Recently I have dicovered a great waltz by Pixinguinha and have started to practice this tune. I have found four videos including two videos with the clarinet quintet Quinteto Madeira de Vento and one with violin and accordeon. My favorite version ist the version by the LGEM Trio with flute, guitar and percussion. This trio makes [...]
The last four editions of the radio show “Roda de Choro” of the Brazilian Radio MEC were dedicated to the music of Waldir Azevedo. This is a great chance to download almost three hours of music by Waldir Azevedo, with recordings from 1957 until 1979, as the radio shows are available as podcasts. Waldir Azevedo [...]
Some days ago I have descovered the youtube channel of SenorDaVoz. In this channel you can find some great playlists with music from Brazil, including 3 large playlists with choro music. You can find original recordings of masters like Jacob do Bandolim, Pixinguinha and Luperce Miranda. There was one playlist that made me very curious [...]
On Sept. 7, 2012 the Brazilian Music Day was organized by the ARChive of Contemporary Music: The Archive of Contemporary Music has called for participation in the Brazilian Music Day and has organized and collected all kinds of events about the music of Brazil. As the result the special Brazilian Music day Website was launched. [...]