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This enchanting, flavorful CD finds the ever curious Yo-Yo Ma traveling to South America, and Brazil in particular. The music varies from classical to samba to bossa nova; the combinations range from guitar, flute, and cello to female voice (the remarkable Rosa Passos), cello, guitar, percussion, pi...

Astrud Gilberto's Finest Hour...

The Brazilian pianist Eliane Elias is an ideal interpreter for the music of her compatriot Antonio Carlos Jobim. She's attuned to both its melodic and rhythmic nuances, and she's a potent improviser, able to develop Jobim's often graceful melodies and put her own stamp on them. Despite her Brazilian...

An exceptional gathering of musicians from around the global village set a new standard for Christmas records on World Christmas. The wonderful variety of songs resonate with love of the season, and there isn't a novelty tune to be heard. From Africa come Cesaria Evora, Angelique Kidjo, Papa Wemba, ...

1998 Release from Brazilian Pop Songwriter Whom Incorporates the Rich Sounds of Swing Jazz to his Music. Gilberto Has Worked with Saxophonist Stan Getz and Virtually Every Big Name in Brazilian Pop Including Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethania, Gal Costa, and Chico Buarque....

Sings Jobim...

Seu Jorge is a voice straight out of the favelas, Rio de Janeiro's notoriously violent slums where grinding poverty and desperation exist side-by-side with a musical hotbed. Once a homeless street child, he broke into the big time in the 2002 film, City Of God, an unsparingly frank look at life and ...

Amoroso/Brasil...

Concord Records SACD Sampler 1 (Multichannel Hybrid SACD)...

Brazilian Lullaby...