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Compact Disc CDH55316

£6.99

Recorded in All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London, on 25–27 May 1987
Recording Engineer
TONY FAULKNER
Recording Producer
MARK BROWN
Executive Producers
SUE LUBBOCK
EDWARD PERRY
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, 2008
Originally issued on Hyperion CDA66257

Duration: 53'39
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Front illustration: Tropical Storm with Tiger by Henri Rousseau (1844–1910)

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

Bachianas Brasileiras 1 & 5

JILL GOMEZ soprano [4,6,11-12]
PETER MANNING violin [4-6]
THE PLEETH CELLO OCTET
ANTHONY PLEETH, ROGER SMITH, STEPHEN ORTON
DAVID CHEW, CHRISTOPHER VANDERSPAR, MARTIN LOVEDAY
JOHN HELEY, PAUL KEGG
with ROBIN FIRMAN (Preludes and Fugues only)

Contents:

    Bachianas brasileiras No 1 for eight cellos [18'51]
  1. Introdução (Embolada) [6'34]
  2. Prelúdio (Modinha) [7'52]
  3. Fuga (Conversa) [4'12]

    Suite for voice and violin [9'53]

  4. A menina e a canção: Un pouco moderato [2'25]
  5. Quéro ser alégre: Vagaroso e calmo [4'17]
  6. Sertaneja: Animado e espiritoso [3'02]

    Preludes and Fugues from Bach’s Well-tempered Clavier [14'00]
    arranged for an orchestra of cellos

  7. Prelude in D minor from Prelude No 8 in E flat minor, BWV853 (Book I) [5'21]
  8. Fugue in B flat major from Fugue No 1 in C major, BWV846 (Book I) [2'15]
  9. Prelude in G minor from Prelude No 22 in B flat minor, BWV867 (Book I) [3'56]
  10. Fugue in D major from Fugue No 5 in D major, BWV874 (Book II) [2'17]

    Bachianas brasileiras No 5 for soprano and eight cellos [10'53]

  11. Aria (Cantilena): Adagio [6'20]
  12. Dansa (Martelo): Allegretto [4'30]
Sleeve Notes

GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE
PREIS DER DEUTSCHEN SCHALLPLATTENKRITIK

'Stunning performances' (BBC Record Review)

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