Manhã de Carnaval

Bonfá’s song from the 1959 movie, Black Orpheus, has become exceptionally well-known, with thousands of different recordings having been made over the last half-century. Bernard Cyrloud is a French physician, who is also a magnificent guitarist. His arrangement here is dedicated jointly to Baden Powell, Paco de Lucia, and Roland Dyens, and really requires the technical ability of any of these four artists to pull off properly. Rasgueados, harmonics, tremolo passages, the whole nine yards come into play here. This is an exceptional arrangement, certainly on a peer level with Toru Takemitsu’s song arrangements, worthy of concert performance and the attention of any serious artist. – David Norton, Soundboard 2013