Guitarras Do Fado [Import]

Track Listings

 
1. Improviso Em Re
2. Guitarras De Lisboa
3. Rapsodia De Fados
4. Variacoes A Roda Do Jaime
5. Saida Das Caravelas
6. Variacoes Sobre O Fado
7. Preces Do Oceano
8. Um Caminho Entre As Guitarras
9. Variacoes Em Sol
10. Variacoes No Fado Mouraria
11. As Minhas Variacoes Em Re
12. Canto Da Sereia Encantada
13. Dia De Feria
14. Um Outro Olhar
15. Variacoes Em Torno De Armandinho
16. Variacoes Em Torno De Armandinho
17. Despertar Da Cidade
18. Fado Joao De Deus
19. Variacoes Em Mi
20. Marcha Fadista Da Re
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Guitarras Do Fado,Various Artists,EMI,World Music
Ronda Do Fado, Vol. 3: Guitarras
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    		Ronda Do Fado, Vol. 3: Guitarras
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: Strauss Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | International | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Latin Music | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B00000JWIG
    Release Date: 1999-08-03

    Tracks:

    1. Bailado Do Fado
    2. Ana Cristina
    3. Valsa
    4. Dedos Em Movimento - Jorge Fontes
    5. Saudades Do Ultramar - Jaime Santos
    6. Dona Filipa
    7. Melodia No. 2
    8. Balada da Tua Partida - Jorge Fontes
    9. Pinoca de Alfama - Jaime Santos
    10. Rapsodia Popular
    Guitarras Do Fado
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Glistening with Pure Quality
    		 Guitarras Do Fado
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: EMI
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | International | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B00005O53G

    Tracks:

    1. Improviso Em Re
    2. Guitarras De Lisboa
    3. Rapsodia De Fados
    4. Variacoes A Roda Do Jaime
    5. Saida Das Caravelas
    6. Variacoes Sobre O Fado
    7. Preces Do Oceano
    8. Um Caminho Entre As Guitarras
    9. Variacoes Em Sol
    10. Variacoes No Fado Mouraria
    11. As Minhas Variacoes Em Re
    12. Canto Da Sereia Encantada
    13. Dia De Feria
    14. Um Outro Olhar
    15. Variacoes Em Torno De Armandinho
    16. Variacoes Em Torno De Armandinho
    17. Despertar Da Cidade
    18. Fado Joao De Deus
    19. Variacoes Em Mi
    20. Marcha Fadista Da Re
    21. Vira De Frielas
    22. Meditando
    23. O Gois, O Zeca E Outros Amigos Tamben
    24. Evocacao De Armandinho
    25. Variacoes Em Sol
    26. Variacoes No Fado Mouraria
    27. As Minhas Variacoes Em Re

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Glistening with Pure Quality.......2002-02-18

    (The track listing given here at the time of writing does not match to more then perhaps 75 per cent what is actually (listed and recorded) on the album. My comments will of course refer to the actual album contents.)

    This is a very listenable album indeed: a live recording from a festival of some of the very best Portuguese guitarists, or guitarra players?- the guitarra can be viewed as a separate instrument from the guitar. Rarely has its rich trebles been so beautifully recorded.

    The program is rapid and high-spirited: in stand-alone guitarra pieces there is none of the sadness associated with fado singing. (This follows naturally as the guitarra has a very short sustain, and much of the melancholy in the songs is worked with long, gliding or modulated notes.) Specific discussion follows below, but it needs to be emphasised that not a track on either disc is filler; they are all well worth listening to. I bought this disc on a trip to Portugal (Sintra, Cascais, Estoril), and it continues to be a favourite for extended listening.

    DISC ONE

    Tracks 1-5 feature Paulo Parreira (guitarra=portuguese guitar) and Jo?o M?rio Veiga (viola=spanish guitar). They open in high style but quickly settle into more standard fare.

    Tracks 6-10 feature Manuel Mendes (guitarra) and Jos? Ant?nio (viola). Their suite leaves little to be desired; the merry opening ("S?ida das caravelas") again being particularily delightful.

    The distinction between folk (popular) and classical music is at heart an arbitrary one, and there are cases when what is basically a folk tradition is elevated to such heights as to eclipse much art music. Such cases invariably draw our attention to the possible futility of our classifications, and one such case is the very interesting suite (tracks 11-13) presented here by Ricardo Rocha on solo guitarra. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they have nothing in common with the rest of the disc, other than the instrument they are performed on.

    DISC TWO

    Disc two opens with the more romantic stylings of M?rio Pacheco (guitarra), accompanied by Carlos Manuel Proen?a (viola) & Paulo Paz (contrabass). Pacheco is capable of a very free rubato, exemplified on tracks 1 and 5, but the more rhythmic track 2 is perhaps his most compelling?- there are instances of chord playing here that remind me of harpsichord music?- however, it is track 3 that the audience greets with spontaneous applause.

    Tracks 6-10 feature Carlos Con?alves (guitarra) and Francisco P Andion (Paquito) (viola). Tracks 11-15 feature Jos? Fontes Rocha (guitarra) and Carlos Manuel Proen?a (viola), joined for tracks 13-15 by Ricardo Rocha (guitarra). The timbre of two guitarras together, in virtuoso playing, is especially beautiful.

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