Texture that shakes my bones

I know very well already that orchestral and Latin and even LATIN ORCHESTRAL music moves me so easily like driftwood, yet I still don't know why I startle myself even today each time I feel the need to dance when I listen to bossa nova and/or samba.

This happened at Bed Bath and Beyond yesterday at the CD listening station when I selected "Brazil" repeatedly. I was listening to the same excerpt over and over and it didn't matter, not until my mom was catching up to me and almost saw me swaying at least.

More on orchestral music, on the same YouTube channel which hosted a video of my favorite performance of Drdla's Carmen Fantasy, I found a bunch of orchestrated (strings only) performances of famous samba and bossa nova songs!

The arranger I believe is Ukrainian and I know for a fact the conductor of this.. Ukrainian orchestra... is Ukrainian. So I'm really bummed that 1) It's not popular enough to have download links and 2) I have to man up and ask to order a CD via Google Translate. You never get anything done in Google Translate. I wish I had Fairy God Parents and could wish for a multi-lingual tongue and be able to converse with these guys and compliment the arranger especially for his work because they really are spectacular arrangements.

And I say this because of texture. I didn't realize until these performances that part of Brazilian music is big on texture next to rhythm, which really helps to create the texture anyway, along with instrumentation. Because instrumental bossa nova isn't authentic without the Classical guitar, and when you hear chords on a Classical guitar, it's so much more calm than on steel. It's gentle and deserves a percussion rhythm just as calm, and together, that's the texture of linen, to me. I really do want to say silk but that is more Chinese music.

What I find so enjoyable about these performances, also, is that I get the same feeling when I listen to authentic bossa nova when I listen to these. I guess I also feel a little more sexier too. The natural texture of Brazilian music is really channeled well through a string orchestra, so it feels reeaallly good to listen to.

As I count the next 342 days until I get to see Rio de Janeiro with my own eyes, I leave you with a link to this orchestra's channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/pavliygeo It's a fantastic orchestra and I hope you enjoy!