Images of Brazil / Anderegg, Ribeiro

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
December 7, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      December 07, 2018
    • UPC
      747313392377
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573923
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Baiao (Dance)

      Composer: César Guerra-Peixe

      Performer: Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro

    2. No. 2. Reza de defunto (Prayer for the dead)

      Composer: César Guerra-Peixe

      Performer: Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro

    3. No. 3. Toque je-je (Laughing game)

      Composer: César Guerra-Peixe

      Performer: Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro

    4. I. Energico ma espressivo

      Composer: Camargo Guarnieri

      Performer: Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro

    5. II. Intimo

      Composer: Camargo Guarnieri

      Performer: Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro

    6. III. Allegro appassionato

      Composer: Camargo Guarnieri

      Performer: Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro

    7. Brincando com Theo (Playing with Theo) (arr. F. Anderegg and E. Ribeiro for violin and piano)

      Composer: Léa Freire

      Performer: Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro

    8. Copenhague (Copenhagen) (arr. F. Anderegg and E. Ribeiro for violin and piano)

      Composer: Léa Freire

      Performer: Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro

    9. Mamulengo (arr. F. Anderegg and E. Ribeiro for violin and piano)

      Composer: Léa Freire

      Performer: Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro

    10. I. A cigarra no Inverno (The Cicada in Winter)

      Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos

      Performer: Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro

    11. II. O Vagalume na Claridade (The Firefly in the Light)

      Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos

      Performer: Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro

    12. III. Mariposa na luz (The Moth Around the Flame)

      Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos

      Performer: Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro

    13. I. Allegro

      Composer: Ernani Aguiar

      Performer: Francesca Anderegg

    14. II. Lento

      Composer: Ernani Aguiar

      Performer: Francesca Anderegg

    15. III. Tempo de Frevo

      Composer: Ernani Aguiar

      Performer: Francesca Anderegg

    16. Águas Claras (Clear Waters)

      Composer: Edmundo Villani-Côrtes

      Performer: Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro

    17. Flor da Noite (Night Flower)

      Composer: Radamés Gnattali

      Performer: Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro


This is one of those discs you’d be tempted to overlook: seven works by seven different composers, most of them unknown (except for Villa-Lobos and Guarnieri), scored or arranged for violin and piano, and played (very well) by performers who aren’t exactly household names. I dismissed it initially, but that was a mistake. My close friend was curious and gave it a listen. He was hooked. “Play track three,” he insisted, and so I did (sound clip). I was hooked too. It just goes to show that you can’t judge a CD by its cover. You’ve got to listen. If only there were more hours in the day!

So, that delicious third track is the last of César Guerra-Peixe’s Three Pieces for Violin and Piano, and very fetching they are. The major works, though, are Guarnieri’s powerful Violin Sonata No. 4; a splendid transcription for violin and piano by these players of Léa Freire’s soulful Three Songs; Villa-Lobos’ curiously touching “The Martyrdom of Insects,” with a finale that gives The Flight of the Bumblebee a run for its money; and Ernani Aguiar’s inventive Meloritmias No. 4 for solo violin. The other pieces, Edmundo Villani-Côrtes’ “Clear Waters,” and Radamés Guattali’s “Night Flower,” would make terrific encores to any chamber music recital.

All that remains to be said is that violinist Francesca Anderegg and pianist Erika Ribeiro play all of this music with the same care and loving attention to detail that obviously went into choosing the program. You can audition the whole thing through at a sitting or take it in bits. Either way, you surely will enjoy this hour of vibrant, songful, alternately spiky and spicy music that’s consistently captivating and worth your attention. Fine sonics too. Thank you, Shawn.

– ClassicsToday (David Hurwitz)