This eighth volume features Albums 10 and 11 from Villa-Lobos’s Guia Prático (Albums 1–9 are available on Naxos 8.570008), the composer’s own piano arrangements of works from the related Guia Prático Volume 1: 137 Traditional Children’s Songs as Sung by Brazilian Children, originally written for various instrumental and vocal combinations, and his two Children’s Suites. In all these works the world of childhood is lovingly evoked with extraordinary originality and brilliant virtuosity. This is the final volume in this series, and complete original song texts to the Brazilian Children’s Songs are available on naxos.com.