The genesis of Heitor Villa-Lobos’s Études goes back to his first meeting with Andrés Segovia, at which the legendary guitarist asked for one étude and the composer ended up writing twelve.

Andrea Bissoli returns to the original 1928 manuscript, restoring elements lost in later publication and reliving the magic of those times on an instrument almost identical to Segovia’s. The Tarantela was probably written guitar in hand. For his ‘folk ensemble’ instrumentation of the brightly coloured songs of the Guia prático, Bissoli has sought out traces of the guitar in the original and chosen a selection of pieces tailor-made for his instrument. The exciting story of O papagaio do moleque (The Little Boy’s Kite) concludes this third and final volume of the series.

Guia Pratico (14 folksong arrangments, arr. Andrea Bissoli):
1. No.71 Machadinha
2. No.112 Samba - lele
3. No.15 Bela pastora
4. No.108 Rosa amarela (1st version)
5. No.31 Carneirinho, carneirao
6. No.45 O cravo (1st version)
7. No.133 Vitu
8. No.114 Senhora Dona Sancha (1st version)
9. No.87 Pai Francisco (1st version)
10. No.35 O ciranda, o cirandinha
11. No.41 Constancia
12. No.137 Xo! Passarinho
13. No.55 Fui no Itororo (2nd version)
14. No.90 Passaras, nao passaras