Brasileiro: Villa-Lobos & Friends

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All Music Guide - Blair Sanderson
While Nelson Freire is world famous as an interpreter of the keyboard music of Frédéric Chopin, he is well known in Brazil as a brilliant exponent of the music of Heitor Villa-Lobos and other composers of his country. Brasileiro is a 2012 release on Decca that explores Freire's lifelong relationship with his compatriots' music, and reveals him to be as eloquent in their colorful pieces as he is in the European classics. Serving up a generous program of solo piano music by Villa-Lobos, Camargo Guarnieri, Henrique Oswald, Alexandre Levy, Joaquim Antônio Barrozo Netto, Oscar Lorenzo Fernández, Claudio Santoro, and Francisco Mignone, Freire demonstrates that it is all ...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - Blair Sanderson
While Nelson Freire is world famous as an interpreter of the keyboard music of Frédéric Chopin, he is well known in Brazil as a brilliant exponent of the music of Heitor Villa-Lobos and other composers of his country. Brasileiro is a 2012 release on Decca that explores Freire's lifelong relationship with his compatriots' music, and reveals him to be as eloquent in their colorful pieces as he is in the European classics. Serving up a generous program of solo piano music by Villa-Lobos, Camargo Guarnieri, Henrique Oswald, Alexandre Levy, Joaquim Antônio Barrozo Netto, Oscar Lorenzo Fernández, Claudio Santoro, and Francisco Mignone, Freire demonstrates that it is all highly sophisticated fare, often as cosmopolitan as it is concentrated with local flavors. Villa-Lobos certainly reflects both in his charming character pieces, which show a blending of dreamy impressionism with witty neo-classicism, while the dance impulse is particularly strong in many of the selections by other composers, along with suggestions of Brazilian folk songs and moody scene painting. The sound of this recording is generally soft and warm, suffused with a resonant ambience that lends a special glow to Freire's playing, though without blurring his crisp attacks and lively rhythms.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 8/21/2012
  • Label: Decca
  • UPC: 028947835332
  • Catalog Number: 001717902
  • Sales rank: 33,541

Album Credits

Performance Credits
Nelson Freire Primary Artist, Piano
Technical Credits
Heitor Villa-Lobos Composer
Jonathan Stokes Engineer
Camargo Guarnieri Composer
Dominic Fyfe Producer
Eric Dahan Cover Photo
Claudio Santoro Composer
Oscar Lorenzo Fernández Composer
Anthony Lui Art Direction
Alexandre Pierre Levy Composer
Henrique Oswald Composer
Francisco Mignone Composer
Barrozo Netto Composer
Alexander van Ingen Executive Producer
Manoel Correa Do Lago Liner Notes
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