Villa-Lobos: Floresta do Amazonas (Forest of the Amazon), Alfred Heller and Renée Fleming

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Floresta do Amazonas (Forest of the Amazon)
Lyrics by Dora Vasconcellos

Renée Fleming, soprano
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
Moscow Physical and Engineering Institute Male Chorus
Alfred Heller, conductor

Recording date: 1995

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Compare to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LscWPBPKLhY, a recording of Floresta do Amazonas with Villa-Lobos conducting the Symphony of the Air and the unforgettable Brazilian soprano Bidú Sayão. This is a condensed version of the score by Villa-Lobos himself, for the 1959 recording. Alfred Heller’s version presents the integrality of the score as Villa-Lobos had written it originally.

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