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Sandra Medeiros (soprano) & Joana Seara (soprano), Joana Seara (soprano), Taro Takeuchi (guitar) & Zak Ozmo (guitar), Sandra Medeiros (soprano), David Gordon (harpsichord) & Zak Ozmo (guitar), Sandra Medeiros (soprano) & David Gordon (harpsichord), David Gordon (harpsichord)

L'Avventura...

Stylistically, the songs are a curious fusion of polite salon music of a somewhat saccharine sentimentality - epitome of the fashionable and graceful Galant style - and the sensual melodies and... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 29th Oct 2012
Catalogue No: CDA67904
Label: Hyperion
Length: 71 minutes

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anon.: Ganinha, minha Ganinha

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Sandra Medeiros (soprano), Joana Seara (soprano)
L'Avventura London
Žak Ozmo

Leite, A: Tempo que breve passaste

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Joana Seara (soprano)
L'Avventura London
Žak Ozmo

Leite, A: Tocata do Sr Francisco Gerardo

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Taro Takeuchi (guitar), Žak Ozmo (guitar)
L'Avventura London
Žak Ozmo

anon.: Foi por mim, foi pela sorte

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Sandra Medeiros (soprano)
L'Avventura London
Žak Ozmo

Leite, A: Onde vas linda Negrinha

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Sandra Medeiros (soprano), Joana Seara (soprano)
L'Avventura London
Žak Ozmo

Avondano, P A: Minuet IV

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L'Avventura London
Žak Ozmo

anon.: A minha Nerina

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Joana Seara (soprano)
L'Avventura London
Žak Ozmo

anon.: É delícia ter amor

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L'Avventura London
Žak Ozmo

Portugal: Você trata amor em brinco

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Sandra Medeiros (soprano), Joana Seara (soprano)
L'Avventura London
Žak Ozmo

Leite, A: Minuete

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Taro Takeuchi (guitar), Žak Ozmo (guitar)
L'Avventura London
Žak Ozmo

Portugal: Já, já me vai, Marília

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Sandra Medeiros (soprano)
L'Avventura London
Žak Ozmo

Maurício: Sobre as asas da ternura

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Sandra Medeiros (soprano), Joana Seara (soprano)
L'Avventura London
Žak Ozmo

Seixas: Toccata No. 8

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David Gordon (harpsichord), Žak Ozmo (guitar)
L'Avventura London
Žak Ozmo

Maurício: Que fiz eu à natureza?

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Joana Seara (soprano)
L'Avventura London
Žak Ozmo

Avondano, P A: Minuet VI

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L'Avventura London
Žak Ozmo

Portugal: Cuidados, tristes cuidados

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Sandra Medeiros (soprano), David Gordon (harpsichord)
L'Avventura London
Žak Ozmo

Maurício: É amor a lei suave

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Sandra Medeiros (soprano)
L'Avventura London
Žak Ozmo

Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K466 in F minor

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David Gordon (harpsichord)
L'Avventura London
Žak Ozmo

anon.: Os 'me deixas' que tu dás

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Sandra Medeiros (soprano), Joana Seara (soprano)
L'Avventura London
Žak Ozmo

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L’Avventura London and their director Zak Ozmo make their debut on Hyperion with a lusciously saucy album of Portuguese love songs from the eighteenth century. Described by a contemporary visitor as ‘voluptuous and bewitching’, these modinhas have an uncertain genesis, but it is likely they reached Portugal from its overseas dominion of Brazil. Two highly contrasting styles predominate: one melancholic and lyrical, and the other bright and rhythmic, often with syncopated rhythms in the voice. Also interspersed are instrumental works from the period.

The spirited players of L’Avventura London are joined by two Portuguese sopranos, Sandra Medeiros and Joana Seara, who are also early music specialists in their own right.

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L'Avventura London, Zak Ozmo (director)

Reviews

February 2013

Stylistically, the songs are a curious fusion of polite salon music of a somewhat saccharine sentimentality - epitome of the fashionable and graceful Galant style - and the sensual melodies and vigorous dance rhythms of Latino folk, imported from Brazil...L'Avventura's performances tend towards the genteel, suggesting decorous courtly soirees rather than raunchy street theatre...These are, in short, charming accounts

February 2013

[Seara] blends well with Medeiros and you get accustomed to the strong hint of citrus in their voices...The percussion...consists of a shaker in one number and the cellist tapping her instrument like a drum! Yet that's a major part of the appeal of this 'fusion' disc, melding 'classical' and popular idioms in a manner that recalls Chrstina Pluhar's L'Arpeggiata discs.

3rd June 2013

This disc is packed full of the charming and the poignant. Surprise yourself. I doubt that anyone with heart will be disappointed.

Early Music Today

This excellently researched, performed and packaged album of songs and Portuguese instrumental music a revelation. Guitarist Žak Ozmo and his instrumental group L’Avventura London are joined by two Portuguese sopranos, Sandra Medeiros and Joana Seara, and their fervent – occasionally wild – singing is perfect for the intertwining lines and suggestive harmonies of the modinhas...Ravishing on disc, this programme should be even more enjoyable live in concert.

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