Sergio and Eduardo Abreu: What happened?

[Marvin K C Chun]

A couple of months ago I picked up two records by Sergio and Eduardo
Abreu, a guitar duo. One was all duos and the other was a performance of
two concertos for two guitars and orchestra. IMHO they sounded great.
Anybody know what happened to them? Did they only make these two albums?

Thanks,
Marv

[Bentley1]

That's the only two I have.

As far as them touring anymore I heard that Eduardo was not enjoying the
pressure of performing and touring. Also, I hear he is a luthier and now
makes a fine Hauser style guitar now.

-Mark Bentley

[Pi Sheng Chang]

In article <D61Lx...@news.hawaii.edu>,

Hi,
I've always been curious about their recordings. But never had a
chance to listen to them. Eduardo Abreu is a friend of mine and is
finishing his Ph.D in EE at UC Santa Barbara. Sergio Abreu is still
playing in Rio de janeiro, Brazil, but had also been interested in
building guitars. The last time I saw Sergio Abreu, he was in a jury of
a competition, not only restricted to guitars.
The duo didn't record that much due to Eduardo's personality. He is a
very shy person and didn't like to play in public at that time. So he gave up
the career as a musician and has been dedicating his time to Digital
Signal Processing. Once he told me that he still plays around 2 hours
a day, and that was enough to keep him in shape. Since he doesn't like
to talk that much about music, I also didn't ask him that many questions.
How is their recordings? Is it still possible to find them nowadays?

Regards,

==================================================================
Pi Sheng Chang
Depart. of Electrical Engineering, Signal Processing Group, UCLA.
e-mail : psc...@ee.ucla.edu, psc...@icsl.ucla.edu

[Majjick]

In message <D61Lx...@news.hawaii.edu> mar...@uhunix4.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu

The information you got from the other respondents corresponds to my own.

There were at least two albums of solos and duos, both entitled "the
Guitars of Sergio and Eduardo Abreu"! The UK labels were CBS and Ace of
Diamonds.
I only have the latter to hand: it is SDD 219. It's absolutely terrific;
in particular, the understanding of Dowland by a couple of Brazilian
teenagers is astonishing. Maybe someone will see fit to reissue this on
CD...

CBS

Anon Drewries Accordes
Anon Le Rossignoll
Bach Prelude No 3
Falla Spanish Dance No 1
Rodrigo Tonadilla
Scarlatti, D. Sonata K. 9, L.413
Scarlatti, D. Sonata L.413, K. 9
Scheidler Sonata in D
Sor Theme & Variations
Telemann Canon

AOD

Dowland Sir John Langton's Pavan
Frescobaldi Fugue
Scarlatti Sonata L. 104
Bach 3rd Lute Suite
Villa-Lobos Prelude No 1
Villa-Lobos Study No 1
Segovia Estudio sin luz
Torroba Madronos
Segovia Divertimento
Ravel Pavane for a Defunct Princess
Albeniz El Puerto

Paul Magnussen

[MARGORA]

In a former article we saw...

---begin former article---
From: mar...@uhunix4.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Marvin K C Chun)
Subject: Sergio and Eduardo Abreu: What happened?
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 1995 10:17:38 GMT

A couple of months ago I picked up two records by Sergio and Eduardo
Abreu, a guitar duo. One was all duos and the other was a performance of
two concertos for two guitars and orchestra. IMHO they sounded great.
Anybody know what happened to them? Did they only make these two albums?

Thanks,
Marv

---end former article---

and MAR...@ctrvx1.Vanderbilt.Edu (MARGORA) comments...

There is a good interview with Sergio Abreu in the latest issue
of Guitar Review. The Abreu brothers disbanded, so to speak,
in the mid-to-late 1970s. Eduardo left music, while Sergio
continued to play solo for a while, but eventually decided
to make a living as a luthier. He makes excellent instruments,
which are not too difficult to find in the U.S., in the
$3,500 range. Jerry Roberts Guitars in Nashville has one,
as I believe, does the Guitar Salon in NYC.

[Paul Fowles]

It was Sergio rather than Eduardo who became a luthier, which he
still is.

Eduardo ended his musical career in the 70s and went on to study
electrical engineering.

For further details, see Nicolas de Souza Barros' interview with
Sergio in Guitar Review No.99.

Regards,

Paul F.

[rostro...@gmail.com]

i saw them playing at the royal festival hall in london in about 1970/71 and was very impressed. i gave away my vinyl recording lp as i no longer have a turntable. i would love to know how to get hold of a cd recording.

Judith Rostron

djro...@bigpond.com,

[dcasw...@gmail.com]

Here'a few links to the Abreu brothers in action! Some audio and a couple of videos..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkaL2oDZ3S4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peUyVrYLxbo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snaRAIiVOlE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vjsjnfsymQ

[norton....@gmail.com]

They gave a recital in Dublin Ireland recently to great acclaim
Rob

[Paul Magnussen]

norton....@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sunday, 26 March 1995 11:17:38 UTC+1, Marvin K C Chun wrote:
>> A couple of months ago I picked up two records by Sergio and Eduardo
>> Abreu, a guitar duo. One was all duos and the other was a performance of
>> two concertos for two guitars and orchestra. IMHO they sounded great.
>> Anybody know what happened to them?

Eduardo got pissed off with touring, and wanted to go into engineering.

Which he did (in 1975, it says here). Sérgio continued to tour as a
soloist until 1981, then jacked it in to build guitars instead.

> Did they only make these two albums?

No: there are at least 6 altogether:

• Guitars of (Decca/Ace of Diamonds)
• Guitars of (CBS)
• Concertos for 2 Guitars
• The 1970's BBC Recordings
• The 1975's BBC Recordings
• Bonus Tracks (1968–75)

The brothers made all these available for download, which is where I got
the last 3. I haven't got the link any more, though. You could try
Rapidshare, as it says here:

http://rec.music.classical.guitar.narkive.com/TXz1gGBJ/sergio-and-eduardo-abreu-recordings

or here:

http://forum.cifraclub.com.br/forum/4/74840/p1

>> Thanks,
>> Marv
>
> They gave a recital in Dublin Ireland recently to great acclaim
> Rob

That's great news: I saw them several times when they started out, and
they were the best since Presti/Lagoya. The Assads owed them a lot —
including, in the beginning, a large chunk of their repertoire, if I
remember correctly.

Paul Magnussen

[tom g]

On Thursday, December 17, 2015 at 9:26:45 PM UTC+1, Paul Magnussen wrote:
> norton....@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Sunday, 26 March 1995 11:17:38 UTC+1, Marvin K C Chun wrote:
> >> A couple of months ago I picked up two records by Sergio and Eduardo
> >> Abreu, a guitar duo. One was all duos and the other was a performance of
> >> two concertos for two guitars and orchestra. IMHO they sounded great.
> >> Anybody know what happened to them?
>
> Eduardo got pissed off with touring, and wanted to go into engineering.
>
> Which he did (in 1975, it says here). Sérgio continued to tour as a
> soloist until 1981, then jacked it in to build guitars instead.
>
> > Did they only make these two albums?
>
> No: there are at least 6 altogether:
>

> * Guitars of (Decca/Ace of Diamonds)
> * Guitars of (CBS)
> * Concertos for 2 Guitars
> * The 1970's BBC Recordings
> * The 1975's BBC Recordings
> * Bonus Tracks (1968-75)

>
> The brothers made all these available for download, which is where I got
> the last 3. I haven't got the link any more, though. You could try
> Rapidshare, as it says here:
>
> http://rec.music.classical.guitar.narkive.com/TXz1gGBJ/sergio-and-eduardo-abreu-recordings
>
> or here:
>
> http://forum.cifraclub.com.br/forum/4/74840/p1
>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Marv
> >
> > They gave a recital in Dublin Ireland recently to great acclaim
> > Rob
>
> That's great news: I saw them several times when they started out, and

> they were the best since Presti/Lagoya. The Assads owed them a lot --

> including, in the beginning, a large chunk of their repertoire, if I
> remember correctly.
>
> Paul Magnussen

I think he refers himself to the Assad Duo, not the Abreu.

tom g