Three Double Concertos

2000 / GHA

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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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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1997

Soul of the Tango

An album by cellist Yo-Yo Ma celebrating Argentine tango, with guest appearances by the Assad brothers among others. The repertoire features interpretations of Astor Piazzolla's works, showcasing the soul and intricacy of tango.

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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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1978

Complete Works for Solo Guitar by Villa-Lobos

The first complete edition of the solo guitar works of Heitor Villa-Lobos. This recording represents an important milestone in consolidating the Brazilian classical guitar repertoire, bringing together compositions that are now considered essential in the instrument's concert tradition. The album contributes to the dissemination of Villa-Lobos' legacy and affirms the guitar's role as an expressive and authentic voice of Brazilian music.

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