A trip to South America

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasilerias no. 9 for strings
Astor Piazzolla: Concerto for accordeon and strings
Camargo Guarneri: Three dances
Astor Piazzolla: Cuatro Estaciones Portenas

Celso Antunes, conductor
Geir Draugsvoll, accordeon

Music by three important South American composers: Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla and Camargo Guarneri, whose given name was Mozart Guarneri*. Soloist in the Piazzolla concerto is Geir Draugsvoll, one of the world's leading accordeon players.


*Mozart Guarneri had two brothers: Verdi Guarneri and Rossini Guarneri. Really, he did.