Bachianas Brasileiras #4 (Piano)
Originally written for piano, in the period 1930-1941. Villa-Lobos orchestrated the work in 1942.
- Prelúdio (Introdução) (1941, RJ)
- Coral (Canto do Sertão) (1941, RJ)
- Ária (Cantiga) (1935, RJ)
- Dança (Miudinho) (1930, SP)
Thesis: Rust, Roberta. 1991. Piano works from Hietor Villa-Lobos' middle period a study of Choros no. 5, Bachianas Brasileiras no. 4, and Ciclo Brasileiro. Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Miami, 1991.
Thesis: Rey, Mario. 1991. The Contribution of Bachian and Brazilian folk elements to the structural unity in Heitor Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasileiras no. 4 for piano". Thesis (M.M.)--University of South Florida, 1991.
Solo Piano
Villa-Lobos, Heitor. 1941. Bachianas brasileiras no. 4 (para piano solo). Rio de Janeiro: Casa Arthur Napoleão.
A new score from Brazil:
Villa-Lobos, Heitor, Antônio Carlos Neves Campos, Marcos Roque, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Heitor Villa-Lobos. 2009. O piano e as bachianas. Rio de Janeiro: Irmãos Vitale.
Piano:
- Alma Petchersky - Piano Music v.1
- Sonia Rubinsky - Music for Piano v.4
- Clelia Iruzun: Piano Music (Meridian)
- Luis de Moura Castro: Musica para piano
- Piano Music of Villa-Lobos (Rust)
- Complete Piano Music (Schic)
- Complete Piano Music v.1 (Halasz)
- Latin American Music For Solo Piano (Cinoco)
- Fernando Reis Plays Villa-Lobos
- Joel Bello Soares Plays Villa-Lobos & Mignone
- Miriam Ramos Plays Villa-Lobos
- Spanish & Brazilian Music
- Piano Works (Zanini)
- Alfred Heller: Piano Music v.1
- Constantinidis - Villa-Lobos - Rodrigo (Athina Poullidou)
- Piano Music of Ginastera & Villa-Lobos (Fred Sturm)
- Villa-Lobos por João Carlos Assis Brasil
- Music of Tribute, v. 5
- B. A.C. H.ianas & Transkriptionen (Bismuth)
- H. Villa Lobos (Proença)
- Piano Music v. 2 (Brzezinska)
- Brasil (Costa and Assis)
- Contrepoint (Guimaraes)
- Latin American Music for Solo Piano (Cionco)
- Piano Landscapes (Heller)
- Villa-Lobos por João Carlos Assis Brasil
- Shanghai Cyprien Katsaris (DVD) - 2nd & 3rd movements
- Villa-Lobos Piano Music (Ortiz)
- Bachianas Brasileiras #1, #4 (Bloomfield, Pressler)
- Eliane Elias: On the Classical Side - Preludio
- Complete Solo Piano Works, v.2 (Bratke)
- Live in Zaragoza (Prats)
- Alma Brasileira (Sverner)
- Villa-Lobos Popular - arrangement of movements 1 & 3
Arranged for two guitars: Images from the South (Amadeus Guitar Duo)
The piano version was first performed by José Vieira Brandão on November 27, 1939.
This work is one of the most popular works in the Villa-Lobos catalogue. Performances in the Villa-Lobos Concerts database (nearly 150 as of February 2010) are more or less evenly divided between the piano and orchestral versions.