Track Listing
Click tracks with speaker icon to listen| 1 | Sonata in C Major L. 305 / K. 251 (Scarlatti, transc. S. Assad) | 2:38 |
| 2 | Allemande (Rameau) | 4:13 |
| 3 | Gigues 1 & 2 (Rameau) | 3:42 |
| 4 | Rigaudon (Rameau) | 1:43 |
| 5 | Musette en Rondeau (Rameau) | 2:21 |
| 6 | Le Rappel des Oiseaux (Rameau) | 2:42 |
| 7 | Le Rardon (Rameau) | 0:51 |
| 8 | La Follette (Rameau) | 1:29 |
| 9 | Les Tendres Plaintes (Rameau) | 2:47 |
| 10 | Les Cyclopes (Rameau) | 3:06 |
| 11 | Le Bavolet Flottant (Couperin) | 1:43 |
| 12 | Le Carillon de Cythère (Couperin) | 3:28 |
| 13 | Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C# Major (Bach) | 3:28 |
| 14 | Sonata in E Major L. 21 / K. 162 (Scarlatti, transc. Sérgio Assad) | 5:58 |
| 15 | Sonata in F Minor L. 118 / K. 466 (Scarlatti, transc. Sérgio Assad) | 7:21 |
| 16 | Sonata in E Major L. 430 / K. 531 (Scarlatti, transc. Sérgio Assad) | 2:56 |
| 17 | Sonata in A Minor L. 241 / K. 54 (Scarlatti, transc. Sérgio Assad) | 3:44 |
| 18 | Sonata in D Minor L. 413 / K. 9 in D Minor ("Pastorale") (Scarlatti, transc. Sérgio Assad) | 4:01 |
| 19 | Sonata in G Major L. 288 / K. 432 (Scarlatti, transc. Sérgio Assad) | 2:15 |
| 20 | Sonata in D Major L. 465 / K. 96 (Scarlatti, transc. Sérgio Assad) | 4:50 |
| 21 | Sonata in D Major L. 107 / K. 140 (Scarlatti, transc. Sérgio Assad) | 3:25 |
| 22 | Sonata in D Minor L. 422 / K. 141 (Toccata) (Scarlatti, transc. Sérgio Assad) | 3:27 |
News & Reviews
- Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Cal Performances 2011–12 Season to Include Dawn Upshaw, Kronos Quartet, Rokia Traoré, Sérgio & Odair Assad, Richard Goode
Cal Performances at the University of California, Berkeley, has announced its 2011–12 season, which will feature performances from a number of performers familiar to readers of the Nonesuch Journal: Dawn Upshaw and Rokia Traoré, each in a collaboration with director Peter Sellars, the latter also with novelist Toni Morrison; Kronos Quartet in the Bay Area premiere of Steve Reich's WTC 9/11; Sérgio and Odair Assad; and Richard Goode.
- Thursday, April 8, 2010
Brazilian-Born Guitar Duo Sérgio and Odair Assad Explore Their Lebanese Roots on Concert Tour
Brazilian-born guitar duo Sérgio and Odair Assad are delving deeper into their roots in a series of live performances titled De Volta as Raizes (Back to our Roots). The concerts examine the brothers' ancestral roots in Lebanon, following the success of Sérgio's Latin Grammy-winning composition "Tahhiyya li ossoulina," off their most recent Nonesuch release, Jardim abandonado. They'll be joined by pianist/singer/composer Clarice Assad, percussionist Jamey Haddad, and Lebanese singer Christiane Karam in an exploration of the ties between the musics of the Middle East and Brazil.
About this Album
The Assad brothers' third Nonesuch recording features music of the Baroque period, transcribed by Sérgio Assad. While best-known for their performances of Latin American works, the Assads’ US tours have won them acclaim for their idiomatic performances of Scarlatti and Rameau, which are featured on this recording, along with the Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp Major by Bach and two pieces by Couperin.
Credits
MUSICIANS
Sérgio Assad, Odair Assad, guitar
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced and engineered by Judith Sherman
Recorded November 1991 at Caraïbes Studio, Brussels, Belgium
Tracks 1, 14-22 composed by Scarlatti, transc. Sérgio Assad; 2-10 by Rameau; 11, 12 by Couperin; 13 by Bach.
Design by Tomoyo T.L. (Karath=Razar)
Cover photographs by Roberto Schezen from Italian Splendor, publ. Rizzoli, New York
