Choral music holds a central position in Villa-Lobos’s catalogue of works, but among these famous pieces is a series of little-known transcriptions for a cappella choir taken from the standard classical repertoire. They were intended for a teachers’ chorus and for use in schools, and through astonishing alchemy they achieve a true ‘orchestration’ of largely piano originals, adding a fresh new repertoire for vocal ensembles. This album also includes the first ever recording of Villa-Lobos’s complete set of a cappella transcriptions from Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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“… These Bach transcriptions require singers with real stamina as well as a sure sense of pitch, and happily, the São Paulo Symphony Choir have both… as elevating and inspiring as the Bach transcriptions are, I’m even more taken with the arrangements of popular piano pieces and songs…”
Andrew Farach-Colton – Gramophone magazine – April 2021
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