Wednesday, July 29, 2009

I discovered a musical jewel

A virtual friend (I'm more his fan than his friend, but anyway) is an amateur guitar player, and he told me he likes to play Villa-Lobos. I wondered "Who can that be?" and started an internet research. First, I found the video embedded in this post, and later the data of Heitor Villa-Lobos in here: Villa-Lobos en Wikipedia I think his music is just beautifully intricate. Prelude 3 is so ethereal, almost unattainable. Whilst Prelude 1 is rougher and it reminds me of Iberian music (it makes me think of a big plant of red roses falling from an antique brick wall in a Spanish garden). Find a quiet place and enjoy it. Prelude 1:

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