NAVIGATOR OF SILENCES | THE WHOLE NOTE - REVIEW

NAVIGATOR OF SILENCES - Strings Attatched

by: Terry Robbins | November, 2024

Navigator of Silences sees American violinist Francesca Anderegg join Brazilian pianist Erika Ribeiro on an album described as exhibiting the cadence and choreography of Brazilian instrumental music, blending samba, chôro and forró with classical music and inspiration from folk, Indigenous and African traditions (Rezurrection Recordz RZRC-0122 rezrecordz.com/ navigator-of-silences). Included are works by Yamandu Costa, Radamés Gnattali, Léa Freire, André Mehmari, Luca Raele, Toninho Horta, Bianca Gismonti, Salomão Soares and Clarice Asad, most of them in arrangements and transcriptions by the performers. It’s a selection of really lovely pieces with Anderegg’s strong, warm and bright violin and Ribeiro’s rich, resonant piano providing gorgeous playing on a highly entertaining CD