Bach Bachianas / Yale Cellos, Parisot, Auger

Grammy Nomination

The Yale Cellos
Aldo Parisot, conductor
Arleen Auger, soprano

“What a sound they make – organ-like in resonance and sensational in intonation.” – San Francisco Chronicle

program
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1 for Orchestra of Violoncellos (1930) [19:18]
Introduction (Embolada) (6:30)
Preludio (Modinha) David Shamban, Claudio Jaffe, soloists (8:39)
Fugue (Conversa) (4:02)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH:
Air on the G String (from Orchestral Suite No. 3, Arr. Aldo Parisot) (4:53)
Chaconne in D Minor (from Partita No. 2 for Violin Solo, Arr. Laszlo Varga) (14:15)
Prelude No. 22 in B-flat Minor (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, Arr. H. Villa-Lobos) (4:10)
Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in E-flat Minor (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, Arr. Laszlo Varga) (9:58)
Sarabande (from Suite No. 6 for Violoncello Solo, Arr. Colin Hampton) (5:57)

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 For Soprano and Orchestra of Violoncellos (1938-45) [13:08]
Aria (Cantilena) Emmanuel Lopez, soloist (7:52)
Dansa (Martelo) (5:10)