Afro-Sambas of Powell & De Moraes [Import]

Paulo Belinatti, Monica Salmaso | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 10, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Atrac
• ASIN: B00000G7CP
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,153,069 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple and beautiful, December 9, 1999

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Hugh Lovell (Oakland, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Afro-Sambas of Powell & De Moraes (Audio CD)

This recording features just the clear, rich voice of Monica Salmaso and the vibrant, warm guitar of Paulo Bellinati. Together they create beautiful performances of these classic Brazilian songs. It does not matter whether you speak Portugese or not, these songs will stay in your heart for a long, long time. See also Monica Salmaso's newest recording "Trampolin."

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite album in years, March 9, 2000

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Louis I. Jaffe (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Afro-Sambas of Powell & De Moraes (Audio CD)

Bellinati's arrangements and playing are masterful, and are perfectly complemented by Salmaso's cool, airy singing. There's nothing but one acoustic guitar and one voice on this album, and nothing more is needed.

The Afro-Sambas are a song cycle composed in the mid 1960's by Vinicius de Moraes, the late poet laureate of Brasil, and guitar giant Baden Powell. Several of them have become Bossa Nova standards recorded by many artists. Paulo Bellinati has reassembled the songs in their original grouping and given us a definitive reading.

(Bellinati's several solo Brasilian guitar albums are also excellent.)

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great album available for far less the 99.99, August 24, 2005

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R. Odell "personalrob" (Seattle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Afro-Sambas of Powell & De Moraes (Audio CD)

It is a great album. You can get it online for far less than the price offered here for a used copy.