Fascination: The Best of Elis Regina [Import]

Elis Regina | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 5, 1990)
• Original Release Date: October 23, 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Verve/Polygram
• ASIN: B000004789
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,676 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, November 8, 1999

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David Mester (Elgin, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fascination: The Best of Elis Regina (Audio CD)

This is an essential collection of recordings from 1965-1978. "The Best of Elis Regina", as it says on the box, is an astonishing review of this great singer's range and development over those years. For one who is just beginning to fathom all of the available recordings, as I am, this collection is invaluable. And the music is wonderful. I believe she was one of the greatest singers there ever was. Her phrasing and musical instincts were without equal. This collection preserves her great artistry. I highly recommend it for any basic collection.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Queen of Musica Popular Brasileira, September 12, 2000

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Erik Werkman (Utrecht, Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fascination: The Best of Elis Regina (Audio CD)

Elis Regina is in my opinion together with Clara Nunes THE greatest Brazilian singer of all times. They had an unrivalled power of heartfelt delivery in their singing. Even more remarkable about Elis Regina was her ability to handle a song by famous or less famous Brazilian MPB songwriters like Ivan Lins, Milton Nascimento and Joćo Bosco in such a way that it sounded like her own creation. This compilation is a very good one, I would say it is even slightly better than the other "A Arte De", although I have both of them to fill up the missing ones. As an introduction this one is hard to fault and it has the advantage of containing the unbelievably beautiful "O Rancho Da Goiabada" as a cherry on the cake. Don't forget to check out Clara Nunes as well.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great but uneven, November 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Fascination: The Best of Elis Regina (Audio CD)

This is an excellent collection of Elis' music. Her voice... well, you'll just have to listen. I have no idea what the heck she is saying and I'm absolutely entranced. I can play some of these tracks over and over and over. The fire and emotion, the intimacy, the great brazilian vowel sounds. Sometimes you get all of this in the same sentence. There are a couple of slow parts, like the medley towards the end, that I just skip over. The rest is great. Also try Elis and Tom and Acquarela do Brazil.