Search - Heitor Villa-Lobos, Nelson Freire :: Villa-Lobos: Piano Works

The Amazonian universe!

Hiram Gomez Pardo | Valencia, Venezuela | 07/10/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"In Hector Villa-Lobos' piano music there is a dazzling account of the endless Amazon landscapes, as welll as the poetic of the rustic wilderness, blended with profound counterpoints roots derived from Bach - by far, his most beloved composer - as a matter of fact, if when Ottorino Respighi wrote the Birds orchestral suite, evoked with pristine neat the bitter sounds of the jungle, in Villalobos there is much than a simple representation; it's the nature talking by itself through his compositions.



In this sense to approach to Villalobos piano music is really to accord oneself and get into a new universe. He was a poet in the most complete meaning of the expression and it is a real pity his music is not widely known.



But I tell to myself this a propitious opportunity for letting it knowing. Try it; and I insure you, that you will never be disappointed.



One additional advise: we arwe talking about Freire one of the most expressive and sublime colorists from Brazil, so it's a wise choice.

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The best! - if you love Villa Lobos, you have to own this

Dennis Malone | 10/13/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"There is simply no one who plays Villa Lobos like Freire. In terms of imagination, sheer technical perfection (and wizadry in the Rudepoema)and the subtle rhythme of "rebolado," (the sensual swaying of the hips) this is the ultimate.



Sorry, Marc-Andre and sorry all the others, you should all get this disc and see how it can be done."