Villa Lobos - String Quartets

Heitor Villa Lobos (1887-1959) was arguably the most important composer of Brazil. His prolific output includes hundreds of opus numbers, on which basis he is sometimes discarded as a pulp writer, but nothing is farther from the truth. His style is extremely varied, from the obvious Latin-American rhythms-influenced jazzy style to more expressionist “European” idiom, comparable to for instance Frenchman Roussel or Czech Martinu.
His 17 String quartets follow closely his compositional development, and are fully representative of his art and genius. This is the first time that all 17 are included in one set. Wonderfully idiomatic, razor-sharp performances by the Cuarteto Latino Americano.

CD1
STRING QUARTETS 1-6-17
Heitor Villa-Lobos
String Quartets (complete)
STRING QUARTET No. 6 (1938)
1. Poco animato 6:57
2. Allegretto 4:38
3. Andante, quasi adagio 6:43
4. Allegro vivace 6:19
STRING QUARTET No. 1 (1915)
5. Cantilena 2:50
6. Brincadeira (A joke) 1:27
7. Canto lirico 4:55
8. Canconeta 2:02
9. Melancolia 5:54
10. Saltando como um saci (jumping like a jumping bean) 2:49
STRING QUARTET No. 17 (1957)
11. Allegro non troppo 5:38
12. Lento 6:24
13. Scherzo, allegro vivace 2:55
14. Allegro vivace (con fuoco) 5:21

Total: 64:47
CUARTETO LATINOAMERICANO
Saúl Bitrán, violin I - Arón Bitrán, violin II
Javier Montiel, viola - Alvaro Bitrán, cello
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CD2
STRING QUARTETS 3-8-14
Heitor Villa-Lobos
String Quartets (complete)
STRING QUARTET No. 3 (1916)
1. Allegro non troppo 6:24
2. Molto vivo 3:37
3. Molto adagio 7:11
4. Allegro con fuoco 5:02
STRING QUARTET No. 8 (1944)
5. Allegro 6:05
6. Lento 6:59
7. Scherzo, vivace 4:59
8. Quasi allegro 6:13
STRING QUARTET No.14 (1953)
9. Allegro 5:40
10. Andante 5:34
11. Scherzo, vivace 3:17
12. Molto allegro 3:30

Total: 65:51
CUARTETO LATINOAMERICANO
Saúl Bitrán, violin I - Arón Bitrán, violin II
Javier Montiel, viola - Alvaro Bitrán, cello
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CD3
STRING QUARTETS 7-15
Heitor Villa-Lobos
String Quartets (complete)
STRING QUARTET No. 7 (1942)
1. Allegro 10:23
2. Andante 8:36
3. Scherzo, allegro vivace 5:59
4. Allegro giusto 9:36
STRING QUARTET No. 15 (1954)
5. Allegro non troppo 5:46
6. Moderato 6:27
7. Scherzo, vivo 1:50
8. Allegro 4:23

Total: 53:35
CUARTETO LATINOAMERICANO
Saúl Bitrán, violin I - Arón Bitrán, violin II
Javier Montiel, viola - Alvaro Bitrán, cello
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CD4
STRING QUARTETS 2-12-16
Heitor Villa-Lobos
String Quartets (complete)
STRING QUARTET No. 2 (1915)
1. Allegro non troppo 6:40
2. Scherzo 2:38
3. Andante 5:10
4. Allegro deciso-presto-final 6:57
STRING QUARTET No. 12 (1950)
5. Allegro 6:15
6. Andante malinconico 7:05
7. Allegro leggiero 4:47
8. Allegro ben ritmato 4:19
STRING QUARTET No. 16 (1955)
9. Allegro non troppo 5:19
10. Molto andante (quasi adagio) 6:55
11. Vivace (scherzo) 4:10
12. Molto allegro 4:06

Total: 64:16
CUARTETO LATINOAMERICANO
Saúl Bitrán, violin I - Arón Bitrán, violin II
Javier Montiel, viola - Alvaro Bitrán, cello
6634/4
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CD5
STRING QUARTETS 5-10-13
Heitor Villa-Lobos
String Quartets (complete)
STRING QUARTET No. 5 (1931)
1. Poco andantino 6:00
2. Vivo ed energico 3:16
3. Andantino 3:39
4. Allegro 3:11
STRING QUARTET No. 10 (1946)
5. Poco animato 7:08
6. Adagio 8:28
7. Scherzo, allegro vivace 5:04
8. Molto allegro 4:15
STRING QUARTET No. 13 (1951)
9. Allegro non troppo 4:53
10. Scherzo-vivace 3:50
11. Adagio 9:13
12. Allegro vivace 3:13

Total: 62:06
CUARTETO LATINOAMERICANO
Saúl Bitrán, violin I - Arón Bitrán, violin II
Javier Montiel, viola - Alvaro Bitrán, cello
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CD6
STRING QUARTETS 4-9-11
Heitor Villa-Lobos
String Quartets (complete)
STRING QUARTET No. 4 (1917)
1. Allegro con moto 6:45
2. Andantino (tranquillo) 6:02
3. Scherzo, allegro vivace 4:55
4. Allegro 5:40
STRING QUARTET No. 9 (1945)
5. Allegro 6:00
6. Andantino vagaroso 10:46
7. Allegro poco moderato (con bravura) 6:43
8. Molto allegro 4:45
STRING QUARTET No. 11 (1948)
9. Allegro non troppo 6:43
10. Scherzo, vivace 4:54
11. Adagio 8:43
12. Poco andantino (quasi allegro) 7:32

Total: 79:23
CUARTETO LATINOAMERICANO
Saúl Bitrán, violin I - Arón Bitrán, violin II
Javier Montiel, viola - Alvaro Bitrán, cello
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