Obrigado Brazil: Live in Concert – Yo-Yo Ma

Obrigado Brazil: Live in Concert – Yo-Yo Ma

2004 / Sony

Recorded live at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York, this album captures the vibrant atmosphere of the Obrigado Brazil tour. Yo-Yo Ma is joined by Sérgio and Odair Assad, Cyro Baptista, Paquito D'Rivera, and other Brazilian musicians in live performances that reflect the energy and spontaneity of the project. The repertoire spans Brazilian classics and contemporary works in arrangements that celebrate cultural and sonic fusion.

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2007

Jardim Abandonado

In their seventh album for Nonesuch, Jardim Abandonado, Sérgio and Odair present a selection of pieces from their performance repertoire of the past ten years. The album was nominated for two Latin Grammy Awards, including Best Classical Album, and won in the category of Best Classical Contemporary Composition for Sérgio Assad's Tahhiyya Li Ossoulina. The album pays tribute to Brazilian master Antônio Carlos Jobim, featuring three of his compositions, along with original works by Sérgio Assad, his daughter Clarice Assad, and transcriptions of pieces by Darius Milhaud and Claude Debussy.

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1989

Guitars: Brazilian Memory Project

A project featuring recordings from a series of concerts held at Teatro Cultura Artística in São Paulo, between May 31 and July 5, 1989. The album presents an extensive repertoire covering both classical and contemporary Brazilian composers, exploring the various branches of Brazilian music for guitar. Alongside renowned guitarists such as Ulisses Rocha, Egberto Gismonti, and Marco Pereira, the Assad brothers offer technically refined performances that highlight pieces which have established the guitar as a central instrument in Brazilian music.

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1988

Alma Brasileira

An album dedicated to Brazilian music, exploring the boundaries between classical and popular genres. It includes works by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Hermeto Pascoal, and original compositions by Sérgio Assad, reflecting the richness and complexity of Brazil's musical tradition. According to Sérgio, it's a type of music that defies categorization — 'some call it jazz, others call it avant-garde, but in Brazil we simply call it popular music.'

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1985

Latin American Music for Two Guitars

Debut album of the Assad Duo on the American label Nonesuch, it features works by Latin American composers, including Tango Suite by Astor Piazzolla, written especially for and dedicated to the Assad brothers, as well as original compositions by Sérgio Assad. The repertoire highlights the rhythmic and harmonic elements characteristic of Latin American music, explored with precision and interpretive depth. The album marks the beginning of the duo's collaboration with the label and reinforces their central role in promoting the Latin American guitar repertoire on the international stage.

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Obrigado Brazil: Live in Concert – Yo-Yo Ma