Heitor Villa-Lobos "Suite Popular Brasileña" (Completa) Pablo De Giusto have you ever thought about what Bach would have written if he had been born in Brazil? It's certainly unthinkable, but Villa Lobos created a wonderful blend of samba and Bach, listen to the Bachianas Brasileiras. He was a great composer who elevated the guitar in the classical realm, although in a different guise from that of Segovia, his contemporary and "rival." Segovia gave the guitar a classical structure, placing it in a context from which it had always been excluded, demonstrating that when used appropriately, it could be an instrument on par with, and often superior to, the classical instruments used in an orchestra. Lobos, on his part, made it an extraordinary tool to combine the classical/academic world with the sounds and rhythms of Brazil, successfully mixing samba and minuets, forró, and chamber sonatas—a genius still not fully understood or, in any case, poorly promoted, and unjustly so. Listen to this long piece, where in typically Brazilian atmospheres, you'll find the strict classical rigor of using an instrument that is far from simple to play in such a manner. Not by chance are Villa Lobos's pieces authentic tour de force for those studying guitar, but what emerges is Music with a capital M... and here you'll hear at the end Chorino, perhaps his most beautiful piece for guitar along with Choros nr 1.