Villa-Lobos: Choral Transcriptions

Sao Paulo Symphony Choir, Valentina Peleggi

Wereldpremière opnames van stukken oorspronkelijk gecomponeerd voor solo piano door Bach, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff en anderen, bewerkt voor a cappella koor door Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Bach, J S:
 Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 8 in E flat minor, BWV853
 Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 21 in B flat major, BWV866
 Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 22 in B flat minor, BWV867
 Prelude & Fugue Book 2 No. 5 in D major, BWV 874
 Prelude & Fugue Book 2 No. 14 in F sharp major, BWV883

Beethoven:
 Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathetique'

Chopin:
 Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2

Massenet:
 Elégie

Mendelssohn:
 6 Songs without Words, Book 2, Op. 30
  No. 1 in E flat major
  No. 2 in B flat minor
  No. 3 in E major
  No. 4 in B minor
  No. 5 in D major
  No. 6 in F sharp minor 'Venezianisches Gondellied No. 2'

Rachmaninov:
 Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3

Schubert:
 Schwanengesang, D957

Schumann:
 Kinderszenen, Op. 15

Villa-Lobos:
 Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9 for chorus or string orchestra

"These Bach transcriptions require singers with real stamina as well as a sure sense of pitch, and happily, the São Paulo Symphony Choir have both."
Gramophone Magazine - April 2021