ELLIS, Carwyn & RIO 18/THE BBC NATIONAL ORCHESTRA OF WALES - Yn Rio - Vinyl (LP)
£
18
$
24
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
Free delivery on many items. Same-day despatch, no-question returns. Authorised dealers - full technical support. Online since 1997. About ContactVisit our eBay store
Carwyn ELLIS & RIO 18 / THE BBC NATIONAL ORCHESTRA OF WALES
Yn Rio
Legere Recordings Germany
LP Cat: LEGO 238VLRel: 28 Feb 22
Funk/Rare Groove Side 1 - Track 1. Botafogo Blue Side 1 - Track 2. Ola! Side 1 - Track 3. Y Bywyd Llonydd Side 1 - Track 4. Acai Side 1 - Track 5. Cariad Cariad Side 2 - Track 1. Tristwch 20 Side 2 - Track 2. Ynys Aur Side 2 - Track 3. Y Ferch Ar Y Cei (with Nina Miranda) Side 2 - Track 4. Arpoador Side 2 - Track 5. Ble Aeth Yr Amser?
During the various pandemic lockdowns of 2020, BBC Radio Wales suggested to multi-instrumentalist Carwyn Ellis that he joined forces with their National Orchestra of Wales and Brazilian band Rio 18 for a one-off, audience-free concert. In the end, Rio 18 were not permitted to travel, so instead their contributions were recorded remotely and assembled by Ellis and his producer Shawn Lee, to which the orchestrated parts were then added live. Despite this complex recording process, the results are stunning: sublime songs, sung in Welsh, with an attractive mixture of Brazilian rhythms and instrumentation, soaring orchestration and attractive melodies aplenty. It has a conceptual theme - it's meant to be a sort of musical day in Rio - but that doesn't really matter; what matters is the music, and it's uniformly spellbinding.
price rating
