Together with his 12 symphonies, the nine suites of Bachianas Brasileiras and the 14 pieces he called Choros provide the reference points in Villa-Lobos's huge and hugely variable output. The second disc in Marcelo Bratke's survey of Villa-Lobos's piano music includes the works from both series that he composed for the instrument. The Choros vary hugely in scale, from solos of just a few minutes to a work for piano and orchestra lasting over an hour. No 5 is one of the shortest, yet it's a perfect distillation of what Villa-Lobos assimilated from Brazilian popular music. Bratke plays it very winningly, as he does the similarly evocative pieces that make the Ciclo Brasileiro, with their exuberant piano writing that owes much to Ravel. But his account of the fourth Bachianas Brasileiras (a work that Villa-Lobos later orchestrated) is less convincing; its homage to Bach is just a bit too reverent, while its references to Brazil are rather underplayed.