BRASILIANA: Three Centuries Of Brazilian Music
Music by:
Cláudio SANTORO (1919-1989)
Mozart Camargo GUARNIERI (1907-1993)
Henrique OSWALD (1852-1931)
Francisco MIGNONE (1987-1986)
Francisco BRAGA (1868-1945)
Luiz LEVY (1861-1935)
César Guerra PEIXE (1914-1993)
Eduardo DUTRA (1908?-1963/4?)
Octavio PINTO (1890-1950)
Leopoldo MIGUEZ (1850-1902)
Luiz Álvares PINTO (1719-1789)
Francisco (Chiquinha) GONZAGA (1847-1935)
Alberto NEPOMUCENO (1864-1920)
José Mauricio Nunes GARCIA (1767-1830)
Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)
Radames GNATTALI (1906-1988)
José SIQUEIRA (1907-1985)
Ernesto NAZARETH (1863-1934)
Alexandre LEVY (1864-1892)
Fructuoso VIANNA (1896-1976)
Oscar Lorenzo FERNANDEZ (1897-1948)
Arnaldo Cohen - piano
Recordings made in the former Academy of Music, Stockholm in June 2000
Arnaldo Cohen’s well-chosen and brilliantly performed cross section of Brazilian piano miniatures spanning three centuries is akin to a huge array of unexpected yet tasty, exquisitely prepared appetizers and desserts decked out on a huge banquet table. Each piece is effectively idiomatic and teeming with charm. Cohen orchestrates his running order to ensure plenty of mood, tempo, and textural contrast. The pianist’s generous but never lavish rubato and ample sonority help transform waltzes by Francisco Braga, José Siqueira, Radames Snattali, and Francisco Mignone into beautifully wrought tone poems. And Cohen brings remarkable flair and poise to more virtuosic selections such as 18th-century composer José Maurício Nunes Garcia’s Weber-like Fantasia No. 4 and Cláudio Santoro’s rhythmically exuberant, jazz-tinged Paulistanas.
Polka meets chorinho in Ernesto Nazareth’s high-register romp, Apanhei-te, Cavaquinho, in contrast to the thumbnail simplicity of Octavio Pinto’s little children’s pieces. Perhaps Nazareth’s Odéon is a bit too straightlaced and lacking in undulating lilt, not unlike how some classical pianists don’t quite nail Gershwin’s swing. But that’s a minor quibble. Let’s just hope Brasiliana represents the start of an Arnaldo Cohen/BIS relationship. This marvelous pianist has made way fewer recordings than his protean gifts merit. Superb, informative notes and warm, roomy engineering seal my enthusiastic recommendation.
Joe Distler (Classics Today)
Artistic Quality: 10
Sound Quality: 10
4 comments:
Flac tracks, Covers and booklet
https://nitroflare.com/view/E35A6E36D177175/Brasiliana-3CentofBrasMus.rar
Thank you!
I heard Arnaldo Cohen one time in concert, very long ago. It was in summer 1972 or 1973. He played the 1st Concerto Tchaikovsky. At the time I was a young student in the first classes of the music school and I was very impressed by his presence and his virtuosity. However the critic I read in the press a few days later wasn't favourable for the concert, especially for the conductor!
I kept in memory a young pianist wearing the long black vest as it was obligatory for the classical music soloists at the time. I would expect a much older person in the photo (half a century later... ) , however this is a 2000 issue.
Thank you very much to make me recall such happy memories! :)
Thanks a lot for your comment!
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