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As Cancoes Que Voce Fez Pra Mim

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Maria Bethania was not always a Roberto Carlos fan.In fact,she is quoted as saying in the mid 60's that she did not even like him.This did change in '67 when she began advising her then rising star brother Caetano Veloso to watch Roberto Carlos TV shows.What made her start liking Robert is beyond us.What made her start loving his work is obvious:him the king of Brazilian romantic appealed to her the queen of Brazilian love songs.1982 saw them team up and produce the chart topper duet,AMIGA.Eleven years later,Maria Bethania sat down and selected her favorite Roberto tunes which she had performed in shows yet neglected to record.When she recorded this epic CD,she produced a million seller.It appealed to so many different people,so many different generations that it sold almost two million copies.My favorites are the slow ones:Voce nao sabe,Costumes and Voce.But you will find Fera Ferida and Detalhes irresistible as well.As cancoes... and Emocoes are as good.Anyway,two million brasileiros will agree with you

It's not just the wonderful voice of Maria Bethania that make this recording an extraordinary recording, are also Roberto Carlos's songs, which are filled with exciting music, lyrics and passionate. The musical production is extraordinary, unbelievable, a standing ovation. The orchestrations are well managed, balanced and stunning, one example is the song Voce with a clean and beautiful solo piano accompaniment, which then triggers all the emotions with a special strings section, simply extraordinary. Similarly Você Não Sabe, whose musical arrangement sometimes unconventional leads to disturbing your feelings as says as in its beautiful and passionated lyrics. In resume, this is a Brazilian CD musica that you should have in your collection.

Roberto Carlos started off as a teen rocker in the late 1950s... By the early '70s he shifted gears to become Brazil's answer to Julio Iglesias -- a Spanish-language pop crooner. This is Bethania's tribute to Carlos's work, and it sticks mainly to the cheesier, synthy-er side of his style. If you're a fan of synthy ballads, this might be the record for you...