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From the Winter 2015 issue of Classical Guitar<\/em> comes this review of a fine CD of pieces by Heitor Villa-Lobos, played by Italian guitarist Andrea Bissoli.<\/p>\n Villa-Lobos: Guitar Manuscripts Vol. 3 A new \u2018old\u2019 look at Villa-Lobos\u2019 \u00c9tudes, and more<\/strong><\/p>\n Does an original manuscript always represent the composer\u2019s true wishes? Or is it sometimes better seen as an uncut early draft, the music in its subsequent printed form (assuming this exists) serving as the final edit? These questions have been asked in relation to the 12 Villa-Lobos \u00c9tudes, <\/em>which Italian guitarist Andrea Bissoli performs here from the 1928 manuscript housed in the Max Eschig archive.<\/p>\n Given that for at least half a century the Eschig edition published in 1953 was the only version most of us knew, the manuscript provides a welcome opportunity to view these old favorites from a new angle. Familiar fare such as No. 11 now wanders into uncharted territory, while No. 1 and No. 2 become entirely different pieces in the absence of the repeat marks that surrounded each measure by 1953. Apart from some rather uneven scale runs in No.7, the playing is of a high order, and Bissoli’s use of a 1917 Ram\u00edrez-Hern\u00e1ndez from the same stable as the instrument Segovia was probably playing when he met Villa-Lobos in 1924 adds a pleasing touch of period authenticity.<\/p>\n Bissoli’s inspired revisiting of the \u00c9tudes<\/em>, together with a charming sequence of sound bite folk settings from Guia Pr\u00e1tico (1932) <\/em>and a newly minted arrangement of Tarantella (1911), <\/em>which Bissoli persuasively argues was written \u201cguitar in hand,\u201d provides compelling evidence that the Villa-Lobos well is far from dry.\u00a0 \u2014 Paul Fowles<\/em><\/p>\n And here’s a video from a few years ago of Bissoli playing Villa-Lobos’ “Valsa Concerto”:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Andrea Bissoli
\n<\/em>Naxos<\/p>\n