Villa-Lobos Guitar Concerto CD

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 instrument and written for Segovia. A cornerstone of the repertoire, it contains soaring melodies and rhythmic vitality couched in virtuosic writing. Exploring the instrument's full harmonic and chromatic possibilities, the Concerto for Harmonica is also deftly orchestrated. New and daring sonic combinations are to be heard in the two chamber works demonstrating the composer's extraordinary gift for seductive lyricism.

1. Guitar Concerto 2. 1. I. Allegro Preciso 00:05:08 3. 2. II. Andantino E Andante 00:07:52 4. 3. III. Allegretto Non Troppo 00:04:18 5. 4. Sexteto M?stico 00:07:51 6. Harmonica Concerto 7. 5. I. Allegro Moderato 00:06:43 8. 6. II. Andante 00:05:23 9. 7. III. Allegro 00:05:34 10. Quintet for Flute, Harp and String Trio 11. 8. I. Allegro Non Troppo 00:03:43 12. 9. II. Lento 00:08:29 13. 10. III. Allegro Poco Moderato 00:05:03