Heitor Villa-Lobos - Works for Cello and Piano (Yuko Miyagawa; Aki Kuroda)

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Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos

• O canto do cisne negro, W122
• Divagação, W461
• Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 66, W103
• Ciclo brasileiro, W374: II. Impressões seresteiras
• Pequena Suíte, W064
• Bachianas brasileiras No. 2, W250 & W254

Yuko Miyagawa, cello

Aki Kuroda, piano

Date: 2020

Label: Odradek Records

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Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887 – November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist. Described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music", Villa-Lobos has become the best-known South American composer of all time. A prolific composer, he wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works, totaling over 2,000 works by his death in 1959. His music was influenced by both Brazilian folk music and stylistic elements from the European classical tradition, and is well represented on the world's recital and concert stages and on compact disc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heitor_Villa-Lobos

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After graduating from the Toho Music College, Yuko Miyagawa received her Master Degree at Mozarteum Salzburg. Her first two CDs released by Victor Entertainment were all listed as the most recommended new recordings by Record Geijutsu, while her most recent recording Black Swan was chosen as the best new release of November 2020 by New York Public Radio. Besides performing as a soloist with orchestras and in solo and chamber music recitals, she often appears in collaboration and ensemble with artists from diverse genres. She is hosting her own radio program in Japan and is a regular guest on radio and television.

https://www.culturalcrossroads.info/yuko-miyagawa

https://yuko-miyagawa.com/

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After graduating from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts, pianist Aki Kuroda went on to further her studies in Italy with Bruno Mezzena, receiving a degree in twentieth-century piano music with distinction from the Accademia Musicale Pescarese. Aki performs extensively as a soloist and a chamber musician both in Japan and in Europe, especially in Italy. Besides the classical repertoire, Kuroda has performed pieces by many contemporary composers, such as Ligeti, Xenakis, Donatoni, Boulez, Campo, Mochizuki and Takemitsu. Her videogame music recording of Final Fantasy X & XIII has been universally praised.

https://www.bam-music.org/artists/musicians/aki-kuroda/

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