A journey to Villa-Lobos's Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Sara Mohr-Pietsch takes us on a musical journey towards the Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 by Heitor Villa-Lobos, a mix of Brazilian lyricism with the baroque style of JS Bach.
Sara Mohr-Pietsch takes us on a musical journey towards the Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 by Heitor Villa-Lobos. Scored for soprano and an ensemble of eight cellos, the piece is a mix of Brazilian lyricism with harmony and part-writing inspired by the baroque style of his hero Johann Sebastian Bach. On the way we encounter Bach-inspired music by Felix Mendelssohn and Nina Simone, a piece for 40 cellos by Pablo Casals, and Brazilian music by Ernesto Nazareth and the eighteenth-century composer André da Silva Gomes.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No 1 in G major (Prelude)
Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.- CBS.
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Dieterich Buxtehude
Der Herr ist mit mir, BuxWV 15 (Alleluia)
Choir: Accentus. Orchestra: Concerto Köln. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.- Nuit Sacrée: Accentus/Concerto Köln/Laurence Equilbey.
- Naive.
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Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No. 12 in G Minor: Fuga. Grave - Allegro
Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Raudales.- Felix Mendelssohn: The Complete String Symphonies.
- BR-Klassik.
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Louise Farrenc
Air russe varié, Op. 17
Performer: David Kadouch.- Les musiques de Madame Bovary.
- Mirare.
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Walter Donaldson
Love Me Or Leave Me
Lyricist: Gus Kahn. Singer: Nina Simone.- Les 50 plus belles chansons.
- Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
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André da Silva Gomes
Gloria (Mass for eight voices and instruments)
Choir: Ex Cathedra Choir. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.- Brazilian Adventures.
- Hyperion.
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Chiquinha Gonzaga
Lua Branca
Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Kim Barbier. Music Arranger: Esther Abrami.- Lua Branca (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Esther Abrami).
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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Ernesto Nazareth
Brejeiro
Performer: Pedro Amorim. Ensemble: Epoca de Ouro Ensemble.- Café Brasil.
- Warner Classics.
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Pau Casals
Sardana
Ensemble: The London Cello Sound. Director: Geoffrey Simon.- Signum-Cala.
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George Frideric Handel
Organ Concerto in F major HWV.295 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale' (2nd mvt)
Performer: Simon Preston. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Handel: Organ Concertos: Simon Preston.
- Archiv Produktion.
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Luciano Berio
Ballo (Folk Songs, No 7)
Performer: Luciano Berio. Singer: Cathy Berberian. Ensemble: Julliard Ensemble. Conductor: Luciano Berio.- RCA Red Seal.
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Philip Glass
Evening Song no.2
Performer: Timo Andres.- Nonesuch.
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Richard Strauss
Im Abendrot (4 Last Songs)
Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.- Strauss, R.: Four Last Songs; 6 Orchestral Songs - Norman, Gewandhausorchester L.
- Philips.
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Glenn Miller
Moonlight Serenade
Music Arranger: Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann. Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.- 'Round Midnight.
- Warner Classics.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue in B-Flat Major, BWV 866 (Arr. H. Villa-Lobos for Choir)
Music Arranger: Heitor Villa‐Lobos. Choir: São Paulo Symphony Choir. Conductor: Valentina Peleggi.- Villa-Lobos: Choral Transcriptions.
- Naxos.
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Heitor Villa‐Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Singer: Barbara Hendricks. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Enrique Bátiz.- Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras.
- Warner Classics.
Broadcast
- Sun 25 May 202513:30BBC Radio 3
