HINDEMITH : Nobilissima Visione · Mathis der Maler · Metamorphosen (São Paulo Symphony Orchestra · John Neschling) (2011) SACD , Hybrid | FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

 This attractive album featuring the São Paolo Symphony Orchestra led by John Neschling includes three of Hindemith's most popular and appealing orchestral scores, all dating from the mid-'30s. Mathis der Maler, a 1934 symphony made up of three movements the composer incorporated into his opera of the same name, is a work with a mysteriously effective consolidation of seemingly disparate elements; it comes across as austere yet deeply intimate, and radiantly pure yet full of passion and ardor. Nobility is difficult to define in musical terms, but it's a quality that can be applied without reservation to Hindemith's majestic, warmly humane symphony. Nobilissima visione (1938), a suite based on a ballet about St. Francis, inhabits a similar emotional and musical world. It's a lovely, often serene piece, but it doesn't rise to the same transcendent level of inspiration as the earlier work. Symphonic Metamorphosis uses essentially the same harmonic language as the other pieces, but to an entirely different effect. Early in his career the composer was a brash, irreverent iconoclast and he wrote plenty of surreally humorous music, but by this mature phase in his career he was known for his sober rationality rather than for wit. Three of the four movements of Symphonic Metamorphosis, though, burble and erupt with a sense of extravagant whimsy that seems more characteristic of Prokofiev at his goofiest than of Hindemith. It's a wild ride, and terrifically fun. Neschling leads performances of exceptional insight, subtlety, and attention to detail. He makes the Mathis symphony really glow, and he revels in the absurdities of Symphonic Metamorphosis. The playing of the São Paolo Symphony Orchestra is world-class, and its sound is full and polished. The most notable aspects of the performances are the superb balance and the nuanced attention to the shadings of dynamics, which allow orchestral details to shine. Part of the credit for the clarity and lively sound certainly also goes to the excellent work of the engineers of BIS' SACD. Stephen Eddins

Paul Hindemith. P (1895-1963)
1-3    Mathis Der Maler, Symphony (1934)    (27:16)
4-6    Sinfonietta No. 1, Op. 41    (22:08)
7-10    Symphonic Metamorphosis On Themes Of Carl Maria von Weber (1938)    (21:28)

Conductor – John Neschling
Cover – Paul Klee
Orchestra – São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
Violin, Leader – Cláudio Cruz  

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS - The Complete Choros and Bachianas Brasileiras (2009) 7CD / FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

As melhores gravações dessas obras disponíveis! O compositor brasileiro (não precisamos lembrar aos seus mais fervorosos apoiadores que ele é o compositor latino-americano mais significativo de todos os tempos) por trás de inúmeras obras orquestrais, de câmara, instrumentais e vocais permite que seu gênio criativo seja exibido no Choros (do verbo português chorar ", 1-12 e Bachianas Brasileiras ("peças brasileiras de Bach") nos. 1-9. Também inclui um disco bônus de música solo de guitarra tocada pelo ilustre Anders Miolin. Ótimas notas em um livreto de 75 páginas ...


Tracklist 1: Choros Nºs 2-3-10-12
1 Introduction to the Choros, for guitar and orchestra 13:43
Two Choros (bis), for violin and cello
2 1. Moderé 4:30
3 2. Lent - Moins - Lent 4:27
4 Choros No. 2, for flute and clarinet 2:49
5 Choros No. 3, for male choir and wind instruments "Pica-Pau" 3:44
6 Choros No. 10, for orchestra and mixed choir "Rasga o Coração" 13:09
7 Choros No. 12, for orchestra 37:34


Tracklist 2: Choros Nºs 1-4-6-8-9
1 Choros No. 6, for orchestra 25:07
2 Choros No. 1, for guitar 5:19
3 Choros No. 8, for large orchestra and 2 pianos 20:17
4 Choros No. 4, for 3 horns and trombone 5:41
5 Choros No. 9, for orchestra 24:51


Tracklist 3: Choros Nªs 5-7-11
Choros No. 11, for piano and orchestra
1 Allegro preciso ma non troppo (attacca) 21:07
2 Adagio (attacca) 15:39
3 Allegro moderato 26:21
4 Choros No. 5, for piano "Alma Brasileira" 5:08
5 Choros No. 7, for winds, violin and cello "Settimino" 9:50


Tracklist 4: Bachianas Brasileiras Nºs 1-4-5-6
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, for soprano and orchestra of violoncelli
1 1. Ária (Cantilena) 6:33
2 2. Dança (Martelo) 4:44
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4, for piano solo
3 1. Prelúdio (Introdução) 7:03
4 2. Coral (Canto do sertão) 3:52
5 3. Ária (Cantiga) 5:04
6 4. Dança (Miudinho) 3:03 
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6, for flute and bassoon
7 1. Ária (Choro) 3:43
8 2. Fantasia 5:34
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1, for orchestra of violoncelli
9 1. Introdução (Embolada) 6:31 
10 2. Prelúdio (Modinha) 8:37
11 3. Fuga (Conversa) 4:33


Tracklist 5: Bachianas Brasileiras Nºs 2-3-4
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2, for orchestra
1 1. Prelúdio (O canto do capadócio) 7:08
2 2. Ária (O canto da nossa terra) 5:27
3 3. Dança (Lembrança do sertão) 5:08
4 4. Toccata (O trenzinho do caipira) 4:53
Bashianas Brasileiras No. 3, for piano and orchestra
5 1. Prelúdio (Ponteio) 7:05
6 2. Fantasia (Devaneio) 7:12
7 3. Ária (Modinha) 7:28
8 4. Toccata (Picapau) 6:21
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4, for orchestra
9 1. Prelúdio (Introdução) 4:11
10 2. Coral (Canto do sertão) 4:35
11 3. Ária (Cantiga) 6:02
12 4. Dança (Miudinho) 4:20


Tracklist 6: Bachianas Brasileiras Nºs 7-8-9
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 7, for orchestra
1 1. Prelúdio (Ponteio) 7:20
2 2. Giga (Quadrilha caipira) 4:29
3 3. Toccata (Desafio) 7:03
4 4. Fuga (Conversa) 7:21
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9, for string orchestra
5 1. Prelúdio 2:08
6 2. Fuga 6:14
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9, for choir a cappella
7 1. Prelúdio 2:01
8 2. Fuga 6:43
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 8, for orchestra
9 1. Prelúdio 5:18
10 2. Ária (Modinha) 7:39
11 3. Toccata (Catira batida) 5:37
12 4. Fuga 5:33
13 Quinteto em forma de Choros, for flute, cor anglais, clarinet and bassoon 10:15


The Complete Works for Solo Guitar
Tracklist 7:
Five Preludes, for guitar
1 1. Andantino expressivo. Melodia lírica: Homenagem ao sertanejo brasileiro (Lyric melody: Homage to the Brazilian sertanejo) 4:46
2 2. Andantino. Melodia capadócia - Melodia capoeira: Homenagem ao malandro carioca (Capadocia & capoeira melody: Homage to the carioca hustler) 3:04
3 3. Andante. Homenagem a Bach (Homage to Bach) 3:19
4 4. Lento. Homenagem ao índio brasileiro (Homage to the Brazilian Indian) 3:09
5 5. Poco animato. Homenagem à vida social: Aos rapazinhos e mocinhas fresquinhos que frequentam os concertos e os teatros no Rio (Homage to social life: To the young teenagers who frequent Rio's concerts and theatres) 3:45
Suite populaire brésilienne, for guitar
6 Mazurka-choro 2:59
7 Schottish-choro 3:29
8 Valsa-choro 3:53
9 Gavota-choro 5:06
10 Chorinho 4:49
Twelve Études, for guitar
11 1. Allegro non troppo 2:24
12 2. Allegro 1:47
13 3. Allegro moderato 1:40
14 4. Andante 3:47
15 5. Andantino 3:17
16 6. Poco allegro 2:06
17 7. Très animé 2:43
18 8. Modéré 2:56
19 9. Très peu animé 3:10
20 10. Très animé 3:43
21 11. Lent 4:09
22 12. Animé 2:52
23 Choros No. 1, for guitar 5:12

CAMARGO GUARNIERI : Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4; Abertura Festiva (John Neschling) 2003 / FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

CAMARGO GUARNIERI (1907-1993)

 Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4; Abertura Festiva (John Neschling)

(2003) Bis / FLAC (image+.cue), lossless 

O Púbis da Rosa

CAMARGO GUARNIERI : Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Abertura Concertante (John Neschling) 2002 / FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

CAMARGO GUARNIERI (1907-1993)

 Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Abertura Concertante (John Neschling)

(2002) Bis / FLAC (image+.cue), lossless 

O Púbis da Rosa