl St. Clair

1 CD / CPO / 2008-02-26

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Symphony no 10, for orchestra (Sinfonia ameríndia), for 3 soloists, chorus & orchestra, A. 511
Performers: Bohm, Henryk; Linn, Jurgen; Odinius, Lothar
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl

Hardly any other CPO edition has had an impact like that of their complete recording of the symphonies of Heitor Villa-Lobos, certainly Brazil’s most famous...continue...

Villa-Lobos: Symphony no 2, New York Skyline Melody

1 CD / CPO / 2007-03-27

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Symphony no 2, for orchestra, "Ascensao", A. 132 (Op. 160); New York Skyline Melody, W 408
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl

"This is music as complex as it is listenable. Villa-Lobos is clearly influenced by his French contemporaries, who were unquestionably the most adventurous and skillful...continue...

Villa-Lobos: Symphony no 7, etc / St. Clair, Stuttgart Radio

1 CD / CPO / 2004-03-01

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Symphony no 7, for orchestra, A. 458; Sinfonietta no 1 (Em memória de Mozart), for orchestra, A. 115
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl

"Villa-Lobos wrote the Symphony [No. 7] in Rio de Janeiro for a competition in Detroit. It was his most complicated symphony to that point, full...continue...

Villa-Lobos: Symphonies no 3 and 9/ St. Clair, Stuttgart RSO

1 CD / CPO / 2002-10-01

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Symphony no 3, for orchestra & brass, "A Guerra", A. 152; Symphony no 9, for orchestra, A. 510; Overture de l'Homme Tel
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl

"This is another outstanding entry from a great series. The playing is totally committed, and if anything, is better than the earlier releases, as the...continue...

Villa-Lobos: Symphonies no 6 & 8, etc / St. Clair, SWR RSO

1 CD / CPO / 2001-08-01

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Symphony no 6, for orchestra, "Sobre a linha das montahnas do Brasil", A. 447; Symphony no 8, for orchestra, A. 499; Suite para quinteto dupio de cordas (3), for double string qui...
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl

"The Stuttgart orchestra is not quite world class, but is sounds at home in this difficult music. St. Clair's ideas sound right, and everyone does...continue...

Villa-Lobos: Symphonies no 4 & 12 / St. Clair, Swedish RSO

1 CD / CPO / 2001-01-01

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Symphony no 4, for orchestra & brass, "A Vitória", A. 153; Symphony no 12, for orchestra, A. 539
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl

Why are the symphonies of Heitor Villa-Lobos so under represented in the catalog? The Fourth is an exciting work, with fanfare brass, thunderous, cymbal-splashed climaxes,...continue...

Die Singphoniker - Concert Collection 2

1 CD / CPO / 1998-01-01

Works: Orlande de Lassus: O vin en vigne (Bonte divine, vien et monster), chanson for 4 voices, B. xiii/84 (S. xii/67); So trincken wir alle, lied for 5 voices, S. xviii/109; Der Wein, der schmeckt mir also...
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Ensemble: Die Singphoniker