Composer: ERNESTO NAZARETH

Tracks/ Timings: Odeon (2:46); Nove de Julho (3:55); Brejeiro (2:16); Faceira (3:03); Ameno resedá (3:11); Pássaros em festa (4:26); Está Chumbado (4:16); Epônina (4:22); Carioca (3:54); Ouro sobre azul (4:31); Fon-Fon! (2:55); Coração que sente (4:30); Nenê (3:18); Noêmia (4:46); Labirinto (3:49); Sarambeque (2:57); Remando (2:55); Expansiva (3:41); Duvidoso (3:34)

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Ernesto Júlio Nazareth (March 20, 1863 Rio de Janeiro - February 4, 1934 Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian composer and pianist, especially noted for his creative tango and Choro compositions. He published his first composition at age 14. Nazareth was noted for creatively combining diverse influences into his music, not only of Brazilian music but also from the music of Europe, Africa and ragtime. Many of his compositions remain part of the repertory today. Nazareth composed 88 tangos, 41 waltzes, 28 polkas and numerous sambas, galops, quadrilles, Schottisches, fox-trots, romances and other types of scores, totaling 212 confirmed compositions. After a period of mental instability, due to the deaths of his wife and daughter and worsening hearing problems, Nazareth became ill in 1932 and died two years later.
Pianist Antoine Zemor has appeared in concert and radio performances around the United States, and is active both as soloist and chamber musician. His repertoire spans a wide range of styles, from classic masterworks to lesser know gems. As soloist, he appears regularly in concert in and around New York. He made his concerto debut in Town Hall at age 15, and has since performed as soloist with numerous orchestras. He was the resident pianist for the National Orchestral Association for several years, and performed in its Carnegie Hall concerts. He has appeared on live radio broadcasts on WNYC-FM and WQXR-FM. Recently he performed Liszt's Concerto No. 1 with Jonathan Schiffman and the New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra at New York's Symphony Space. He has also appeared in chamber music concerts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Public Library and the Brooklyn Public Library.