MIRIAM AÏDA “Letras ao Brasil”
TITLE: LETRAS AO BRASIL
ARTIST: Miriam Aïda
FORMAT: CD
CAT NR.: CTV36519
BARCODE: 4260088586193
RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW!
STYLE: Folk / World / Brasil
LABEL: CONNECTIVE RECORDS
TRACKLISTING
1. A felicidade e o Amor (När lyckan mötte kärleken)
Nils Ferlin/Vivian Myhrwold-Lassen / Guilem Rodrigues da Silva
2. Canção do Outono (Höstvisa )
Tove Jansson/ Enra Tauro / Guilem Rodrigues da Silva
3. Existe uma terra ao longe (Det ligger ett land långt borta)
Olle Adolphson/ Guilem Rodrigues da Silva
4. Canção do imigrante (Emigrantvisa)
Trad. / Guilem Rodrigues da Silva
5. Natal (När det lider mot jul)
Jeanna Oterdahl./ Ruben Liljefors / Guilem Rodrigues Da Silva
6. Com olhos sensiveis ao verde (Ögon känsliga för grönt)
Barbro Hörberg/Nils Hansén/ Guilem Rodrigues da Silva
7. A Última sambista
(Den sista jäntan)
Povel Ramel / Guilem Rodrigues da Silva
8. Uma valsa vadia (En Valsmelodi)
Nils Ferlin/Lillebror Söderlundh/ Guilem Rodrigues da Silva
9. Livraria Mágica (Violen från Flen)
Ulf Peder Olrog / Guilem Rodrigues da Silva
10. Cristal tão fino (Kristallen den fina)
Trad. / Etel Frota
11. Quem (Vem)
Olle Adophson/ Guilem Rodrigues da Silva
12. Jag har bott vid en landsväg
Charles Henry / Alvar Kraft
- Swedish traditional songs meets the music of Brazil -
The beautiful voice of Miriam Aïda takes us to the treasure of Swedish traditional songs when she breaks new ground and combines them with the exotic music of Brazil.
Miriam presents an intimate setting with voice, acoustic guitar and percussion who delivers the dynamic variation from a gentle whisper to the carnival-feeling of Rio and expressive Afro-Samba from Bahia.
The never-ending possibilities of colors and rhythms from the percussion and the intricate harmonic arrangements lifts forward Miriam Aïdas artistic way of telling a personal story through music.
Letras Ao Brasil contains new-written poetry in Portuguese interpreted from the original master poets from Sweden. Miram Aïda has realized her vision of connecting some of the best Swedish composers and lyricists with the new lyrics of highly acclaimed Brazilian poets Guilem Rodrigues da Silva and Etel Frota. The Swedish dreamy and romantic melodies are given a new flow and a natural sounding smoothness with the beautiful Brazilian language.
We also get the luxurious treatment of the trumpet sound of one of the worlds most famous classical trumpeters Håkan Hardenberger from Sweden.
Since Miriam´s successful album Meu Brasil (ctv36512), recorded with some of Rio de Janeiro´s finest musicians, she has continued to explore the Brazilian music in its different facets with the devoted musicians in this group.
Guitarist Mats Andersson, here on the unusual 7-stringed guitar and master percussionist Ola Bothzén are also found in Miriam´s other more dancefloor-music-oriented group A Bossa Eletrica.
The extraordinary seven-piece live-act A Bossa Eletrica has made a big name on the Brazilian club-scene and DJs all over the world praise the group for its deep groove and funky Brazilian vibe.
Miram Aïda and her trio have performed before a record-numbered audience on Swedish National Television sending live from Stockholm. Miriam and the trio was also guests of honor on the Swedish Christmas Celebration-show on National TV with a special-requested performance with the Letras ao Brasil-concept.
Her former albums including Meu Brasil has gained a lot of success and has taken the versatile artistry of Miram Aïda to the big festivals and concert halls in Europe and also the privilege of performing in Japan.
Miriam Aïda – “Letras ao Brasil”
Miriam Aïda – vocals
Mats Andersson – 7-stringed guitar
Ola Bothzén – percussion
Guests:
Håkan Hardenberger – trumpet
Martin Persson – accordion