Brazilian Rhapsody

A fine line-up of musicians performing a seductive selection of Brazilian music

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ary Barroso, Milton & Fernando Nascimento & Brant, Luiz Floriano Bonfa, Paz Abreu, Darius Milhaud, Waldir Azevedo, Caetano Veloso, Bebu Silvetti, Niltinho, Heitor Villa-Lobos

Label: Teldec (Warner Classics)

Magazine Review Date: /2000

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 59

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: 3984-21482-2

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
Tico-Tico	Paz Abreu, Composer Cyro Baptista, Percussion Daniel Barenboim, Piano Paz Abreu, Composer Robert Kassinger, Double bass
Travessia	Milton & Fernando Nascimento & Brant, Composer Alex Klein, Oboe Cyro Baptista, Percussion Daniel Barenboim, Piano Emmanuel Pahud, Flute Larry Combs, Clarinet Milton & Fernando Nascimento & Brant, Composer Milton Nascimento, Singer Robert Kassinger, Double bass
Saudades do Brasil, Movement: Corcovado	Darius Milhaud, Composer Daniel Barenboim, Piano Darius Milhaud, Composer
Saudades do Brasil, Movement: Sumaré	Darius Milhaud, Composer Daniel Barenboim, Piano Darius Milhaud, Composer
Black Orpheus, Movement: Manhã de Carnaval (A day in the life of a fool)	Luiz Floriano Bonfa, Composer Alex Klein, Oboe Cyro Baptista, Percussion Daniel Barenboim, Piano Luiz Floriano Bonfa, Composer Nikolaj Znaider, Violin Robert Kassinger, Double bass
Tristeza	Niltinho, Composer Niltinho, Composer Alex Klein, Oboe Cyro Baptista, Percussion Daniel Barenboim, Piano Emmanuel Pahud, Flute Larry Combs, Clarinet Robert Kassinger, Double bass
Pedacinhos do Céu	Waldir Azevedo, Composer Alex Klein, Oboe Cyro Baptista, Percussion Daniel Barenboim, Piano Larry Combs, Clarinet Robert Kassinger, Double bass Waldir Azevedo, Composer
Bachianas brasileiras No. 5	Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Alex Klein, Oboe Daniel Barenboim, Piano Emmanuel Pahud, Flute Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer Larry Combs, Clarinet Robert Kassinger, Double bass
Wave	Antonio Carlos Jobim, Composer Antonio Carlos Jobim, Composer Cyro Baptista, Percussion Daniel Barenboim, Piano Larry Combs, Clarinet Nikolaj Znaider, Violin Robert Kassinger, Double bass
Avarandado	Caetano Veloso, Composer Alex Klein, Oboe Caetano Veloso, Composer Cyro Baptista, Percussion Daniel Barenboim, Piano Emmanuel Pahud, Flute
Aquarela do Brasil	Ary Barroso, Composer Ary Barroso, Composer Cyro Baptista, Percussion Daniel Barenboim, Piano Emmanuel Pahud, Flute Larry Combs, Clarinet Robert Kassinger, Double bass
Song of the Sabiá	Antonio Carlos Jobim, Composer Alex Klein, Oboe Antonio Carlos Jobim, Composer Cyro Baptista, Percussion Daniel Barenboim, Piano Larry Combs, Clarinet Robert Kassinger, Double bass
Brazilian Rhapsody	Bebu Silvetti, Composer Alex Klein, Oboe Bebu Silvetti, Composer Cyro Baptista, Percussion Daniel Barenboim, Piano Robert Kassinger, Double bass
Eu sei que vou te amar	Antonio Carlos Jobim, Composer Alex Klein, Oboe Antonio Carlos Jobim, Composer Cyro Baptista, Percussion Daniel Barenboim, Piano Emmanuel Pahud, Flute Larry Combs, Clarinet Milton Nascimento, Singer Robert Kassinger, Double bass
Bahia	Ary Barroso, Composer Alex Klein, Oboe Ary Barroso, Composer Cyro Baptista, Percussion Daniel Barenboim, Piano Nikolaj Znaider, Violin Robert Kassinger, Double bass

Author: Ivan March

The ever-versatile Daniel Barenboim puts his baton on one side and returns to the recording studio as pianist, here not to play Haydn or Mozart, but to preside over a lightweight crossover programme, opening with the sparkling Tico-Tico – and very stylishly he plays it too, with a relaxed brilliance. He is immediately joined by Milton Nascimento, who provides the easy-going vocals; these are interspersed here with more harmonically bracing piano pieces by Milhaud, highly romantic numbers like Manha de carnaval (scored for violin and oboe as well as piano) and several quite charming pieces by Jobim, plus Lobo’s very personable Tristeza, in which that superb flautist, Emmanuel Pahud, adds his voice to the ensemble alongside a fine clarinettist. Villa-Lobos contributes the most famous of his Bachianas brasileiras, with the melody given first to oboe, then flute, before Barenboim takes over hauntingly; but the oboe returns for the reprise.
Several of these items have been featured in films, and that will indicate the kind of ripely evocative atmosphere of much of the writing, certainly always felicitiously arranged for the woodwind group, and usually with a not-too- insistent underlying rhythm section. The overall programme is quite seductive in its way, and Barenboim indulges himself in a very free presentation, not least in the languorous closing Bahia. The musicians gathered here are expert, the recording is excellent, and if you respond to this kind of Brazilian wallpaper music, this collection is very good of its kind, even if it’s not a CD I personally would add to my collection.'