Discography
Brazilian Guitar Quartet Plays Villa-Lobos
This is BGQ's first CD entirely devoted to Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959), represented here by some of his masterworks arranged for guitar quartet. Get to know the multiple profiles of the composer who was responsible for combining classical, folk and popular Brazilian music in a single personal and distinctive style, summed up in his famous declaration “I am folklore!”.
Albéniz - Iberia
BGQ's fourth CD presents Isaac Albéniz masterpiece "Suite Iberia", for the first time arranged for guitar quartet. The work captures the sounds, landscapes and traditions of Spain, most notably of Andalusia - the birthplace of the flamenco culture - offering the listener a musical voyage through some of this country's rich cultural heritage. This vibrant arrangement preserves the work's essence, while giving it a whole new perspective through the voice of the guitar, Spain's national instrument.
Encantamento
In this, our third CD for Delos Records, the BGQ once again explores the little-known world of Brazilian classical music through transcriptions of works by some of its most representative composers. Aside from revisiting the output of Francisco Mignone and Camargo Guarnieri, included in our former CD Essência do Brasil, we have recorded on this CD works by the Romantic composer Henrique Oswald as well as Cláudio Santoro and Ronaldo Miranda, the two major successors to the three great 20th century Brazilian nationalist composers, Villa-Lobos, Mignone, and Camargo Guarnieri.
Four Suites for Orchestra
Bach's Orchestral Suites on four guitars! Bach, the master music-maker of all time composed these suites for diverse instrumental combinations with movements varying in character and based on popular dance rhythms of the day. Featuring the concert and radio favorite "Air on the G String," these suites move the listener from the treasured score to the astonishing artistry of these arrangements.
Essência do Brasil
In this recording, the Brazilian Guitar Quartet has selected works by four of the most important composers from Brazil's musical history: Antônio Carlos Gomes, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Francisco Mignone e Camargo Guarnieri, presented for the first time in transcriptions for guitar quartet by Sérgio Abreu, Paul Galbraith, Edelton Gloeden and the Brazilian Guitar Quartet. These transcriptions reveal a little-known side of Brazil's musical universe.