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Villa Lobos Live!

BRadmin — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 18:23:19 +0000

This CD presents Villa-Lobos conducting the Vienna Symphony Orchestra performing 5th Piano Concerto with pianist and dedicatee, Felicja Blumental. This disc also includes Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras No. 3 and other solo piano piano works.

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Cantigas

BRadmin — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 18:09:07 +0000

Brazilian soprano, Annette Celine performs a delightful collection of unusual and rarely recorded songs by two of the best known Brazilian composers – Waldemar Henrique de Costa Pereira and his mentor and advisor, Heitor Villa-Lobos.

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The Spinning Girl

BRadmin — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 15:05:47 +0000

Performed by Felicja Blumental, this solo piano collection includes piano rarities such as Moniuszko’s Spinning Girl, Szymanowski’s Etudes and Preludes, Kabalewski and Kuhlau’s Sonatines and Villa-Lobos’ The Three Maries among others.

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Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5

BRadmin — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 17:15:19 +0000

If you have never heard Moniuszko’s songs, rare Pergolesi arias or Villa-Lobos’ beautiful Bachianas No. 5, then this album is a must have. This beautiful collection of songs also features works by Niewiadomski, Scarlatti, Chopin, Strauss and Weill.

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Brana Records Collection Vol. 1

BRadmin — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:34:33 +0000

The repertoire on this special limited edition 5 CD box set is a reminder of Felicja Blumental’s abilities as a pianist and as a champion of the lesser known piano works from the late 18th/early 19th century and features the best selling Brana titles.

This box set highlights rare works by Czerny, Ries and Beethoven. It also highlights Tavares’ Concerto in Brazilian Forms (the only available recording worldwide) performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Anatole Fistoulari, and a live recording of Villa-Lobos’ Concerto No. 5 with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer. This work was in fact dedicated to Ms Blumental who features as soloist on all five CDs presented here.

Other orchestras that feature within this collection are Filharmonica Triestina conducted by Luigi Toffolo, Torino Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alberto Zedda, Brno Philharmonic conducted by Jiri Waldhens, Prague Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alberto Zedda, Vienna Chamber Orchestra conducted by Helmut Froschauer, Salzburg Chamber Orchestra conducted by Theodore Guschlbauer and the Wüttemberg Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jörg Faerber.

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Tilim Bom

BRadmin — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:01:58 +0000

A recital of songs by soprano, Annette Celine featuring Francis Poulenc’s ‘Huites chansons polonaises’, Maurice Ravel’s ‘Quatre chants populaires’, a marvelous selection of Brazilian folk songs by Ernani Braga and other vocal works Zemlinsky, Szymanowski, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Hahn and Villa-Lobos.

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Brana Records Collection Vol. 2

BRadmin — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 15:37:54 +0000

This second 5 CD box set includes the rare keyboard works of Spanish and Portuguese composers, Soler, Seixas, Angles, Freixanet among others and includes two volumes of Italian piano concertos by composers Viotti, Platti, Manfredini and Paisiello performed by Felicja Blumental.

This box set also includes Bachians Brasileiras (BR0020) featuring Felicja Blumental with her daughter and soprano, Annette Celine performing a variety of songs by Villa-Lobos, Moniuszko, Scarlatti among others.

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