Raphaella SMITS

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NEDERLANDSE
VERSIE

PROGRAM

Jorge CARDOSO
1. Vidalita del vuelo (vidalita)
2. Kara Llantaj (bailecito)

Ariel RAMIREZ
3. La tristecita (zamba)
4. Alfonsina y el Mar (zamba)

Jorge CARDOSO
5. Dalia morena (serenata-habanera)
6. La aduendada (chacarera trunca)

Ariel RAMIREZ
7. Balada para Martin Fierro (aire sureño)
(audio sample)

Sergio ASSAD
8. Certidumbre
9. Farewell
10. Hop (audio sample)
11. As rosas nao falam (Cartola)

Jorge CARDOSO
12. Milonga del agua herida (milonga Uruguay)
13. Milonga (milonga porteña)
14. Falta envido (milonga)
15. Reina de la noche (milonga porteña)
(audio sample)


FEATURES

artists: Liliana Rodriguez, voice - Raphaella Smits & Jorge Cardoso, guitars
titel: Reine de la Noche
composers: Sergio Assad, Jorge Cardoso, Ariel Ramirez.
label: Accent Records
CD number: ACC 24178
recorded: at the 'Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Kerk', Haarlem, NL, October 2005
instruments: John Gilbert (1980) & José Espejo Grimaldi
total duration: 62'09"
illustration: Tango Kiss by Andrei Protsouk


REINA DE LA NOCHE
Songs from Argetina and Brazil

Raphaella Smits, Liliana Rodriguez and Jorge Cardoso
play Sergio Assad, Jorge Cardoso and Ariel Ramirez.

PROGRAM
FEATURES
SOME AUDIO SAMPLES
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY

THE ENGLISH INSERT NOTES
LES NOTES EN FRANCAIS
LAS NOTAS ESPAŅOLAS
DAS KOMMENTAR IN DEUTSCH


Liliana Rodriguez, Jorge Cardoso and Raphaella Smits

SOME AUDIO SAMPLES

- "Balada para Martin Fierro" of Ariel Ramirez is a solo guitar piece played by Raphaella (the book "Martin Fierro" of José Hernandez is a tribute to the way of life of the gaucho on the pampa's, and it is considered by many as the national epic poem of Argentina) ;

- "Hop" of Sergio Assad is a duet by Liliana and Raphaella (about a loving couple of trapeze artists, sailing in the air) ;

- the title song "Reina de la Noche" of Jorge Cardoso is performed in trio by Liliana, Raphaella and Jorge (about the heartbeat of the dazzling nightlife).


WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY

Hein Sanderink wrote in El Maestro (EGTA-Netherlands magazine):
"The combination voice plus two guitars should be used more often. The guitar duo Smits-Cardoso is perfectly adjusted. Tone and timing are completely in balance. For the singer Liliane Rodriguez it must have been a pleasure to work with such excellent musicians.
The songs have been written just right for the Argentine singer. With her splendid voice, the necessary temperament and an inborn instinct for style, she puts down a matchless interpretation of this South American repertoire. Rodriguez sings 'con sentimento popular', but splendidly dosed and at the correct places.
Raphaella Smits’s playing carries the CD, because she accounts for the five solo works and she has an important share in all remaining works. Raphaella may be called quite rightly the ambassador of a particular tone culture. This could easily become the favourite CD of many guitar lovers. An absolute must!"


Ray Verhaeghe said:
"For this anthology the artists have choosen consciously for diversity in unity. The texts covers a direct popular idiom, as well as verses of topclass literature. The music, with its genuine South American heartbeat, ranges from dance character up to impressionistic composing. A highly authentic and valuable performance: passionate, melodious and poetic. Very successful!".


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