Villa-Lobos Piano Music, Vol 5
Brazilian children's songs brought out the genius in Villa-Lobos
View record and artist detailsRecord and Artist Details
Composer or Director: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Genre:
Instrumental
Label: Naxos
Magazine Review Date: 10/2006
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 63
Mastering:
Stereo
Catalogue Number: 8 570008

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Guia pratico, Movement: No. 1, Acordei de madrugada |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 2, A maré encheu |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 3, A roseira (version 2) |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 4, Manquinha |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 5, Na corda da viola |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 1, Brinquedo |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 2, Machadinha |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 3, Espanha |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 4, Samba-le-le |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 5, Senhora Dona Viúva (version 1) |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 1, O pastorzinho |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 2, João Cambuête |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 3, A freira |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 4, Garibaldi foi á missa |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 5, O pião |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 1, O pobre o rico |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 2, Rosa amarela |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 3, Olha o passarinho, domine |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 4, O gato |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 5, O sim |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 1, Os pombinhos |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 2, Vocé diz que sabe tudo |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 3, Có,-có-có |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 4, O bastião (Mia gato) |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 5, A condessa |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 1, Sonho de uma criança |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 2, O corcunda |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 3, O carangueijo (version 1) |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 4, A pombinha voou |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 5, Vamos atrás da serra, Oh! Calunga! |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 1, No fundo do meu quintal |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 2, Vai, abóbora |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 3, Vamos Maruca |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 4, Os pombinhos |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 5, Anda a roda |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 1, O limão |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 2, Carambola |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 3, Pobre cega |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 4, Pai Francisco |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 5, Xô! Passarinho! |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 6, Sinh 'Aninha |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 7, Vestidinho branco |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 1, Laranjeira pequenina |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 2, Pombinha rolinha |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 3, O ciranha, O cirandinha |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 4, A velha que tinha nove filhos |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 5, Constante |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Guia pratico, Movement: No. 6, O castelo |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Sonia Rubinsky, Piano |
Author: Bryce Morrison
Volume Five of Sonia Rubinsky’s invaluable Villa-Lobos cycle gives us the first complete recording of the Guia prático (nine volumes with two to follow). The fruit of the composer’s travels through the length and breadth of Brazil, this enchanting tapestry consists of folksongs reworked with a simplicity and sophistication typical of a prodigious and endlessly fecund talent. Written with a touching faith that children (albeit exceptionally gifted ones) will readily assimilate their style and technique, the Guia prático presents in microcosm the very essence of the composer’s genius, so that even the most blasé listener will find himself humming and tapping at the teeming interplay of rhythm and melody, at childhood innocence spiced with adult experience. And whether you turn to the lilting charm of “Yellow Rose”, a cat miaowing its way through a familiar tune, Garibaldi’s jaunty walk to Mass or Father Francisco’s cassock-flying whirl through a variety of dance steps, you will always sense a child’s wide-eyed wonder at a magical universe; one which recreates its own “Jardin retrouvé” (Wilfrid Mellors’s apt title for his study of Mompou, in this instance Villa-Lobos’s Catalan equivalent). Sonia Rubinsky plays all this music with spirit and affection. Admirably recorded, she whets the appetite for Volume 6.
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