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JamesBrown

@ 20-01-2005, 00:44

Camerata Brasil - Bach en Brasil

01. Bach:: Allegro-Italian Concerto In F major, BWV 971 [0:04:42.22]
02. Gnattali:: Remexendo [0:02:55.13]
03. Bach:: Two-Part Invention No.13 [0:02:07.25]
04. Bach:: Vivace-Double Concerto In D minor For Two Vioilns And Orchestra, BWV 1041 -- Vivace [0:03:23.45]
05. Ferreira:: Chorando Baixinho [0:04:17.17]
06. Bach:: Prelude-Suite In C minor For Claviembalo, BWV 997 -- Prelude [0:03:06.60]
07. Pixinguinha:: Vou Vivendo [0:02:50.15]
08. Gnattali:: Variacoes Sobre O Samba Do Urubu [0:02:37.70]
09. Villa-Lobos:: Aria-Bachianas Brasileiras No.5 [0:05:56.13]
10. Bach:: Allegro-Brandenburg Concerto No.6, BWV 1051 [0:04:14.00]
11. Pixinguinha:: Um A Zero [0:03:12.22]
12. Pixinguinha/Bach:: Ele E Eu/Badinerie-Suite No.2 For Flute And Strings, BWV 1067 [0:03:01.43]
13. Bach:: Gigue-Partita No.4 In D for Clavier, BWV 828 [0:04:40.70]
14. Bach:: Two-Part Invention No.8 [0:02:12.47]

Label:Emi Classics

Compression:320K LAME mp3

Genre:Classic/Brazilian/Fusion

Covers:Front,back and cd

Size:112.73 MB

Notes:Have you ever wonder what kind of music Bach could have wrote if he was born in Brazil?To discover, you should try this record.

QUOTE

Why Bach? Why Brazil? The answer is simple. Because it works. But there is an even better one. Brazilians have always had a love of the music of Bach culminating in the famous Bachianas of native Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. At the same time, the choro, a unique traditional Brazilian style, has its roots in baroque and classical music, roots that remained even as it incorporated samba and jazz. As for the result, like classical, choro demands sparkling instrumental virtuosity, but, like jazz, it swings. Now for the very first time, an entire album of music brings Bach and the Brazilian Choro together, creating a unique, charming result with undeniably universal appeal.  
The repertoire consists of Bach and a select group of Brazilian composers influenced by Bach, performed by a small choro orchestra, featuring a handful of the best musicians in Brazil. They bring to the encounter traditional choro instruments such as the cavaquinho, the viola caipira, even a seven-stringed classical guitar. Henrique Cazes, the director of Camerata Brasil explains: "In Brazil as elsewhere, every musician wants to play Bach. What we are doing is not so much taking liberties as exploring the aesthetic affinities between the Baroque - Bach in particular - and choro. You see, choro found many of its elements in the European dances that arrived in Brazil last century, the minuet, polka and schottish. And these dances, in turn, contained many Baroque elements, most of all from Bach. And that explains the interest that Brazilian popular musicians have always had in Bach."  
Sounds great, but will it find its audience? Bach in Brazil follows in the footsteps of some of the best-selling albums inspired by Bach. Claude Bolling, Jacques Loussier, Bach to Africa, Switched on Bach are just some of the artists and projects that have shown how wonderfully adaptable Bach can be to an adventurous group of musicians. And you won't get more adventurous - or more accomplished - musicians than those of the Camerata Brasil. This is music guaranteed to raise a smile.

Camerata Brasil - Bach In Brazil