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Obrigado, Brazil
Duo Assad

Obrigado, Brazil

2003 / Sony

A studio album marking the meeting between Yo-Yo Ma's cello and Brazilian music. Accompanied by the Assad Duo, Rosa Passos, César Camargo Mariano, Romero Lubambo, and others, Yo-Yo Ma immerses himself in Brazil's rhythms and harmonies with refined interpretations of works by Tom Jobim, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Sérgio Assad, Pixinguinha, and more. A Grammy-winning project praised for its sophistication and deep respect for Brazil's musical essence.

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O Clássico Violão Popular Brasileiro
2015

O Clássico Violão Popular Brasileiro

A commemorative album marking 50 years of Sérgio and Odair Assad's career, this recording pays tribute to key composers in the history of Brazilian guitar. The repertoire spans pioneers to modern masters, including João Pernambuco, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Garoto, Baden Powell, Luiz Bonfá, Egberto Gismonti, and Radamés Gnattali.

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Sérgio & Odair Assad & Paquito D'Rivera: Dances from the New World
2013

Sérgio & Odair Assad & Paquito D'Rivera: Dances from the New World

A vibrant collaboration with acclaimed Cuban clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera, blending Latin American rhythms and classical guitar technique to explore the 'New World' of jazz and Latin music.

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Sérgio and Odair Assad Play Piazzolla
2001

Sérgio and Odair Assad Play Piazzolla

A tribute to the great Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla, adapted for two guitars. Originally influenced by tango and classical music, Piazzolla's compositions take on new dimensions through the precise arrangements and technical brilliance of the Assad brothers, emphasizing the rhythmic and harmonic complexity of nuevo tango. The album won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Tango Album.

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Three Double Concertos
2000

Three Double Concertos

This album presents three contemporary concertos for guitar and orchestra, all in world premiere recordings. Greek guitarist Costas Cotsiolis and Cuban violinist Isel Rodriguez Trujillo perform Omaggio a Paganini by Leo Brouwer; Sérgio and Odair Assad premiere the Concerto for Two Guitars by Edino Krieger, specially commissioned for this project; and Argentine guitarist Eduardo Isaac joins bandoneonist Marcelo Nisinman for Piazzolla's Concerto for Guitar and Bandoneón. Performed with the Córdoba Orchestra under the baton of Leo Brouwer.

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