I have discovered a video with a small mandolin orchestra from Brazil. The very special about this orchestra is that the members of this group are five old ladies aged between 78 and 85 years. I was really surprised when I found this video! This is the youtube video with the orchestra Bandolineiras de Oeiras: …
Dudu Maia and his group AQuattro have recorded a CD with compositions by Luperce Miranda some years ago. Luperce Miranda was a bandolim player and composer who has composed many great choros. I have bought the CD by AQuattro as well as a book with choros by Luperce Miranda and I liked to play some …
Choros by Luperce Miranda – with Dudu Maia – Bandolim Read More »
Revendo o Passado is a great choro waltz by Freire Júnior. You can find more information about Freire Júnior at the end of this post. I have found many interesting versions of this choro, played by guitar, bandolim, cavaquinho, clarinet as well as sung versions. I have even found a version played by a trombone. …
Today I have listened to another choro from the Songbook Choro – Remexendo – a happy choro by Radamés Gnatalli . On my homepage MandoIsland I am working on a projec twhere I try to find videos and additional information about the 97 choros contained in the Songbook Choro. The Songbook Choro project pages can …