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Heitor Villa-Lobos

Trio No. 1 in c minor  Play

International Chamber Artists Trio

Recorded on 08/25/2010, uploaded on 02/01/2011

Musician's or Publisher's Notes
I. Allegro non troppo; II. Andante sostenuto; III. Scherzo. Vivace; IV. Allegro troppo e Finale

The Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1887. By the time of his death in 1959 he had long been established as the leading composer of his native country, with Brazil's varied traditions being the source of his musical inspiration. A concert of his works in Rio in 1915, with a program that included his first Piano Trio and second Violin Sonata, attracted some local interest.  From that beginning, Villa-Lobos's reputation grew steadily until 1942 when he was invited to establish the National Conservatory of Music in Rio.

Villa-Lobos wrote his first Piano Trio in 1911. In the key of c minor, the work opens in rapid unison, leading to a romantic theme, shifting in harmony, a prelude to the strongly lyrical melody that dominates much of the movement. The piano introduces the slow movement, followed by the violin, the cello entering to share a second theme, as the music unfolds in rhapsodic style. The third movement Scherzo starts softly, at first with plucked strings and piano together, establishing the change of key from g minor to G major, although key and mood soon change, before the return of the scherzo theme. The final movement opens in fine fugal style, violin, cello and piano in turn playing an A-flat subject, which immediately re-appears in another key, leading to further contrapuntal treatment. A relaxation of mood is interrupted by a passage of increased intensity, and a final section marked Rondo-Presto.      ICA

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