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)

Journeys through the Labyrinth: Brasileiro

El poeta granadino Luis García Montero, destacado representante de la "poesía de la experiencia" en España, es el actual Director General del Instituto Cervantes. En febrero visitó Londres para firmar varios convenios y recibir el legado del hispanista Paul Preston. También estuvo con nosotros, en entrevista exclusiva para El Ojo de la Cultura. Desde Londres, con Enrique Zattara.

Journeys through the Labyrinth: Brasileiro

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