Monday, October 29, 2007

Altamiro Carrilho e Sua Bandinha - A Bordo do Vera Cruz (1960)

Hello, good evening! It has been a very long time since we released an album by the Brazilian flutist virtuoso Altamiro Carrilho, an artist with a career that spans decades, since the late 30's until today. Altamiro Carrilho is strongly associated with the Choro genre, but he recorded several other styles, including the one made available though this album, known as Musica de Banda, very similar to the recent albums released at Loronix recorded by military bands. Let's see.

This is Altamiro Carrilho e Sua Bandinha - A Bordo do Vera Cruz (1960), for Copacabana, featuring a repertoire of Portuguese tunes performed as Musica de Banda. Vera Cruz is a Portuguese cruiser ship that made his first trip in 1952 and kept regular trips to Brazil during eight years. The front cover shows Altamiro Carrilho e Sua Bandinha inside Vera Cruz, which is also available at the picture on your left. I hope our very good friends from Portugal, which is country number 12 in terms of number of visits at Loronix. Tracks include:

01 - Marcha do Centenário (Raul Ferrão / Frederico Brito)
02 - Coimbra (Raul Ferrão / José Galhardo)
03 - Vira do Minho (Tavares Bello)
04 - Arraial de Santo Antônio (Julio Dantas / Frederico de Freitas)
05 - Bailinho da Madeira (Maximiano Gomes / Mário Teixeira)
06 - Tiroliroliro (José Augusto de Souza Pinto)
07 - Cantiga da Rua (A. Melo / J. Bastos)
08 - Rosinha dos Limões (Artur Ribeiro)
09 - Uma Casa Portuguesa (Artur Fonseca / Reinaldo Ferreira / Vasco de Matos Sequeira)
10 - Corridinho 1951 (José Gomes Figueiredo)
11 - Canção do Mar (Ferrer Trindade / Frederico Brito)
12 - Ó Rosa Arredonda a Saia (A. Lopes)