Valsa da Dor
This short waltz for piano was written in the salon style so familiar to Villa-Lobos from Brazilian composers of the turn of the century. The piece has become a concert and recording favourite, and is featured in the film Villa-Lobos: Uma Vida de Paixao.
In this video, pianist Paulo Brasil plays Valsa da Dor:
Listen to Mirabela Dina play Valsa da Dor at the Progetto Martha Argerich site.
Dedicated to Julieta d'Almeida Strutt.
Solo piano
Villa-Lobos, Heitor. 1972. Valsa da dor (Valse de la douleur), pour piano (Œuvre posthume). Paris: Éditions M. Eschig.
The piece is included in the second volume of Sonia Rubinsky's complete Piano Music on Naxos.
- Maria Ines Guimaraes: Saudades das Selvas Brasileiras
- Complete Piano Music (Schic)
- Piano Music of Villa-Lobos (Rust)
- Complete Piano Music v.2 (Halasz)
- Grandes Pianistas Brasileiros: Arnaldo Estrella
- Miriam Ramos Plays Villa-Lobos
- Dance (Stott)
- Alma Brasileira: Panorama du piano brésilien du XXe siècle (Cristina Ortiz)
- Alfred Heller: Piano Music v.1
- Villa-Lobos - Um Clássico Popular (Quinteto Villa-Lobos)
- H. Villa Lobos (Proença)
- A música que toca
- Villa-Lobos por João Carlos Assis Brasil
- Grandes Encontros Instrumentais
- Valsas brasileiras (Canaud & Nascimento)
- The Piano Music of Heitor Villa-Lobos featuring Sonia Rubinsky
- Transcriptions - Guitares de Versailles - arr. for Guitar Quartet
- The Waltz Album (Iruzun)
- Déco: De valses y otras danzas
- La Fiesta! (Feyen)
- Consertão
- Villa-Lobos Piano Music (Ortiz)
Premiere performance: 27.11.1939, Rio de Janeiro, José Vieiro Brandão.
There are 39 performances of this work in the Villa-Lobos Concerts database (July 2010).