Bachianas Brasileiras - Best of Villa-Lobos
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Featured artists:
Enrique Batiz, Barbara Hendricks, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Bach in Brazil
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Heitor Villa-Lobos counts as Brazil’s greatest composer of classical music. His name will always be linked with the nine Bachianas Brasileiras. They show Villa-Lobos infusing the complex music of Johann Sebastian Bach with the spontaneity, melodic diversity and rhythmic energy of the Brazilian folk tradition – one of the finest and most sensual “world music” experiments in music history!
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Heitor Villa-Lobos counts as Brazil’s greatest composer of classical music. His name will always be linked with the nine Bachianas Brasileiras. They show Villa-Lobos infusing the complex music of Johann Sebastian Bach with the spontaneity, melodic diversity and rhythmic energy of the Brazilian folk tradition – one of the finest and most sensual “world music” experiments in music history!