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DOR-90220

Villa-Lobos
String Quartets Volume 2 - Quartets Nos. 3, 8, 14

Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Saúl Bitrán, Violin    Arón Bitrán, Violin
Javier Montiel, Viola    Alvaro Bitrán, 'Cello

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Latin American Masters - 6381 Bytes The sheer number of string quartets penned by Villa-Lobos is remarkable in itself: they are seventeen in all, written over a period of forty-two years, and they undoubtedly represent the most important contribution in this field by a Latin American composer.
- Juan Arturo Brennan

String Quartet No.3 (1916)
[  1] Allegro non troppo
[  2] Molto vivo
[  3] Molto Adagio
[  4] Allegro con fuoco

String Quartet No.8 (1944)
[  5] Allegro
[  6] Lento
[  7] Scherzo: Vivace
[  8] Quasi allegro
String Quartet No.14 (1953)
[  9] Allegro
[10] Andante
[11] Scherzo: Vivace
[12] Molto allegro



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