O canto do cisne negro
Appleby Catalogue W number:
W122, W123
O canto do cisne negro = Song of the Black Swan
The source of this piece is the 1916 Symphonic Poem Naufragio de Kleonicos.
Raiff Dantas Barreto, cello, and Márcia Cattaruzzi, piano
Year Composed:
Category:
Chamber Music
Instrumentation:
Cello & piano (W122)
Violin & piano (W123)
This piece was arranged for cello & orchestra by André Kostelanetz. This score, marked up by Kostelanetz, can be seen at the New York Philharmonic Digital Archive.
Scores:
Villa-Lobos, Heitor, Eric Simon, and Heitor Villa-Lobos. 1948. Song of the black swan : for violin or cello and piano = (O canto do cysne negro). New York: E.B. Marks Music Corp.
Recordings:
- Cello Music from Mexico & Brazil
- O Violoncello do Villa, v.1
- Soirées Internationales (Avie)
- L’œuvre pour violoncelle et piano d'Heitor Villa-Lobos
- II Concurso Internacional de Regência de 1978 (Kostelanetz arrangement)
- Song of the Black Swan (Lowri Blake)
- Twentieth Century Cello (Gilberto Munguia)
- Harpa Brasileira (Cristina Braga)
- Enescu/Villa-Lobos - Music for Cello & Piano (Marco Polo)
- Um novo olhar sobre a obra de Heitor Villa-Lobos
- Duo Quanta
- El cant dels ocells
- O Papagaio do Moleque - A Música de Villa-Lobos - arrangement
- Song of the Black Swan
- Schmankerln & Postres
- Folkfire (Hartka)
- Jump! (Hornung)
- Brazilian Music for Viola and Piano
- O Brasil em harpa e flauta
- Villa-Lobos (Blue Rose Duo)
- Virtuoso! A Treasury of Favorite Violin Encores
- Villa-Lobos Works for Cello and Piano (Verheij & Brackman)
- Piacello - Mainá
- Delicacies & Desserts (Duo Intermezzo)
- Hidden Treasures (Ruggiero Ricci)
- Song of the Black Swan, works inspired by nature - arranged for flute & harp
Performances:
This piece is becoming quite popular in performance. There are sixteen records in the Villa-Lobos Concerts database (July 2011).