Samba de janeiro violin12/28/2023 The French baroque composer, Marin Marais is still today the most representative player and composer for the viola da gamba. Nadine Balbeisi and Fernando Marín have dedicated many years to researching this highly esteemed art form in their duo Cantar alla Viola, singing with a viol. Fernando Marín has made arrangements of these Spanish and Portuguese pieces and uses a very special technique to accompany the voice. The charming Iberian Renaissance pieces Van y Vienen las olas, Meis ollos van per lo mare and En una fuente are 2 and 3 voice songs interpreted here by one voice accompanied by the viola da gamba. The CD “De rio a Rio” – from river to river (and Rio de Janeiro) – is a compilation of different cultures, connecting Spanish, Portuguese and Brazilian music. Brazil is a country with numerous rivers, springs and currents including the Amazon, the largest river of the world. It reaches and dissolves into the Atlantic Ocean, continuing until Rio de Janeiro’s coasts. A journey begins at the birthplace of the Tajo and flows through Spain until Lisbon, entering its main port for Portuguese culture. Water pulsates, vibrates, and flows within us in a common language between nature and man. These waters nourish the meadows where lambs graze, whose guts are made into strings for the vihuela. Their wood is then used to create “vihuelas” (early bowed instruments). The Tagus (Tajo-Tejo) river begins at the heart of the mountains of Albarracín in Northeastern Spain, where impressive trees feed from these clear waters. In addition to goods, they carried ideas and art. Rivers and seas, being great transmitters of culture, played a valuable role in the history of the Iberian Peninsula and South America. All together, Nadine Balbeisi’s delicate and refined voice, Jean Kleeb’s mastery of playing bossa chords on the clavichord and Fernando Marín’s skillful bowing of the viola da gamba create a perfect musical simbiosis. With her experience in Renaissance singing, Nadine Balbeisi gives emphasis on a genuine and pure sound for the Brazilian songs, adding a light brilliance to bossa nova standards. This sound, in combination with a specific technique developed by gambist Fernando Marín, offers a new experience for the world of jazz and bossa. The natural gut strings of the viol create a pure and organic sound. The subtle timbres and the versatile sounds of the clavichord together with the viola da gamba match perfectly with the spirit of Brazilian music, revealing the connection between the elements (scales, rhythms and temperaments) of popular and early music. The pure, light sounds of early music instruments blend with the vivacious rhythms and rich harmonies of samba and bossa nova. Viola da Samba, (a wordplay on samba being played on a viola da gamba), is a project creating a bridge between Renaissance and Brazilian popular music.
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