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Bach In Brazil

Camerata Brasil

Released
2000
Label
EMI
Forces
Cavaquinho, Mandolin, Guitar
Personnel
Camerata Brasil directed by Henrique Cazes cavaquinho, with Marcílio Lopes and Paulo Sá bandolim, Leandro Braga piano, Paulo Sérgio Santos soprano saxophone and Ricardo Amado violin

Henrique Cazes brings Bach into the sound world of choro, directing an ensemble built around cavaquinho, bandolim, guitars and pandeiro rather than a European chamber group. Bach’s counterpoint acquires the lighter articulation and rhythmic lift of those Brazilian instruments.

Cazes had worked with Radamés Gnattali during his years in Camerata Carioca, and Gnattali’s music appears here alongside pieces by Abel Ferreira and Pixinguinha. Bach sits within that Brazilian lineage, culminating in a medley that joins Pixinguinha’s “Ele e Eu” to the Badinerie from Bach’s Second Orchestral Suite.

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The originalsJ.S. Bach, Villa-Lobos · classical source works

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Source works

The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.

  1. Bach, JS / Arr. Braga: Italian Concerto in F Major, BWV 971: I. AllegroJ.S. Bach: Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971: I. Allegro
  2. RemexendoNon-classical source
  3. Bach, JS / Arr. Lopes: Two-Part Inventions: No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 784J.S. Bach: Two-Part Invention No. 13 in A minor, BWV 784
  4. Bach, JS / Arr. Cazes: Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: I. VivaceJ.S. Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: I. Vivace
  5. Chorando BaixinhoNon-classical source
  6. Bach, JS / Arr. Cazes: Suite in C Minor, BWV 997: I. PreludeJ.S. Bach: Suite in C minor for lute, BWV 997: I. Prelude
  7. Vou VivendoNon-classical source
  8. Variaçoes Sobre o Samba do UrubuNon-classical source
  9. Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras No. 5, W389: I. ÁriaHeitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras No. 5, W. 389: I. Ária (Cantilena)
  10. Bach, JS / Arr. Cazes: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, BWV 1051: III. AllegroJ.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051: III. Allegro
  11. Um a ZeroNon-classical source
  12. Bach, JS / Arr. Cazes: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: VII. BadinerieJ.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie, in a medley with Pixinguinha’s choro Ele e Eu
  13. Bach, JS / Arr. Lopes: Keyboard Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: VII. GigueJ.S. Bach: Keyboard Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828: VII. Gigue
  14. Bach, JS / Arr. Braga: Two-Part Inventions: No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779J.S. Bach: Two-Part Invention No. 8 in F major, BWV 779