Tony Daye, a long time host and volunteer at CKCU and founder of This Island Earth on Sundays, has been travelling through Portugal the past few weeks. I have had the pleasure of living vicariously through the amazing photographs he's been sharing of Lisbon, hiking the mountainous island of Madeira, and of Funchal. Tony and his wife Ellen are tremendous photographers (six of their photos make up the collage for today's show) and they have shown what a spectacular country Portugal is! So today I add a Lusophone soundtrack to their visuals, with music from Portugal and the Lusophone world: Angola, Cabo Verde, and Brazil.
| We begin with a Fado singer from an older generation. Fernanda Baptista was born in 1919 and lived until 2008. It is followed by the extremely sweet and delicious Ano Bobo Quartet. |
| Ontem à Noite Chovia Fernanda Baptista - Queens of Fado - ARC |
| Badia Di Fora The Ano Bobo Quartet - The Strings of Sao Domingos - Ostinato Records 
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| Maria Cze Bu Tem The Ano Bobo Quartet - The Strings of Sao Domingos - Ostinato Records
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| Canta Ku Alma Magoado The Ano Bobo Quartet - The Strings of Sao Domingos - Ostinato Records
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| Didi Di Rez Bitori - Legend of Funana - Analog Africa |
| Kantador Tito Paris - Graca de tchega - Lusafrica |
| Tudo Tem Se Limite Cesaria Evora - Cesaria - Lusafrica |
| Ausente Cristina Branco - Post-Scriptum - l'empreinte digitale |
| Cantiga de Amor Op. 9 No. 1 Jose Vianna Da Motta/Jose Vianna Da Motta - The Complete Recordings - Marston Records |
| Chula Op. 9 No. 1 Jose Vianna Da Motta/Jose Vianna Da Motta - The Complete Recordings - Marston Records |
| Valsa Caprichosa Op. 9 No. 3 Jose Vianna Da Motta/Jose Vianna Da Motta - The Complete Recordings - Marston Records |
| Mimar Voce Virginia Rodrigues - Nos - Natasha Records |
| Gienda Bonga - Kintal da Banda - Lusafrica
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| The wonderful Portuguese pianist and composer José Vianna Da Motta was the last surviving pupil of Franz Liszt. Born in 1868, he studied with Liszt in 1885 and died in 1948 after a long career as a virtuoso pianist and composer. He was instrumental to Portuguese musical life as director of the Lisbon Conservatory from 1919 to 1938. We heard several of his piano works in the first set recorded by the composer in 1928 and now the premiere recording of his 1905 piano concerto from the fabulous Romantic Piano Concerto series on Hyperion. We bookend the concerto with two 6-part Motets by two late Renaissance Portuguese composers. |
| Audivi Vocem De Caelo Duarte Lobo/The William Byrd Choir, Gavin Turner - Masterpieces of Portuguese Polyphony - Hyperion |
| Fantasia Dramatica for piano and orchestra Jose Vianna Da Motta/Artur Pizarro, Orquestra Gulbenkian, Martyn Brabbins - The Romantic Piano Concerto vol. 24 - Hyperion |
| Commissa Mea Pavesco Filipe de Magalhaes/The William Byrd Choir, Gavin Turner - Masterpieces of Portuguese Polyphony - Hyperion |
| Ending off the show with Lura, a Portuguese singer of Cabo Verdean descent and some super high energy Brazilian music, and, ending where we began, with an exquisite Fado singer. |
| M'Bem Di Fora Lura - M'Bem Di Fora - Four Quarters |
| Pai Xango Pinduca - Jambu e os miticos sons da amazonia - Analog Africa |
| A Misturada Os Muiraquitans - Jambu e os miticos sons da amazonia - Analog Africa |
| Mordido Vassourinhas de Olinda - Orquestra de frevo - Pan records |
| Mulheres E Flores Vassourinhas de Olinda - Orquestra de frevo - Pan records |
| Garras Dos Sentidos Misia - Garras Dos Sentidos - Erato |
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2:04 PM, March 31st, 2022