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Quaternaglia Guitar Quartet
Four


Four CD cover.

Tracks
01 – Así era la dancita aquella! (divertimento)*

– Symphonic Dances from West Side Story –
02 – Prologue (allegro moderato)
03 – Somewhere (adagio)
04 – Scherzo (vivace e leggiero)
05 – Mambo (meno presto)
06 – Cha-cha (andantino con grazia)
07 – Meeting scene (meno mosso)
08 – Cool fugue (allegretto)
09 – Rumble (molto allegro)
10 – Final (adagio)

11 – Four for tango

– Memorial Para Un Regreso*
12 – Brava mar
13 – España en el corazón
14 – Exilio

Length: 50:33
*Dedicated to Quaternaglia Guitar Quartet, first recording.
Composers: track 1 (Leo Brouwer); tracks 2-10 (Leonard Bernstein); track 11 (Astor Piazzolla); tracks 12-14 (Javier Farías). Arrangements: tracks 2-10 (Thiago Tavares); track 11 (Fabio Ramazzina).
Musicians
Chrystian Dozza: guitar
Fabio Ramazzina: guitar
Thiago Abdalla: guitar
Sidney Molina: guitar

Sample Track
Here's a sample track from Four. This is Leo Brouwer's composition, “Así era la dancita aquella!” (If you don't see the audio player below, please update your browser. The file might take 30 seconds or more to load, depending on the speed of your internet connection and CPU.)


Website: www.quaternaglia.com.br
Record label: GuitarCoop
Distribution: GuitarCoop and Tratore



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Duo Violão + 1
História do Choro


História do Choro CD cover.

Tracks
01 – Ali Babá
02 – Conceição
03 – Janniquinha
04 – Terna saudade
05 – Brejeiro
06 – Tô fraco
07 – Lundú da Marquesa de Santos
08 – Lamentos
09 – Remexendo
10 – Remelexo
11 – Choro em Niterói
12 – Cecilia no choro

Length: 39:16
Track 11 composed by Rogério Souza and Tiago Souza; track 12 composed and arranged by Ami Molinelli and Edinho Gerber. All other arrangements by Rogério Souza.
Musicians
Rogério Souza: 7-string guitar on tracks 1-11
Edinho Gerber: 7-string guitar on tracks 1-11; 12-string bandolão and 7-string guitar on track 12
Ami Molinelli: udu/moringa on tracks 1 & 7; pandeiro on tracks 2, 3 & 6; pandeiro, afoxé and pratos/hi-hat on track 5; pandeiro and tamborim on tracks 8 & 9; pandeiro, tamborim, panela and rebolo on track 10; pandeiro, tamborim and caixa de fósforos on track 11; pandeiro, caxixi, cajón and all other percussion on track 12

Sample Track
Here's a sample track from História do Choro. This is Jacob do Bandolim's composition, “Remelexo.” (If you don't see the audio player below, please update your browser. The file might take 30 seconds or more to load, depending on the speed of your internet connection and CPU.)


Websites: www.duoviolaobrasil.com and www.amimo.com
Record label: Amimo Productions
Distribution: CDBaby



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Natalie Cressman & Ian Faquini
Setting Rays of Summer


Setting Rays of Summer CD cover.

Tracks
01 – Terê
02 – L'aube
03 – Lenga lenga
04 – Debandada
05 – Setting rays of summer
06 – Mandingueira
07 – My heart again will rise
08 – Uirapuru
09 – Museu Nacional
09 – Sereia

Length: 37:46
All music composed by Ian Faquini. Lyrics written by Natalie Cressman (tracks 2, 5 & 7), Iara Ferreira (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 10), and Rogério Santos (tracks 3 & 8).
Musicians
Natalie Cressman: trombone and vocals
Ian Faquini: guitar and vocals

Sample Track
Here's a sample track from Setting Rays of Summer. This is “Lenga lenga,” written by Ian Faquini with lyrics by Rogério Santos. (If you don't see the audio player below, please update your browser. The file might take 30 seconds or more to load, depending on the speed of your internet connection and CPU.)


Websites: www.nataliecressman.com and www.ianfaquini.com
Record label: Cressman Music
Distribution: iTunes and Bandcamp





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