Villa-Lobos - Guitar Concerto - COMPACT DISCS [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. Album Tracks 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 Místico 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