tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post4199660319419948468..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Villa-Lobos: A Performer's PerspectiveBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-61038817249582734142016-09-14T17:08:37.658-05:002016-09-14T17:08:37.658-05:00Oh, not at all! I know of Timo Korhonen's comp...Oh, not at all! I know of Timo Korhonen's complete Villa-Lobos and it is on two CDs of which I have the first.<br /><br />Thanks, David, because now I have topics for at least two posts! And I have to finish my Wagner posts, but doing anything with Wagner always involves listening to many hours of music and reading some thick books!Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-21048890903784939502016-09-14T15:36:53.105-05:002016-09-14T15:36:53.105-05:00Bryan, sorry I didn't mean to short change th...Bryan, sorry I didn't mean to short change the guitar repertoire. I thought the Amazon recordings claiming to be "complete" were single discs. I may have been hasty there. I suppose a composer could do worse than have Segovia as a patron. I have the Naxos set of all his piano solo music (8 CDs!). It is enjoyable and "idiomatic" as the reviewers like to say. You will know better than I but his Bachianas Brasileiras and Choros seem to demonstrate his abilities to compose for a very wide range of instruments.Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-46214454899346111252016-09-14T09:39:55.506-05:002016-09-14T09:39:55.506-05:00Well, a couple of CDs! There is also a lot of pret...Well, a couple of CDs! There is also a lot of pretty formidable piano music by Villa-Lobos. But the downside of being a performer is that you tend not to have any engagement with that repertoire that is not written for your instrument. I am sorry to say that I hardly know the rest of Villa-Lobos' music. So I will have to do a post or two on that!<br /><br />I think that the relatively small amount of repertoire for guitar by Villa-Lobos might come from the fact that his "market", so to speak, was, in the first half of the century, largely limited to Andres Segovia! Not too many others were going around playing VL in concert.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-43955183252490992312016-09-14T09:12:36.130-05:002016-09-14T09:12:36.130-05:00Bryan, thanks for this informative perspective on...Bryan, thanks for this informative perspective on one of the largely unappreciated composers. I was surprised to learn that pretty much all of Villa-Lobos' guitar music can fit on one CD. He created 12 symphonies, 17 string quartets, the large works of the Choros and Bachianas Brasileiras so I thought there would be a larger catalogue of guitar music. (Wikipedia says his work includes 2000 compositions!) The guitar is so "latin" an instrument, my presumption was that there would be volumes devoted to it. Better though that there be quality over quantity. And from the evidence in your post, the quality is unquestionable.<br /><br />Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-30563261218906010182016-09-12T21:34:30.501-05:002016-09-12T21:34:30.501-05:00You are very welcome!You are very welcome!Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-31528628195484056092016-09-12T20:49:53.144-05:002016-09-12T20:49:53.144-05:00I love the Asian-like serenity of Prelude 4. Such ...I love the Asian-like serenity of Prelude 4. Such a balm for our frenetic, exhausting times. Thank you for sharing. Patricknoreply@blogger.com