Villa-Lobos – Ginastera – Chavez: South American Orchestral Gems

Villa-Lobos etc] “Good to have a recommendable version of his engaging tone picture … performance is excellent and recordings vivid” [Chavez] “Carries the authority of the composer’s direction … A valuable issue” (Penguin Guide 3*)

Available for the first time together – landmark recordings of Latin American and South American classics from the Golden Age of Stereo, recorded by innovative early stereo engineer Bert Whyte and originally released on Everest Records. Conductors Leopold Stokowski and Eugene Goossens conduct evocative masterworks of Villa-Lobos and Ginastera, and Mexican composer Carlos Chavez conducts his own “Sinfónia Romantica”.

 Now available in High Resolution audio, remastered by Ulrich AudioVisual.

Heitor Villa-Lobos
[1] Uirapurú 14:07
[2] Modinha (Bachianas Brasileiras No.1) 8:02
[3] The Little Train of the Caipira (Bachianas Brasileiras No.2) 4:34
 
Alberto Ginastera – Suite from Estancia [11:50]
[4] The Land Workers 2:45
[5] Wheat Dance 3:40
[6] The Cattlemen 1:47
[7] Final Dance: Malambo 3:37
 
Alberto Ginastera – Suite from Panambi [12:32]
[8] Moonlight on the Parana 5:30
[9] Invocation of the Powerful Spirits 1:13
[10] Lament of the Maidens 2:28
[11] Rondo of the Maidens – Dance of the Warriors 3:20
 
Carlos Chávez – Symphony No.4 “Sinfonia Romantica” [21:27]
[12] Allegro 7:05
[13] Molto Lento 5:15
[14] Finale: Vivo non troppo mosso 9:07
 
1-2: Stadium Symphony Orchestra New York (NYPO) / Leopold Stokowski
3-11: London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Eugene Goossens
12-14: Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York / Carlos Chávez