Track Listing

1. Sarambeque - Marco De Almeida
2. Fidalga - Marco De Almeida
3. Retumbante
4. Vem Cá, Branquinha, Tango
5. Confidences
6. Odeon
7. Apanhei-Te Cavaquinho
8. Coração Que Sente, Watz for Piano
9. Brejeiro
10. Ameno Resedá
11. Mercedes
12. Fon-Fon!
13. Floraux, Tango for Piano
14. Impromptu

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #203687 in Music
• Released on: 1998-11-24
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Customer Reviews

A Delight
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!
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.