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Naxos Classical Spotlight explores the world of classical music. Along the way host Raymond Bisha shares the stories about the music, and the musicians who make it.  Raymond has been involved in classical music as a professional French Horn player, broadcaster, opera tour manager, concert organizer and since 2005 as a podcaster for Naxos.

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  2. Villa-Lobos: Symphonies 8, 9 and 11

Jun 2, 2017

Heitor Villa-Lobos is probably the best known of all South American composers. His contribution to Brazilian music—in education, in community projects, in the concert hall—was all-pervasive. Raymond Bisha drops in on Naxos’ ongoing project to record all his symphonies in a new edition that was launched in 2011 by the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra’s publishing branch (Criadores do Brasil) under the general guidance of conductor Isaac Karabtchevsky. Volume 5 features Symphonies Nos. 8, 9 and 11 that are typically rich in engaging details, arresting colours and dramatic gestures.