contrasting with the polytonal harmonic environment, which "leads us to hazy stopping points of simultaneous sounds among the forests of the Amazon valley". This melody, which enters over the soft sounds of Brazilian percussion instruments and strings, is a slightly altered quotation of Lundu característico by the flautist and band-leader Joaquim Antônio da Silva Calado, who was one of the founders of the popular choro genre in the late nineteenth century. The alterations, however, make it also similar to a popular melody called O Nó (The Knot), by the trombonist Cândido Pereira da Silva, nicknamed "". The flute is shortly joined by a saxophone, and the conclusion of their duet marks the end of the first section. The form of Chôros No. 6 unfolds as a series of episodic sections, which are "clear and contrasting in tempo". However, there is some disagreement about their number and interrelationship. Adhemar Nóbrega describes six sections, while Eero Tarasti finds there are no fewer than sixteen sections. More recently, Guilherme Seixas proposes nine sections, some of which are subdivided. Discography George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsodies 1 and 2: Orchestre des Concerts Colonne, George Enescu, cond.; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Chôros No. 6. RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin; Heitor Villa-Lobos, cond. Recorded in Berlin, January 1954. LP recording, 1 disc: analog, 33⅓ rpm, 12 in., monaural. Remington R-199-207. New York: Remington, 1956. Chôros No. 6 reissued on LP, together with a contemporaneous recording with the same orchestra of Bachianas Brasileiras No. 7, on Vox/Turnabout THS-65002, New York: Vox Records, 1974. This recording in turn reissued on CD, as Villa-Lobos Conducts Villa-Lobos. Varèse Sarabande VCD 47257. North Hollywood, Calif.: Varèse Sarabande, 1986. Again reissued on CD as Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras 7; Chorus 6. CC030. [S.l.]: Three Mile Island, 2011. Villa-Lobos par Villa-Lobos: Concert du 04/04/1957. Jean Giraudeau, tenor; Camille Maurane, baritone; Jacques Chalude, bass; Chœur de la RTF; Orchestre Radio-Symphonique de Paris ; Heitor Villa-Lobos, cond. Broadcast recording by the French Radio, made at the Salle Gaveau in Paris, on 4 April 1957. World premiere of the Symphony No. 10, preceded on an all-Villa-Lobos programme by performances of Erosão and Chôros No. 6. MP3 streaming audio. [Bry-sur-Marne]: Ina Musique(s), 2017. Heitor Villa-Lobos: Chôros No. 6 [With César Guerra-Peixe: Museu da Inconfidência; Marlos Nobre: Mosaico]. Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira. Isaac Karabtchewsky, cond. Série super de luxo. LP recording, 1 disc: analog, 33⅓ rpm, 12 in., stereo. Philips 9500 120. Brazil: Philips, 1976. Music