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LIR002
Lorna Anderson and The Apollo Chamber Players - Sempre amor
(Portuguese modinhas)
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1 Dize amor
2 Por ti amado
3 Já podes, monstro inhumano
4 Erva mimoza do campo
5 A noiva do sepulcro (Uma cruz e branca pedra)
6 Em qualquer parte que esteja
7 Meus suspiros, meus lamentos
8 Se te adoro e te prefiro
9 Cupido tirando dos hombros
10 A palmeira (Só tu escutas)
11 De huma simples amizade
12 Lisongeira doce esperança
13 Do ciume, atróz veneno
14 Deu signal a campa triste
15 Se os meus suspiros podessem
16 Deliro, e sospiro
17 Nasce amor da sympathia
Total timing: [55:27] Click
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Our second
CD, Sempre Amor, is a selection of Portuguese modinhas,
performed by renowned soprano, Lorna Anderson, to the tuneful strains of
the Apollo Chamber Players. Cellist
and musical director of the Apollo Chamber Players, David Chernaik, has
arranged all the works on the CD for the ensemble, transcribing directly
from the original song sheets.
In
1807 the Portuguese Royal Family, threatened by an impending invasion of
Napoleon's armies, fled to Rio de Janeiro where they remained until 1821. Modinhas were the most popular musical form
created for the salons of this Portuguese/Brazilian society.
They are solo songs in which the charm of the Italian aria
cantabile and the canzonetta of Neapolitan opera are combined with the
seductive and sensuous melodies originally sung by African slaves and
adopted by both Brazilian and Portuguese composers.
The
original modinhas would have been intended for Portuguese guitar or
piano. Here they are arranged
for string quartet with double bass and occasionally an obbligato flute.
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