Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo & Isaac Karabtchevsky - Villa-Lobos: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 (2017) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist
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01. Symphony No. 1, Op. 112, W. 114 "O Imprevisto": I. Allegro assai moderato
02. Symphony No. 1, Op. 112, W. 114 "O Imprevisto": II. Adagio
03. Symphony No. 1, Op. 112, W. 114 "O Imprevisto": III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
04. Symphony No. 1, Op. 112, W. 114 "O Imprevisto": IV. Allegro con brio
05. Symphony No. 2, Op. 160, W. 132 "Ascenção": I. Allegro non troppo
06. Symphony No. 2, Op. 160, W. 132 "Ascenção": II. Allegretto scherzando
07. Symphony No. 2, Op. 160, W. 132 "Ascenção": III. Andante moderato
08. Symphony No. 2, Op. 160, W. 132 "Ascenção": IV. Allegro


Heitor Villa-Lobos’s first two symphonies take the European tradition head-on, absorbing French models prevalent in Brazil in the early twentieth century. The confident swagger of the First Symphony is characteristic of Villa-Lobos’s ‘Brazilianness,’ while the cyclical Second Symphony filters myriad influences including the music of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy and Puccini. Its slow movement heralds the affecting melodic content that would later become the trademark of the Bachianas Brasileiras. This is the sixth and final volume of an acclaimed complete edition of Villa-Lobos’s symphonies in which ‘Karabtchevsky leads the way.’ (Gramophone).

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