São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
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Villa-Lobos: Floresta do Amazonas, W 551
Anna Korondi (soprano)
Male voices of the Choir of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra & São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, John Neschling
The music is, of course, wilful, fluid, entirely unpredictable, with moments of extreme violence and tremendous beauty...The orchestration is variegated, by turns dense and transparent, lush... —
Awards:
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2009
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The night opening is evocatively veiled, the mountain theme especially, and moves organically to its spiritual sunrise. Throughout there's a natural sense of pace between vigorous clambering... —
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Orchestral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2013, Orchestral Choice
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Francisco Mignone: Concertos and Concertinos
Fábio Zanon (soloist), Ovanir Buosi (soloist), Alexandre Silvério (soloist), Emmanuele Baldini (soloist), São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Neil Thomson, Giancarlo Guerrero
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Concertos
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Bridge Across The Pyrenees
Flute Concertos
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, John Neschling
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Heitor Villa-Lobos: Guitar Concerto & Harmonica Concerto
Manuel Barrueco (guitar), José Staneck (harmonica)
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, OSESP Ensemble, Giancarlo Guerrera
An enjoyable tour of the Brazilian’s concertos and chamber works including the lesser-known, winsome Harmonica Concerto. The guitar Concerto gets a fine advocate in soloist Manuel Barrueco. —
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Special offer. Respighi: Orchestral Works
Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano), São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, John Neschling
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Rarely has this music sounded so well on CD...The Trevi fountain dénouement and climax section of Pines let rip, but Neschling also unearths startling subtleties. Festivals tends to be played... —
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Stravinsky: Works for piano and orchestra
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier
[Bavouzet] captures the spirit of these disparate works...The São Paulo Symphony Orchestra under Yan Pascal Tortelier proves a remarkably deft partner, matching so that the numerous accents,... —
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Karabtchevsky and his Sao Paulo forces drive through the thick and teeming turmoil with panache. But they also cherish the tender and thinner moments when Villa Lobos’s pulse slackens and lyricism... —
