As we are reminded, the nomadic Brazilian composed by biological imperative not forced but as natural as the growth of the forest. The discography is a selected effort and anyone who wants to essay a truly comprehensive listing will have to track their way to the Museu Villa-Lobos and document the 5000 records there and the racks of reel to reel tapes now seemingly fragile with age and climatic conditions. The biography comes first. The web should give you a better handle on making contact with the performing materials. All works are listed chronologically with a W number used to identify them.
Every entry shows title, orchestral specification, premiere details and publisher.
Next we are into appendix 1 which lists the W numbered works alphabetically. The index is excellent giving a key into places, people and work titles across the whole book but all keyed to the W numbers not to page numbers. This book gives excellent access to the riches of the Villa-Lobos treasury and imposes one shape on a body of work that, in its sheer quantity, can bewilder. A first class study and well worth tracking down. Designed as a basic research tool for scholars interested in Latin American music and culture, performing musicians, and music students, the volume also includes helpful appendixes containing alphabetical and classified lists of compositions.