Heitor Villa-Lobos - Bachiana No. 5

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, for voice & 8 cellos, A. 389 (1938-1945)

I. Aria (Cantilena)
II. Dança (Martelo)

Rosana Lamosa, soprano
Anthony La Marchina, principal cello

Villa-Lobos' series of nine works titled Bachianas Brasileiras reflects both the composer's Brazilian heritage and his lifelong admiration for the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. The fifth entry in the series (1938-1945), which has emerged as the most popular of the composer's works, further suggests the scope of his sonic imagination in its unusual scoring for soprano and eight solo cellos. Like most of its companion works, Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 exhibits characteristics of the Baroque suite, and those of Bach in particular. The first movement, an adagio Aria, is marked by a particular lyrical expansiveness. The more spirited Danza, noted the composer, "represents a persistent and characteristic rhythm much like the emboladas, those strange melodies of the Brazilian hinterland. The melody suggests the birds of Brazil." [allmusic.com]

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