Mariana Cirne introduces herself and asks... >...if any of you piano fans have heard of Ernesto Nazareth. If not, I >would recommend a cd recorded by Arthur Moreira Lima (excellent Brazilian >pianist), which you can get at Amazon. Nazareth is sometimes heavily >influenced by Chopin, but most of the time he's very original - you can >hear the typical Brazilian flavor that later gave birth to samba, etc. Indeed -- and a miraculous discovery he is too. On a trip to Rio in '98 I heard a piano bar player indulge his fancy for Nazareth;'s music late at night -- my introduction to music that has become almost obsessional for me. I can't hear enough of it, despite the fact that one or two of my acquaintances dismiss it as "pub music." Popularly-inspired it may be -- pedestrian it is most certainly not! Discs I can recommend from personal experience: Koch Schwann 3-1182-2 H1 "Brasilianische Klaviermusik" Vol 2 -- Marcello Verzoni playing Villa-Lobos, Nazareth (Confidencias and Perigoso), Santoro, Guarnieri, Nepomuceno, Mignone, Nobre and Callado. Koch Schwann/Musica Mundi 310 019G1 Vol. 1 of the above series, Verzoni playing more Villa-Lobos and Guarnieri, and Nazareth's Escorregando, Duvidoso, Garoto, Faceira, Apanhei-te cavaquinho, Remando, Bambino and Favorito. Four of these are tangos, imbued with all the exuberance, liveliness and verve that makes it impossible not to tap the foot restlessly while listening. I believe I got these two discs a couple of years ago from Berksire Record Outlet -- not sure if they're still available or not. Oh -- and welcome to The List, Mariana! Thanks for the excuse to wax enthusiastically about one of the stars in my own journey of discovery!! Tim Mahon [log in to unmask]