Heitor Villa-Lobos - String Trio, W640 (1945)

Heitor Villa-Lobos - String Trio, W640 (1945)

Bartje Bartmans
Bartje Bartmans
Aug 27, 2026

Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887 – November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the best-known South American composer of all time. A prolific composer, he wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works, totaling over 2000 works by his death in 1959. His music was influenced by both Brazilian folk music and by stylistic elements from the European classical tradition, as exemplified by his Bachianas Brasileiras (Brazilian Bachian-pieces). His Etudes for guitar (1929) were dedicated to Andrés Segovia, while his 5 Preludes (1940) were dedicated to Arminda Neves d’Almeida, a.k.a. "Mindinha." Both are important works in the guitar repertory.

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String Trio, W640 (1945)
Dedication: Coolidge Foundation

I. Allegro (0:00)
II. Andante (9:31)
III. Scherzo. Vivace (16:39)
IV. Allegro precioso e agitato (21:54)

Deutsches Streichtrio

violin: Hans Kalafusz plays on a violin by Pietro Guarnerius (Mantua, 1699).
viola: Christian Hedrich (1972-1988), Jürgen Weber (since 1988), who plays on a viola by Lorenzo Storioni (Cremona, 1780).
cello: Reiner Ginzel plays on a cello by Giovanni Grancino (Milan, 1690).

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