Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Lenita Bruno - Modinhas fora de Moda (1958) arrangements by Leo Peracchi

Some albums puts a question mark in front of me with a disturbing question: why did not make it earlier? And that's exactly what I'm asking myself now; I have this album with me years before creating Loronix. Perhaps I thought we need more time to understand it better. In spite of being an acclaimed masterpiece, Modinhas fora de Mora is not for beginners, it brings a very old Brazilian music style, Modinhas. According with my searches, the Modinha style is considered the first Brazilian authentic musical creation of the modern ages, which is something that puts the style before the creation of Samba, Choro and many others. The creation of the Modinha is estimated in the year of 1787. Let's see.

This is Lenita Bruno - Modinhas Fora de Moda (1958), for Festa, featuring the singing of the acclaimed Lenita Bruno and arrangements of his husband, Maestro Leo Peracchi. Credits should be also given to Irineu Garcia, which is the owner of the legendary label Festa, responsible for several important releases, such as the album considered one of the Bossa Nova first steps, Cancao do Amor Demais with Elizeth Cardoso, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes. Modinhas Fora de Moda also received enthusiastic acknowledgements from Maestro Heitor Villa Lobos, considering this album an extraordinary record for its music and also for the work made by Irineu Garcia, Leo Peracchi and Lenita Bruno to revisit the old genre. Lenita Bruno singing is wonderful and Maestro Leo Peracchi makes a fantastic job on arrangements. Tracks include:

01 - Cantigas (Alberto Nepomuceno / Branca Colaço)
02 - Casinha Pequenina (Tradicional / Adpt. Léo Peracchi)
03 - Se os Meus Suspiros Pudessem (Batista Siqueira)
04 - Hei de Amar-te Até Morrer (Mário de Andrade)
05 - Canção da Felicidade (Barroso Neto / Nosor Sanches)
06 - Lundú da Marquesa de Santos (Villa-Lobos / Viriato Correia)
07 - Conselhos (Carlos Gomes / Velho Experiente)
08 - Foi Numa Noite Calmosa (Luciano Gallet)
09 - Cantiga (Barroso Neto / Luis Guimarães)
10 - Róseas Flores da Alvorada (Mário de Andrade)
11 - Modinha (Jaime Ovalle / Manuel Bandeira)
12 - 1ª Trova (Alberto Nepomuceno / Joaquim Osório Duque Estrada)
13 - 2ª Trova (Alberto Nepomuceno / Magalhães Azeredo)