Raphaella SMITS

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NEDERLANDSE
VERSIE

PROGRAM

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
1. Preludio No. 1 (Lyrical melody: Homage to the Brazilian country dweller)
2. Preludio No. 2 (Melodia Capadocia)
3. Preludio No. 3 (Homage to Bach)
4. Preludio No. 4 (Homage to the Brazilian Indians)
5. Preludio No. 5 (Homage to social life)

Ariel Ramirez (1921)
6. Alfonsina y el mar (zamba)

Jorge Cardoso (1949)
Homenaxe a Luis Seoane
7. Na alba, Galicia
8. Fardel de eisilado
9. Cos irmans doutra terra (tango)

Sàtyro Bilhar (1860-1927)
10. Tira poeira (2nd guit. Jorge Cardoso)

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
11. Chôros of S. Bilhar

Suite Popular Brasileiro :
12. Schottish-Chôro
13. Valsa-Chôro
14. Chôrinho

Jorge Cardoso (1949)
15. Vals Criollo
16. Vals Venezolano (2nd guit. Jorge Cardoso) < audio sample >
17. Vals Peruano (2nd guit. Jorge Cardoso)

Ricardo Ojeda ( ? )
18. Rasguido Doble (2nd guit. Jorge Cardoso)


FEATURES

artist: Raphaella Smits, guitar
titel:
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS, JORGE CARDOSO a.o.
composers: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Ariel Ramirez, Jorge Cardoso, Sàtyro Bilhar, Ricardo Ojeda.
label: Accent Records, BE
CD number: ACC2 96121

recorded: at 'Maria Minor', Utrecht, NL, September 1996
instrument : John Gilbert (USA) (1980)
total duration: 70'09"
illustration: 'Ma Jolie' by Pablo Picasso


HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS, JORGE CARDOSO a.o.
Raphaella Smits plays 20th century South American music ...
and leads us into heaven!

PROGRAM
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ABOUT THE RECORDING
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY


ABOUT THE RECORDING

"While Latin-American music maintains various links with western culture, it is above all the guardian of particular performing traditions, which have today disappeared in Europe.

In the course of many South American tours, Raphaella Smits has made the essential characteristics of the music in these countries her own. On this CD she puts her talent at the service of each work, among which there are very well-known pieces. This recording demonstrates perfect respect for this magnificent tradition."
Jorge Cardoso



WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY

Fred Brouwers of <Feeling> wrote:
"We get to know a Villa-Lobos with two faces: the man of the five beautiful but severe preludio's, and at the same time of a popular "Brasilian Suite". Once again Raphaella Smits shows she's a world-class guitarist."

Javier Suarez-Pajares from <diverdi.com> says:
"The best Preludios of Villa-Lobos. La guitarra de Villa-Lobos, apreciado por la brillantez de sus concepciones instrumentales, que ofrecen grandes posibilidades de lucimiento al intérprete, es abordada por Raphaella Smits con una sobriedad inédita : no hay distracción en los elementos decorativos sino concentración en la gran música del compositor brasileõ. Without exaggeration, interpreted with symphonic flight, these Preludes are presented to us in all their musical beauty."

Dan Cunningham (Morgantown, WV USA) wrote at <amazon.com>:
"Must-have Villa-Lobos. This is great stuff! I have heard many other versions of these Villa-Lobos guitar pieces and this is now my favorite. The interpretations are almost mysterious. There is great clarity in the recording and Ms Smits' instrument has a wonderfully full sound. I had never heard of Smits until I heard this recording, but she now has my attention."

Yahya Levent Konac (Ankara, Turkey) wrote at <amazon.com>:
"Unique and exclusive taste for latin and classical guitar."

M.C. from <Het Nieuwsblad> wrote:
"It's an enjoyable album that once again shows how great Raphaella Smits really is. She won't pin herself down to one genre or period. That's why her CD's are so different from one another: she feels as comfortable with baroque music as with contemporary composers."

Anonymous:
"With the first recording of the "Tira poeira" of Bilhar, and the "Vals Criollo" dedicated to her by Cardoso, she leads us into heaven."

Anonymous:
"Based on audio material with Heitor Villa-Lobos playing his first prelude, Raphaella presents us today a more than authentic interpretation of these 'classics'."

<Knack Weekend> wrote:
"A masterly example of superior interpretation art."


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