This little Brazilian disc presents an intelligently chosen program of contemporary flute-and-piano pieces, some of them arranged for that combination, along with two works for solo flute. They are "americanos" in the broader sense; Aaron Copland's Duo for flute and piano and Michael Colina's Las islas de shoals are from the United States, while the rest of the music is Brazilian or, in the case of José Carli's Cuadros tangueros, Argentine. There were problems in the editing or the production of the booklet; AMG's copy was ...
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This little Brazilian disc presents an intelligently chosen program of contemporary flute-and-piano pieces, some of them arranged for that combination, along with two works for solo flute. They are "americanos" in the broader sense; Aaron Copland's Duo for flute and piano and Michael Colina's Las islas de shoals are from the United States, while the rest of the music is Brazilian or, in the case of José Carli's Cuadros tangueros, Argentine. There were problems in the editing or the production of the booklet; AMG's copy was missing several paragraphs of the notes, including all the material that might have pertained to Carli. A student of Piazzolla who has worked as an arranger for the 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic, he shows a real melodic gift in these four short tango-flavored movements, which serve as an enchanting sort of entr'acte in the program. Most of the music is based on popular rhythms; the opening trio of pieces by Francisca Aquino and Ricardo Vasconcellos has been more often...
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