Classical Brazil

Brasileiro : Villa-Lobos and Friends. Performer Nelson Friere, piano. Friere championing the music of his homeland. Villa-Lobos is clearly the dominant and most accomplished composer featured but there are characterful pieces by lesser known names Guarnieri, Oswald, Levy, Netto, Fernandez, Santoro and Mignone. These provide native colour to go alongside the Debussy / Ravel influence displayed frequently by Villa-Lobos.