Yesterday and Today

Artist: Amália Rodrigues
Label: Double Gold Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2

UPC: 675754137120
EAN: 0675754137120
ASIN: B00004T6OP

Release Date: 2000-02-14

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Tracks:

Variações
Maria Lisboa
Estranha Forma de Vida
Malhão de S. Simão
Amendoa Amarga
Obsessão
Havemos de Ir a Viana
Meia Noite E Uma Guitarra
Barco Negro
Coimbra
Lisboa Antiga
Grito
Marcha Do Centenário (Grand Marcha de Lisboa, 1947)
Povo Que Lavas No Rio
Fui Ao Mar Buscar Sardinhas
Com Que Voz
Prece
Fallaste Corazon
Casa Portugesa
Canzone Per Te
Malhão

Tracks:

Troca de Olhares
Tendinha
Fado Do Ciúme
Maria da Cruz
Perseguição
Corria Atrás das Cantigas
Los Piconeros
Só À Noitinha (Saudes de Ti)
As Penas
Sei Finalmente
Sardinheiras
Ai Mouraria
Carmencita
Ojos Verdes
Passei Por Você
Duas Luzes

Customer Reviews:

45 years of magic (to be true, 60 in all).......2002-06-11

Being its subject Am?lia Rodrigues, the unforgettable Portuguese singer, I felt compelled to give this CD a 5-star rating, but, setting aside its subject I would rate it a 4-star CD. The sound quality isn't, in fact, the best one. Yesterday refers to Am?lia's first recordings ever, in 1945, and Today to Am?lia's live concert in New York City in 1990, 45 years later. Nevertheless, it is an important CD because it shows how Am?lia from the age of 25 was innovative even then, giving a new colour to fado, and paving the way to a great career which would take her throughout the world. As to the 1990 concert the video recording of the same has a much better sound quality, and does justice to her still powerful and beautiful voice, despite the passing of time, and showing one of the best singers in the world (for me the best), and her strong charisma mesmerizing her varied audience, in a concert which was part of the world tour celebrating the 50th anniversary of her career. In fact Am?lia, born in the alleyways of one of Lisbon's old quarters, Mouraria, in 1920, premiered in 1939 and only stopped singing when illness prevented her from working in 1994. She sang all over the world, becoming a renowned singer in many countries, and she was also an actress, decorated by many nations as disparate as Portugal, Brazil, Lebanon, Israel, Spain, France and Japan. In Portugal, she became a national collective symbol, and when she died on the 6th October 1999, she was mourned by millions at home and abroad, and given a state funeral, attended by thousands, with a live broadcast on all public and private Televisions in her country and Euronews on Cable TV. On the 8th July 2001 her body was transferred to Portugal's National Pantheon, the first woman ever to be given that honour, and also the first artist. Un unforgettable woman and an incomparable singer.

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