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Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos, W. 389: I. Aria in A Minor (Cantilena. Adagio) by Barbara Hendricks album cover

Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos, W. 389: I. Aria in A Minor (Cantilena. Adagio)

by Barbara Hendricks

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About "Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos, W. 389: I. Aria in A Minor (Cantilena. Adagio)" by Barbara Hendricks

Villa-Lobos’s cantilena unfurls like a tropical dawn: a soprano soars over eight cellos, their warm, pulsing lines a humid breeze, the melody suspended between Bach’s rigor and Brazilian saudade.