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Brazil
Stacey Kent, Bernard Lavilliers Quatuor Ebène

[ Erato / CD ]

Release Date: Thursday 10 April 2014

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On this latest album from the Ébène Quartet, it's Brazil as you've never heard it before. Following their acclaimed Jazz/rock/pop fusion album Fiction (one of NPR's Top Albums, all genres 2011), the Ébène Quartet have made a mixture of bossa nova and samba, shaken up into an intoxicating cocktail of rhythms and melodies from a diverse range of cultures, countries, and musical traditions. Music includes the score from Terry Gilliam's 1985 film Brazil, Argentinian tango, and numbers by a variety of song writers such as Stevie Wonder, Sting, and Charlie Chaplin. Joining the Ébène Quartet to add even more spice to an already stellar album are French singer-songwriter Bernard Lavilliers and the stylish American jazz singer Stacey Kent.

"You don't have to be a fan of string quartets or the World Cup to love the Quatuor Ebène's laidback exploration of popular music written in or inspired by Brazil" (The TImes, May 2014)

Tracks:

1) O'gringo (with Bernard Lavilliers)
(Music & Lyrics: Bernard Lavilliers)
2) So nice (with Stacey Kent)
(Music & Lyrics: Marcos Valle/ Paulo Valle /Adaptation: Norman Gimbel)
3) I can't help it (with Stacey Kent)
(Music : Stevie Wonder /Lyrics: Susaye Greene)
4) Ana Maria
(Music : Wayne Shorter)
5) Fragile (with Stacey Kent)
(Music & Lyrics : Sting)
6) Guitar Song (with Bernard Lavilliers)
(Music & Lyrics: Bernard Lavilliers)
7) Aguas de Marcos (with Stacey Kent & Marcos Valle)
(Music & Lyrics: Tom Jobim)
8) Bebê
(Music: Hermeto Pasquale)
9) The Ice hotel (with Stacey Kent)
(Music & Lyrics : Jim Tomlinson, Kazuo Ishiguro)
10) Salomé (with Bernard Lavilliers)
(Music & Lyrics : Bernard Lavilliers)
11) Libertango
(Music : Astor Piazzolla)
12) Smile (with Stacey Kent)
(Music : Charlie Chaplin / Lyrics : Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner)
13) Brazil Odyssey (with Brazil Choir & Brazil String Orchestra)
(Music : Pierre Colombet/Gabriel Le Magadure/Mathieu Herzog/Raphaël Merlin, on a theme by Ary Barroso / Lyrics : Bob Russell)