Age of Bel Canto CD

Age of Bel Canto  

Age of Bel Canto  

Age of Bel Canto Track Listing of songs: Great Litany; Mountains of Zion, antiphon; Only Son and Word of God, hymn; Short Litany; May God arise; Come, let us adore our Lord and God, processional prayer with the book of gospels; Christ is risen, troparion of Easter; You descended into the grave, paschal kontakion; Trisagion, hymn to the holy trinity; This day that the Lord made, prokimenon; Reading from the Acts of the Apostles; Alleluia, tone 4 and a psalm verse; Reading from the Gospels; Litany called sugubaya, prayer of insistence; Hymn of the Cherubim; peace offering, eucharistic canon; Shine, Shine, O New Jerusalem, hymn from the 9th ode of the Paschal 'Old Believers'; Our Father, prayer in tone 8; Protected by the Cross, prayer; Long Years;

Age of Bel Canto One of the most purely easy-listening discs Antonio Carlos Jobim ever made--most of his music is too rhythmically active to fall in this category--MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS is a collaboration with Brazilian poet, musician and former diplomat Vinicius De Moraes. De Moraes is best known in American music circles as a friend of Jobim's who wrote or co-wrote many of the composer's best known songs, including all 14 tracks here, but to some Brazilians, he's a national hero on the level of, say, Paul McCartney. (Among other things, he wrote the play BLACK ORPHEUS, the film of which led to Jobim's international superstardom.) Although the cover photo features De Moraes at the microphone, over half of these songs are sung by Brazilian jazz vocalist Miucha, including what can only be described as a disco version of "The Girl from Ipanema." (Actually, it works better than one might expect.) The arrangements are quite slick and De Moraes's contributions are frustratingly small, but MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS has more than curiosity value. Contains 28 tracks. Performers include: Quarteto Em Cy, Baden Powell, Silvio Cesar, Chico Buarque, Miucha, Sandra Sa & Celia Vaz, Astrud Gilberto, Tamba Trio, Maria Bethania, Bia.

Age of Bel Canto Track Listing of songs: Caprices; Caprices; Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: 3. Sostenuto; Caprices; Caprices; Caprices; Caprices; Caprices; Caprices; Caprices; Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: 11. Andante; Caprices; Caprices; Caprices; Caprices; Caprices; Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: 17. Sostenuto; Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: 18. Corrente; Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: 19. Lento; Caprices; Caprices (24) for solo violin, Op. 1, MS 25: 21. Amoroso; Caprices; Caprices; Caprices;

Age of Bel Canto Recording information: Mirror Image Sound Studios, NY (10/04/2001-02/20/2002). Personnel: Denyce Graves (mezzo soprano); Leo Grinhauz (cello); Susan Palma-Nidel, Marco Granados (flute); Hector del Curto (bandoneon); Paquito d'Rivera (clarinet); Eliane Elias, Chucho Valdés, Jose María Vitier, Pablo Ziegler (piano); Marc Johnson (acoustic bass); Satoshi Takeishi (drums, ...

Age of Bel Canto