Search - Ernesto Nazareth, Marco Antonio de Almeida :: Nazareth: Brazilian Ragtime

Nazareth: Brazilian Ragtime
Ernesto Nazareth, Marco Antonio de Almeida
Nazareth: Brazilian Ragtime
Genres: International Music, Jazz, Special Interest, Pop, Classical
 
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All Artists: Ernesto Nazareth, Marco Antonio de Almeida
Title: Nazareth: Brazilian Ragtime
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Klavier
Release Date: 11/24/1998
Genres: International Music, Jazz, Special Interest, Pop, Classical
Styles: Latin Music, Tango, Ballets & Dances, Polkas, Forms & Genres, Concertos
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 019688702625
 

CD Reviews

A Delight
Dave Gerr | New York, NY USA | 07/20/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I discovered Ernesto Nazareth by accident. His music is stunning--charming, playful, soulful, by turns. The only way to describe it is as a combination of European classical, Brazilian and South American dance, and American ragtime. Really superb music, seldom heard. Nazareth apparently wrote thousands of these miniature pieces. There are very few recordings in print. Thanks to Marco Antonio de Almeida and Klavier Records for giving us this CD."
Maravilhoso, Marco!
R. Knapp | MT USA | 01/28/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I object to the title, "Brazilian ragtime." This is not ragtime. It is... well... Nazareth, and it is unique. Nazareth had many of the same influences as Joplin, but he was also influenced by Brazil. I think Nazareth was more playful than Joplin, yet also just as serious.
Almeida's performances express Brazilian character better than any others of Nazareth I have heard. Nazareth's playfulness is expressed in the tangos and his sentimentality is expressed in the waltzes. "Odeon" is brilliant. The pieces meant to sound like a cavaquinho (approximately a ukele) "Apanhei-te Cavaquinho" & "Ameno Rededa'" sound like a cavaquinho. "Fon-Fon!" gives me saudade of traffic in Rio de Janeiro.
Most importantly, Almeida's clean & precise performances articulate the complexities of the music and bring out the serious European influences. The performer of Nazareth must be both a pianista and a pianeiro.
Marco Antonio de Almeida does it well."