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Radames Gnattali: Alma Brasileira
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Radames Gnattali: Alma Brasileira

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Composer
GNATTALI, RADAMES
Artist
D, Wen-Sinn, F, Halasz, Halasz
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Feb 10, 2015
Catalog #
BIS-2086
UPC
7318599920863

About

His parents, Italian immigrants to Brazil, named Radamés Gnattali after the male lead in Verdi’s Aida, and his mother began to teach him the piano at the age of six. But even though he did become a highly skilled pianist, performing Tchaikovsky’s piano concerto in B flat at Rio de Janeiro’s Teatro Municipal at the age of 23, it was as a composer (and arranger) of music of a distinctly Brazilian cast that he would make his name. Gnattali developed an individual style, which today might be called cross-over, by infusing inflexions of popular music into a classical framework, over a fluid harmonic technique. Jaunty rhythms and striking melodic lines appear in a wholly uncontrived manner: they formed his everyday working material, as an arranger of popular music for record companies and radio stations. When composing concert music Gnattali usually did so for musicians that he collaborated with in popular music, such as the guitarist Laurindo Almeida, as well as for himself. A large production includes works for a great variety of scorings, but for this disc Franz and Débora Halász have chosen to present chamber and solo works for guitar and piano, inviting the cellist Wen-Sinn Yang to join in for the composer's Sonata for guitar and cello. As reflected in some of the titles, Brazilian dance forms (samba, batuque, choro) play an important role in this music, which for a long time was disregarded by a musical establishment suspicious of its great fluency and popular appeal; music which in every bar expresses the soul of Brazil – Alma brasileira.

Tracklist 23 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro moderato 04:44
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Franz Halász, Débora Halász
  2. 2 II. Saudoso 03:57
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Saudoso
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Franz Halász, Débora Halász
  3. 3 III. Ritmado 04:59
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Ritmado
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Franz Halász, Débora Halász
  4. 4 Alma brasileira (Brazilian Soul) (arr. R. Rabello for guitar) 02:47
    Track
    4
    Title
    Alma brasileira (Brazilian Soul) (arr. R. Rabello for guitar)
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Franz Halász
  5. 5 3 Concert Studies for Guitar: No. 1. Dansa Brasileira 03:38
    Track
    5
    Title
    3 Concert Studies for Guitar: No. 1. Dansa Brasileira
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Franz Halász
  6. 6 I. Pastoral 01:46
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Pastoral
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Franz Halász
  7. 7 II. Toada 02:42
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Toada
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Franz Halász
  8. 8 III. Frevo 02:11
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Frevo
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Franz Halász
  9. 9 3 Concert Studies for Guitar: No. 2. Toccata em ritmo de samba I 03:48
    Track
    9
    Title
    3 Concert Studies for Guitar: No. 2. Toccata em ritmo de samba I
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Franz Halász
  10. 10 Saudade (arr. L. Almeida for guitar) 03:12
    Track
    10
    Title
    Saudade (arr. L. Almeida for guitar)
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Franz Halász
  11. 11 3 Concert Studies for Guitar: No. 3. Toccata em ritmo de samba II 03:04
    Track
    11
    Title
    3 Concert Studies for Guitar: No. 3. Toccata em ritmo de samba II
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Franz Halász
  12. 12 I. Allegretto comodo 04:06
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. Allegretto comodo
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Wen-Sinn Yang, Franz Halász
  13. 13 II. Adagio 02:50
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Wen-Sinn Yang, Franz Halász
  14. 14 III. Con spirito 03:33
    Track
    14
    Title
    III. Con spirito
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Wen-Sinn Yang, Franz Halász
  15. 15 Moto continuo No. 1 (version for piano) 02:08
    Track
    15
    Title
    Moto continuo No. 1 (version for piano)
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Débora Halász
  16. 16 Negaceando 02:41
    Track
    16
    Title
    Negaceando
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Débora Halász
  17. 17 Canhoto 02:18
    Track
    17
    Title
    Canhoto
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Débora Halász
  18. 18 Vaidosa No. 1 02:27
    Track
    18
    Title
    Vaidosa No. 1
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Débora Halász
  19. 19 Capoeirando 01:46
    Track
    19
    Title
    Capoeirando
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Débora Halász
  20. 20 Trapaceando 02:02
    Track
    20
    Title
    Trapaceando
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Débora Halász
  21. 21 Manhosamente 02:51
    Track
    21
    Title
    Manhosamente
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Débora Halász
  22. 22 Batuque 03:50
    Track
    22
    Title
    Batuque
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Débora Halász
  23. 23 Toccata 03:02
    Track
    23
    Title
    Toccata
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Radamés Gnattali
    Performer
    Débora Halász