Villa-Lobos: SQ 12 and 13

 

Villa-Lobos: SQ 9, 10, and 11

Villa-Lobos: SQ 7 and 8

 

Villa-Lobos: SQ 4, 5, and 6

 

Villa-Lobos: SQ 1, 2, and 3

 

Beginning yet another set of works from the Brazilian composer.

The Best of Bonds

 

So far...

Dashing!

 

Volumes One through Five.

Does anyone remember Carols for Choirs?

 

Particularly the Green and Orange volumes?

Top 5 Christmas Recordings

 

This recording makes the list easily.

Vocal Jazz for Christmas

 

From the modern-day Swingle Singers.

An Orchestral Christmas

 

It is rare to hear a Christmas recording of yore without chorus.

Do You Like Brass and Choir?

 

Huddersfield has you covered!

The Curse of Cutesy Holiday Cover Art

 

Sometimes a detriment to these Naxos Classical Christmas recordings.

Balthazar the Bold

 

If you don't know the composer name Margaret Bonds, join this listener.

Christmas with the Philadelphia Sound

 

And of course, Eugene Ormandy.

John Rutter Without Choir

 

Sort of...

A Christmas Mass from Classical-Era Czechia

 

Actually, two!

Christmas with Huddersfield

 

I've never been a huge fan of the British Brass Band sound.

Christmas from Cardiff

 

I like Geoffrey Bush's Christmas Cantata quite a bit.

What is a Story Concert?

 

Incidental Music, silly!

A Christmas Original

 

What can one expect from a composer who lived from 1908-1942?

Claves Records

 

... a wonderful record label based in Switzerland.

For Now...

 

... I leave the music of Fibich for a while.

The Quirks of Villa-Lobos

 

...are fully at the fore in this chamber music.

Supraphon's Service Towards Fibich

 

They've done the composer proud, methinks.

The Symphonies of Villa-Lobos

 

There are twelve of them, across 6CDs, plus a couple extras.

Wrapping up the Symphonies of Villa-Lobos

 

Plus more!

A Choral Symphony

 

...from Villa-Lobos!

Now This is More Like It!

 

After remaining undecided over Naxos' set of Fibich, this recording washes over the listener like a fresh spring rain.

Changing Winds

 

I definitely hear Villa-Lobos going for something different in these symphonies.

Dukas at the Prix de Rome

 

It wasn't to his liking.

Overtures from Czechia

 

At least, I think that is what I once knew as the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia.

Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks

 

In this case, I would be the old dog...

Feeling Witchy?

 

This cover should accommodate.

Shakespeare and the Czech Woodlands

 

Fibich enters the world of Symphonic Poems.

What to Expect from a War Symphony?

 

Not this, I think.

Don't Like Your Classical Music Quiet and Slow?

 

Then Zdeněk Fibich is your guy!

The Curious Music of Howard Ferguson

 

A cantata, a vocal diptych, and two orchestral works.

The Problem With Villa-Lobos

 

If there is one, at least...

Come to explore the music of Howard Ferguson

 

Stay for Finzi's Eclogue

Villa-Lobos covers the Baroque and Romantic Eras...

 

With Chorus!

Do You Want More?

 

Too bad! There isn't any.

The Little-Known Choral Music of Villa-Lobos

 

Choral Music seems to take a back seat behind the composer's other music genres.

An Uplifting Mass Setting

 

For a student work, I have nothing but plaudits.

The String Quartets of Stenhammar

 

Plus more!

Stenhammar: String Quartet 5 & 6

 

My favorite!

Stenhammar: String Quartet 3 & 4

 

If Stenhammar's first two quartets shows a composer with influences, the next two show a composer amidst change.

Stenhammar: String Quartet 1 & 2

 

Not two of Stenhammar's most beloved quartets, but they show the beginnings of a musician.

Time to Discover Puccini

 

I have trod Riccardo Chailly's 'discoveries' of Cherubini, Rossini, and Verdi thus far.

Sacred Music from Brazil

 

Coming across a 20th Century a cappella Mass setting is always a celebration.