Brazil, Bach, and the Cello – Unknown Treasure for Cello and Piano by Heitor Villa-Lobos

Music for Cello and Piano by HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

• Prelúdio No. 2 (1913)
• Pequena Suite (1913)

I.  Romancette

II.  Legendária

III.  Harmonias soltas

IV.  Fugato all’antica

V.  Melodia

VI.  Gavotte-Scherzo

• Sonhar (Dreaming) (1914)
• Capriccio (1915)
• Berceuse (1915)
• Sonata No. 2 (1916)
• Elegie (1916)
• O Canto do Cisne Negro (Song of the Black Swan) (1917)
• Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2 (1930)

I.  Prelude: O Canto do Capadócio (Song of the Scoundrel)

II. Aria: O Canto da Nossa Terra (The Song of our Land)

III. Toccata: O Trensinho do Caipira (The Little Country Train)

• Divagação (Wandering) (1946)

Recordings Available:

• Antonio Meneses (cello) and Cristina Ortiz (piano) on Intrada
• Rebecca Rust (cello) and David Apter (piano) on Marco Polo
• Tania Lisboa (cello) and Miriam Braga (piano) on Meridian
• Lars Hoefs (cello) and Rose Chen (piano) on Wanderlust Music

Praise for Lars’ album:

“Você capturou com muito carinho a alma brasileira e villa-lobiana. Bravo!” (“You captured with such care the soul of Brazil and Villa-Lobos.  Bravo!”)  – Museu Villa-Lobos

“The present recording of this piece is very good indeed, right up there with the recording by Antonio Meneses…Lars Hoefs adds so much value to this disc with his excellent liner notes.  This is a first-class production all around, and one of the standout Villa-Lobos discs of the past few years.” – The Villa-Lobos Magazine