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Personalidade Artist: Toquinho E Vinicius
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 731451413124
EAN: 0731451413124
ASIN: B0000046MO


Release Date: 1993-02-23

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Tracks:

  1. Meu Pranto Rolou
  2. Como Dizia O Poeta/Testamento/Para Viver Um Grande Amor/Morena Flor/Samba Da Volta/Regra Tres
  3. Tudo Na Mais Santa Paz
  4. Como E Duro Trabalhar
  5. Escravo Da Alegria
  6. Aquarela
  7. Adeus
  8. Onde Anda Voce
  9. A Bencao Bahia/Tarde Em Itapoa/Tatamiro/Meu Pai Oxala/Canto De Oxum/Maria, Vai Com As Outras...
  10. As Cores De Abril
  11. Samba Da Bencao

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Vinicius would be turning in his grave..........2001-04-12

if he heard you saying his music wasn't Samba! There are many different kinds of Samba you can hear and believe it or not this is one of them! Bossa Nova itself is considered to be a kind of Samba, called "Samba Cancao." This was actually the term Joao Gilberto preferred, who originally disapproved of the "Bossa" label that was attatched to him.

I have to admit that I didn't particularly like this compilation at first (thought it was sort of boring to be honest), and though it has really grown on me, I still find it to be sort of strange in that it seems only to cover th period in the mid-70s, and neglects all the best stuff from their earlier period, when Vinicius and Toquinho were playing with Maria Creuza and Marilia Medalha. In fact, many of the songs are later, alternate versions of songs recorded earlier such as "Como Dizia O Poeta," "Samba de Bencao," "Maria Vai com as Outras," etc... and are incorporated into these medlies which they refer to as "Pot-Pourris." These versions are still good, but they are not the best versions in my opinion. The older versions with the aforementioned Maria Creuza and Marilia Medalha are not available in the US, but you might be able to get some of the songs on other Vinicius and Toquinho compilations like the "Best of Brazil" series that I've seen in some stores here.

The other strike against this album is that it is omitting a crucial song which was recorded during the time this compilation covers, "Carta Ao Tom 1974."

That said, Vinicius and Toquinho are absolutely on my top-tier of favorite musicians, so their second-rate material still beats most people's best. If you know where to look, you can find tons of albums with one or both of them joining up with Quarteto em Cy, Maria Bethania, Jorge Ben, Odette Lara, and probably many other wonderful Brazilian artists.

Also check out the album they made with Ornella Vanoni in Italian. Aside from the language part (and there's nothing wrong with Italian believe me!), that's pretty much what the rest of their early material sounds like.

2 out of 5 stars Snore, Snore.......2000-01-13

Sorry, this may hit the right spot for some, for me it was snoozeville. Brazil has so much good music, this is not on that list. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. Keep looking, better yet, always listen to the samples first. I'm just sorry I didn't before I bought. Anyone want to trade, I will take any offers.

5 out of 5 stars Fantastic!.......1999-04-08

This is great music, from the beginning to the end. Absolutely classic material. A must!!

5 out of 5 stars The celebration of a sucessful partnership.......1998-11-14

One of the most influential artist of his time in Brazil, Vinicius de Moraes has his sucessful partnership with guitar virtuoso Toquinho explored in this CD. Tough some of the songs are called sambas, they aren't sambas in the sense of a carnival samba. They are bossa nova, a sofisticated jazzy style that incorporates most of the brazilian samba origins. The result is a unique rythym, beautiful, soulful and very rich. All songs are beautiful, but two of them deserve special attention. "Tarde em Itapoý" is a classic that celebrates a lazy, pleasant and passionate stay in Bahia. "Aquarela" is a melodic song, vistuosly played by Toquinho, with rich metaphorical lyrics that seem to have been crafted for children, but at the same time amaze adults for its way of dealing with thems like life, death and the future. Absolutely brilliant.

5 out of 5 stars An excellent sample of contemporary Brazilian music!.......1998-08-23

This is not samba! This is a wonderful mix of different sounds from Brasil! I highly recommend Toquihno! Tracks 10 & 11: Escravo da Alegria & Aquarela are my favorites, but the rest are very good too.

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  3. Marco Masini ~ Marco Masini
  4. Tinde Du Tassill N'ajjer ~ Aichatou Khadija & Keltoum
  5. Air Mail Music: Yemen - Traditional Music ~ Various Artists
  6. Ai Caramba ~ Mauricinhos Do Forro
  7. Alzare La Voce ~ Farabutto
  8. Os Optimistas ~ Os Optimistas
  9. Tis Ras ~ Tarzag
  10. Gafu ~ Vogus Image

Music CD

Music CD

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Best of the Vanguard Years ~ Tom Paxton

Unleashed in the East ~ Judas Priest

Serious Business ~ Johnny Winter

Sing! ~ Tiger Saw

Northern Rage ~ Storm Warrior

Tripping the Live Fantastic ~ Paul McCartney

A Tribute to Puddle of Mudd ~ Various Artists

Untitled ~ D.a.D.

The Believer

BS2000 ~ BS 2000