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‘Preludes and Dances from Brazil’ is Entrancing Music

Bill Dodd on March 7, 2025

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Entrancing!

Ricardo Gallen is one of the most talented and respected classical guitarists in the world. Those of you who are fans will probably have already grabbed this album. It’s made up of works from the composer whose name is synonymous with Brazilian concert music, Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959); and Colloquial Preludes, by Sergio Assad (1952), commissioned by Ricardo Gallen.

The liner notes are from Assad, who makes his admiration for Villa-Lobos and Gallen quite obvious. His compositions do not imitate Villa-Lobos, but are deserving of being heard along side those of the earlier composer.

I love this album– it’s peaceful, it’s full of happiness. I was reminded of the solo piano music of Spanish composer, Federico Mompou. And Richard Gallen is amazing!

This is entrancing music, played by a world-class artist, and perfectly recorded.

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Bill Dodd

Bill is Senior Music Reviewer at NativeDSD. He lives in the Portland, Oregon area. He is an avid photographer too! Along with his early interest in broadcasting and high fidelity audio, he was exposed to classical music in small doses from age 5, was given piano lessons from age 9— Starting with Bach and including Gershwin. Successful morning personality in San Francisco at age 22. (true). Sang in choirs in high school and college. Although the broadcasting experience was all in popular music, his personal listening has been mostly classical his whole life—along with others including Benny Goodman, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Joni Mitchell, The Who, and Led Zeppelin.

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