Heitor Villa Lobos is regarded as the most important creative force of 20th century Brazilian art. Born in the 19th century and active in the 20th century, his music is reminiscent of both epoques...
The concertos and chamber works on this album show Villa-Lobos's unceasing enthusiasm for new colors and sonorities in his music. The Concerto for Guitar and Small Orchestra was his last work for the...
In his music, Heitor Villa-Lobos wanted to combine the culture of the street with high culture, to fuse indigenous elements with the polyphonic structures of European classical music. The...