Enciclopedia Musical Brasileira [Import]

Carlos Lyra | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 17, 2000)
• Format: Import
• Label: Wea
• ASIN: B00004TW3S
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,803,388 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An extraordinary selection from a classic Brazilian musician, August 28, 2000

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PANIZZA MILLER FRANCISCO (Montevideo - Uruguay) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Enciclopedia Musical Brasileira (Audio CD)

Listening to Carlos Lyra is a delightful experience for someone who enjoys Brazilian music. Most tracks are bosanova songs, a musical trend born in Brazil in the 50's. Carlos Lyra is one of the most important musicians of bosanova. I specially recommend those songs with lyrics written by Vinicius de Moraes, the most famous 20th century Brazilian poet. My favorite one is "Marcha da Quarta-feira de cinzas" (Ash Wednesday March), a song full of hope.

5.0 out of 5 stars A top composer croons his tunes, and quite well, September 16, 2005

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Ronald R. Kyser (St. Paul, Minnesota, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Enciclopedia Musical Brasileira (Audio CD)

This is a pretty comprehensive collection of Lyra's signature compositions, which is confirmed by the presence of 13 of these 20 songs on the Lumiar label's "Songbook: Carlos Lyra" collection as well. (Lyra performs solo on this CD, while "Songbook" features many of Brazil's top singers, so getting both recordings would hardly be redundant.) I might have added "Você e Eu" (on "Songbook", and on several de Moraes tributes, e.g., "Tom [Jobim] Canta Vinicius") and "Lugar Bonito" (which Astrud Gilberto sang in English, and is on Lyra's own "Saravá"), but this list is rich enough.

Lyra is a smooth, straightforward singer-- he's a big-city kid with a voice reminiscent of more rural types like Gordon Lightfoot or Burl Ives-- and a gifted melodist who rarely writes his own lyrics. So it's a really nice touch to have included a couple of live medleys of songs he wrote with bossa nova's two top lyricists, Vinicius de Moraes and Ronaldo Bôscoli, complete with interstitial commentaries. (Good luck understanding the latter, though; Lyra can talk with the speed of a French Canadian hockey announcer.) Now and then he asks his audience to chime in, which exposes the sad fact that random Brazilian crowds can sing better than most American stars.

However, the "Album Details" above (as of the date of this post) inadvertantly refer to songs on Jamelão's album in the same series. The following songs are what actually appear on this CD:
Maria ninguém / Minha namorada / (Bôscoli medley) Lobo bobo - Saudade fez um samba - Canção que morre no ar - Se é tarde me perdoa / Influência do jazz / O negócio é amar / (de Moraes medley) Samba do Carioca - Sabe você - Pau-de-arara - Maria moita - Primavera / Marcha da Quarta-feira de cinzas / Samba da ilegalidade - (with Zé Keti) / Tem dó de mim / Velhos tempos / Entrudo / Feio não é bonito / Era uma vez a história