This year Brazil celebrates the bicentenary of its independence. To commemorate this, an extended podcast, Brasileiro, introduces a selection of new recordings of music by Brazilian composers, whilst exploring their impact over the last 100 years.The programme includes the following pieces:

Habib: Suite of the Amazons (Fabricio Mattos)
Bach arr. Villa-Lobos: Prelude No.14 (Valentina Peleggi, Sao Paulo Symphony Choir)
Oswald: Violin Sonata (Clélia Iruzun & Anthony Flint)
Assad: Valseana (Plinio Fernandes)
Guerra-Peixe: Symphonic Suite No.1 (Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra)
Guerra-Peixe: Guitar Sonata (Álvaro Henrique)
Gnattali: Moto Continuo No.1, Poema Fim de Tarde, Preludio Amolecado & Choro Etude (Luis Rabello)
Gnattali: 10 Guitar Studies (Andrea Monarda)
Guarnieri: Choro for piano and orchestra (Olga Kopylova, Roberto Tibiriçá, Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra)
Mignone: 12 Guitar Studies (Fabio Zanon)
Villa-Lobos: Violin Sonata No.3 (Emmanuele Baldini & Pablo Rossi)
Crowl: Curitiba Preludes (Fabricio Mattos)
Santoro: Symphony No.5 (Neil Thomson, Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra)

Instituto Cervantes London

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