Sunday, January 27, 2008

Sebastiao Tapajos - O Violao E... Tapajos (1968)

This is probably the most complex album restoration made so far at Loronix, including cover artworks and especially the music. I had to use that equilibrium of noise reduction against loss of frequencies, and I stood in the middle of it. There are many pops, clicks, clacks and hiss across the music, but this album is so beautiful and so hard to find that I decided to show friends, in spite of these problems. Let's see.

This is Sebastiao Tapajos - O Violao E... Tapajos (1968), for Forma, the second album released by Sebastiao Tapajos, one of the greatest Brazilian guitarists, featuring only Sebastiao Tapajos and his violao, produced by Joao Mello. I think I said what I want in the beginning and this is a self-explanatory release, my apologies for the quality of the transfer. Tracks include:

01 - Doublé (Da Bourrée) (Johann Sebastian Bach)
02 - Canção do Fogo-fátuo (Falla)
03 - Cadência (Do Concerto Para Violão e Orquestra) (Villa-Lobos)
04 - La Catedral (A. Barrios)
05 - Cantiga (Da Suíte Nº 2) (Nicanor Teixeira)
06 - Czardas (V. Monti)
07 - Vento Vadio (Baden Powell)
08 - Carimbó (Sebastião Tapajós / Valmiki)
09 - Crepúsculo (Sebastião Tapajós)
10 - Valsa de Um Sonho (Sebastião Tapajós)
11 - Marambiré (Sebastião Tapajós)
12 - Benzinho (Sebastião Tapajós / Lenora)
13 - Ave-maria (Gounod / Adpt. Sebastião Tapajós)