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My job affords me a unique vantage point of the recording landscape – you’d be amazed how the same repertoire can be recorded by different artists and released at the same time, but that’s another story. One thing I’ve noticed is how the classical music world appears to be taking more notice of South America than ever before; indeed Villa-Lobos looms largest this month, appearing on six recordings. Linus Roth presents , while Brazilian guitarist Plínio Fernandes gives us – both probing links back across the Atlantic to Johann Sebastian. Then there’s Simone Menezes’s project, doing its bit to highlight deforestation; and, in Brief Notes, José and a fine collection called .
