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Track(s) taken from CDH55316

Suite for voice and violin

First line:
Tra-li-la … A menina es ga niçada, magriça
composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
1923; first performed in 1925, the violin part played by Paulina d'Ambrozio
author of text
Mário Raul de Andrade (1893-1945)
only for movement 1. 2 & 3 use voice noises

Jill Gomez (soprano), Peter Manning (violin)
Recording details: May 1987
All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: November 1987
Total duration: 9 minutes 52 seconds

Cover artwork: Tiger in a Tropical Storm (Surprised!) (1891) by Henri Rousseau (1844-1910)
Reproduced by permission of The Trustees, The National Gallery, London
 

Reviews

‘The interpretations are passionate … and what a voice … Gomez is equal to the best who came before her. Her light, agile, soaring voice rises ecstatically above the massed cellos’ dusky rain-forest wall of sound like the brilliant plumage of some rare Amazonian bird-in-flight … thoroughly captivating’ (American Record Guide)

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