Tatiana Pavlova - Joaninha da Ternura

Joaninha da Ternura

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I couldn’t have imagined, when I met that girl, in a hotel lobby in Lisbon, in July 1994, that I was prepared for the privileges that, even then - and now for all of us - “signal” the passion of being human. The months passed and our friendship grew and ripened. Fortunately, at this moment of disagreements and differences between nearly all the peoples of the world, there appears a “light” of integration, respect, benevolence, and hope, in the voice of Tatiana Pavlova. The joy of being able to listen to her, in the fine quality sound of this CD, reinforces my desire and hope that she can and should be heard by all, everywhere. What a lovely gamut - such variations of forms and languages present on this disk! What a beautiful voice, contradictory in its fragility and determination! The “melodies in the orchestrations” are so clear that they mingle with the words of the songs in her marvelous piano accompaniment. Tatiana Pavlova, my hope is to seek and hear her in all the stages of the world, so in need of her courageous “depth” of talent and gift. My friend, thank you for your music, which I will continue to desire forever. Egberto Gismonti.

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Performer(s)

Tatiana Pavlova (piano and voice)

Composer(s)

All music by Tatiana Pavlova Lyrics by: Joaquim Pessoa / Tatiana Pavlova / Louis Aragon / Francesco Pastonchi / Pablo Neruda / Stéphane Mallarmé / Ossip Mandelstam / Gustave Thibon / Ramiro Isaza / Serguei Essenin / Scott Allen Schultz / Claude Socorri / Anna Achmatova / Wang Wei / Dario Zuluaga

Work(s)

Canção de Amor / Baloiço Enferrujado / Le Temps C\'Est Toi / I Lontani Monti / Rosa da Melancolia / Tu Risa / L\'Apparition / Tu Não Voltas / Cativeiro da Floresta / Sarabanda / En Busqueda de Ternura / Sole and Miele / Nos Olhos de Isa / Laisse-moi Partir / Amigo Arbol / Última Carícia / Non Vagheremo Piú / Memória / macieira / Joaninha / The Island Reflection / Ausência / Le Coeur / Vazio / Aurora de Beijos / Turbamento / Le Prunier D\'Hiver / As Palavras / Sin Latir / Reino das Aves

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João Pedro Oliveira - Electronic and Computer Music

Electronic and Computer Music


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João Pedro Oliveira (1959) began his musical studies at the Center for Gregorian Studies, continuing his work at the Gregorian Institute of Lisbon, where he graduated the class in organ, oriented by Prof. Sibertin-Blanc. Since 1978 he has dedicated his work to composition, attending Composition Seminars with Emmanuel Nunes. From 1985 to 1990 he studied in the United States with scholarships from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and from the Luso-American Cultural Commission. He studied at Brooklyn College and at the University of New York at Stony Brook, where he obtained the degrees: Doctor of Music in the field of Composition, and Master of Music in the field of Theory.

“…The basic content of this collection of five works brings novel sonorities to the electronic music domain. In a certain manner, it has a component of research, that encompasses the notion of a broadened sonorous palette, which is viewed in different ways in each work. The audible result, no doubt interesting, immerses us in the multiple universe of sounds, displaying a great search at the level of timbral effects….” “This recording is, finally, a praiseworthy undertaking, which constitutes a step in the dissemination of works by Portuguese composers of the new generation…” “...This disc brings together all the electronic music in the catalog of current works by Oliveira....” “... but, it is evident, the musical work is open to a great variety of presuppositions for listening and it is impossible not to recognize an admirable sensibility to sonorous color as a discursive element in these works. Especially seductive is the mysterious sensuality of the “Ilha dos Amores” which concludes the “Tríptico”, inspired by "Os Lusíadas" or in the atmospheric "Silence to Light"... " A disk that attains the level of masterpiece and shows the vivacity of New Portuguese Music.

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Performer(s)

João Pedro Oliveira

Composer(s)

João Pedro Oliveira

Work(s)

Tríptico / A Cidade Eterna / Psalmus / Silence to Light / Canticum

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