Word: nonetto
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...Brazil's No. i composer and one of the lustiest living. Beautifully recorded by Soprano Elsie Houston, the Schola Cantorum, conducted by Hugh Ross, a scratch orchestra under Burle Marx. Villa-Lobosities: a Bachiana Brasileira for eight cellos attempting to fuse the spirits of Bach and Brazil; a Nonetto for chorus and small orchestra, purporting to describe Brazil's geography...
...Nonetto" for chamber orchestra and chorus which follows is less successful, chiefly because having no formal pattern into which to throw his ideas, and imposing no mental limitations on himself, the composer dilates and drifts around to such an extent that the thing does not jell. It becomes more a series of stunning effects than a clearly discernible whole. Still, for what they are, the effects, caused by a varied and beautifully recorded percussion and passionate inter-jections from the chorus, are extremely striking. Also effective is "The Ox-Cart Driver's Song" for soprano and piano, sung by Elsic...
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