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The Art of Amalia
by: Amalia Rodrigues

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724349577121
Label: Hemisphere
Manufacturer: Hemisphere
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Hemisphere
Release Date: September 21, 1998
Studio: Hemisphere
Sales Rank: 25681
MPN: 95771

Disc 1:
  1. Nem As Paredes Confesso
  2. Maldicao
  3. Fado Portugues
  4. Ai Mouaria
  5. Vou Dar De Beber A Dor
  6. Barco Negro
  7. Gaivota
  8. Povo Que Lavas No Rio
  9. Estranha Forma De Vida
  10. Ha Festa Na Mouraria
  11. Uma Casa Portuguesa
  12. Lisboa Antiga
  13. Coimbra
  14. Maria Lisboa
  15. Havemos De Ir A Viano
  16. Primavera
  17. Con Que Voz
  18. Foi Deus
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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
Amalia Rodrigues is the unchallenged queen of fado--the Portuguese equivalent of flamenco or blues--and one of the greatest singers on record. Her voice is rich and sinuous, with the soulful intensity of a Billie Holiday or Edith Piaf, but a warmth and sense of phrasing all her own. This retrospective ranges from her first recordings in 1952 up to 1970 and gives a superb picture of her work. The instrumentation is simple guitar and Portuguese mandolin, perfectly framing her aching laments and flowing melodies, like a gentler version of flamenco or a continental cousin of Cesaria Evora's morna. The songs include folk and popular material, but the emphasis is on the deep, passionate fado, and it doesn't get any better than this. --Elijah Wald



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - What an 'Obson's!
Sorry for slipping into the vernacular: Hobson's Choice = voice.

Listening to this album is an incredible experience. I do not know any Portuguese, I have know idea what the lady is singing (although I can guess what she's singing about) but I am moved almost to tears by the emotion she brings to these songs, as if the words are being torn from her heart.

The quality and range of Amalia's voice are superb. The only comparison I can make is the poor one of a Portuguese Kathleen Ferrier, a poor comparison because Amalia is far less constrained by the conventions of classical singing. Then again maybe it's just the difference between Europeans and the uptight English.

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - cansancio
I am interested in acquiring this album. But I would like to know if it has been remastered, specially music restauration. I have The Art of Amalia Volume II. Would someone let me know what others have been remastered. I acquire another one of her albums but I did not like the music. Hope someone can help me. Thank you!


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Wonderful beyond description
This collection, spanning 1952-1970, has the best of the legendary Amalia Rodrigues and her Portuguese fado songs of love, longing, sadness and the sea.

Amalia's voice is incredibly expressive; rich, pure, tender, mysterious and aching with feeling. The songs have such romantic depth and melancholic beauty they'll caress you like silk, bathe you like moonlight and pierce you like lightning.

Nothing, nothing can touch this.

 



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