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Images of Brazil / Anderegg, Ribeiro
Naxos

Images of Brazil / Anderegg, Ribeiro

$19.99

Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Dec 07, 2018
Catalog #
8573923
UPC
747313392377

About

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)

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Baiao (Dance) 01:04
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Baiao (Dance)
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    César Guerra-Peixe
    Performer
    Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro
  2. 2 No. 2. Reza de defunto (Prayer for the dead) 01:37
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Reza de defunto (Prayer for the dead)
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    César Guerra-Peixe
    Performer
    Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro
  3. 3 No. 3. Toque je-je (Laughing game) 02:51
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Toque je-je (Laughing game)
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    César Guerra-Peixe
    Performer
    Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro
  4. 4 I. Energico ma espressivo 04:00
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Energico ma espressivo
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Camargo Guarnieri
    Performer
    Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro
  5. 5 II. Intimo 06:01
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Intimo
    Duration
    06:01
    Composer
    Camargo Guarnieri
    Performer
    Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro
  6. 6 III. Allegro appassionato 06:48
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegro appassionato
    Duration
    06:48
    Composer
    Camargo Guarnieri
    Performer
    Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro
  7. 7 Brincando com Theo (Playing with Theo) (arr. F. Anderegg and E. Ribeiro for violin and piano) 03:44
    Track
    7
    Title
    Brincando com Theo (Playing with Theo) (arr. F. Anderegg and E. Ribeiro for violin and piano)
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Léa Freire
    Performer
    Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro
  8. 8 Copenhague (Copenhagen) (arr. F. Anderegg and E. Ribeiro for violin and piano) 02:51
    Track
    8
    Title
    Copenhague (Copenhagen) (arr. F. Anderegg and E. Ribeiro for violin and piano)
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Léa Freire
    Performer
    Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro
  9. 9 Mamulengo (arr. F. Anderegg and E. Ribeiro for violin and piano) 03:28
    Track
    9
    Title
    Mamulengo (arr. F. Anderegg and E. Ribeiro for violin and piano)
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Léa Freire
    Performer
    Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro
  10. 10 I. A cigarra no Inverno (The Cicada in Winter) 04:23
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. A cigarra no Inverno (The Cicada in Winter)
    Duration
    04:23
    Composer
    Heitor Villa-Lobos
    Performer
    Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro
  11. 11 II. O Vagalume na Claridade (The Firefly in the Light) 03:31
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. O Vagalume na Claridade (The Firefly in the Light)
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Heitor Villa-Lobos
    Performer
    Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro
  12. 12 III. Mariposa na luz (The Moth Around the Flame) 02:11
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Mariposa na luz (The Moth Around the Flame)
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Heitor Villa-Lobos
    Performer
    Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro
  13. 13 I. Allegro 02:55
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Ernani Aguiar
    Performer
    Francesca Anderegg
  14. 14 II. Lento 03:22
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Lento
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Ernani Aguiar
    Performer
    Francesca Anderegg
  15. 15 III. Tempo de Frevo 01:27
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Tempo de Frevo
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Ernani Aguiar
    Performer
    Francesca Anderegg
  16. 16 Águas Claras (Clear Waters) 05:36
    Track
    16
    Title
    Águas Claras (Clear Waters)
    Duration
    05:36
    Composer
    Edmundo Villani-Côrtes
    Performer
    Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro
  17. 17 Flor da Noite (Night Flower) 03:43
    Track
    17
    Title
    Flor da Noite (Night Flower)
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Francesca Anderegg, Erika Ribeiro