Ernesto Nazareth Discography
We had the message below from Alexandre Dias, the complete Ernesto Nazareth
Discography has just been uploaded at the IMS website. A most comprehensive
work is now available here.
"It is with immense joy and pride that I inform that Ernesto Nazareth is the
first composer in the world to have his discography entirely available online.
At the website www.ernestonazareth150anos.com.br - discography section
("discografia/gravações") an extensive table is available, which catalogs
around 2.500 recordings of Nazareth's compositions made from 1902 to the
present, in the whole world.
And to make the catalog richer, 2.043 recordings are available to be listened
instantly on stream (downloads are not available). You just have to click on a
line, and the player will appear. Then click on the play button.
There we have the first Brazilian 78-RPM recordings ever made, in the first
decade of the 20th century by legendary Casa Edison, with the military bands
and some of the first choro ensembles, going through Nazareth's own
recordings, the explosion of his music in 1914 in the U.S. and Paris, the
transition period in the 1940s with American influences, the first
anthological LPs from the 1950s with Jacob do Bandolim, Radamés Gnattali and
Carolina Cardoso de Menezes, the popular singers, his great re-descovery by
the pianists Eudóxia de Barros in 1963 and Arthur Moreira Lima in 1975, which
led his works definitely into the concert halls, entering the CD era with
espectacular arrangements for the most diverse instrumentations, including
symphonic orchestra, in a time which Japaneses, Americans, Frenchs,
Norwegians, Uruguayans, Canadians, Icelanders, Brazilians, and many others,
record him, showing the long reach of his works.
This is a previously unpublished research which I've been doing for the past
13 years, which shows that Ernesto Nazareth is one of Brazil's most recorded
and cherished composers. To see it made available represents a more-than-
dream, which was only possible thanks to the extraordinary vision of Instute
Moreira Salles, represented by Bia Paes Leme and Paulo Aragão, also
coordinators of the website.
Help us spread the word about it.
I wish you all a deep dive into the universe of Nazareth's discography, and
that you may always marvel yourselves with the possibilities of his music.
Cheers,
--
Alexandre Dias
Congratulations to Alexandre Dias and the staff at IMS for managing a great
work!
---
Jo
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