Viola da Samba - De rio a Rio (2017)

Viola da Samba, (a wordplay on samba being played on a viola da gamba), is a project creating a bridge between Renaissance and Brazilian popular music. The pure, light sounds of early music instruments blend with the vivacious rhythms and rich harmonies of samba and bossa nova. The subtle timbres and the versatile sounds of the clavichord together with the viola da gamba match perfectly with the spirit of Brazilian music, revealing the connection between the elements (scales, rhythms and temperaments) of popular and early music. The natural gut strings of the viol create a pure and organic sound. This offers a new experience for the world of jazz and bossa. Altogether, Nadine Balbeisi’s delicate and refined voice, Jean Kleeb’s mastery of playing bossa chords on the clavichord and Fernando Marín’s skillful bowing of the viola da gamba create a perfect musical symbiosis.

TRACKLIST:

01. Viola da Samba - Isso aqui o que e
02. Viola da Samba - Samba em preludio
03. Viola da Samba - Outra vez
04. Viola da Samba - Sambinha
05. Viola da Samba - Samba de uma nota so
06. Viola da Samba - Trem das onze
07. Viola da Samba - Van y vienen las olas
08. Viola da Samba - Passa en la calle (Paranaue)
09. Viola da Samba - Chaconne
10. Viola da Samba - Canto a Iemanja
11. Viola da Samba - Meis ollos van perlo mare
12. Viola da Samba - Este seu olhar
13. Viola da Samba - Wave
14. Viola da Samba - Improvisation I
15. Viola da Samba - Eu sei que vou te amar
16. Viola da Samba - Gamba em preludio para Fernando
17. Viola da Samba - En una fuente
18. Viola da Samba - Improvisation II
19. Viola da Samba - Murucututu
20. Viola da Samba - Ah, se eu vou