Leva-me aos fados [Import]

Ana Moura | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 13, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: World Village
• ASIN: B0036V4DM6
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,593 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #8 in Music > World Music > Europe > General
  • #26 in Music > World Music > Europe > Continental Europe > Spain
  • #38 in Music > World Music > Europe > Continental Europe > General AAS

Editorial Reviews

On her fourth album, Leva-me aos fados (Take Me to a Fado House), youthful Portuguese fadista Ana Moura reaches new heights of vocal mastery while, as is typical of this gracefully mournful, all-acoustic tradition, plunging to the depths of romantic disillusionment and unfulfilled sexual longing. Interpreting songs by longtime collaborator Jorge Fernando,
who produced and sat in on guitar, plus other noted composers, Moura s rich, exquisitely bittersweet alto is breathtaking in its womanly, aching vulnerability. She negotiates sinuous, Moorish-inflected wails and breathes poignancy into every melody, wringing every possible tear-drop from lyrics where even the occasional faint silver lining can cut to the bone. Whether facing down a triumphant rival ( Caso Arrumado A Settled Affair), dodging doom-inflected omens ( Como uma nuvem no céu Like A Cloud In The Sky), or weeping in solitude at day s end ( A Penumbra Dusk), Moura communicates world-weary, indomitable courage spiced with a risqué tang of dark passion that hurts so good.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Bitter-sweetness of Fado, April 13, 2011

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Dr. Debra Jan Bibel "World Music Explorer" (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leva-me aos fados (Audio CD)

While Mariza remains the world popular star of fado, with her more contemporary stylings, another vocalist is attaining considerable attention. This fourth album of Ana Moura is her strongest studio session, with 17 excellent songs, most of which written by Jorge Fernando (guitarist and producer of albums of both divas, including this one). The package insert includes the lyrics and their translations. I happen to regard Moura's voice as among the best among the albums in my, albeit, small collection of fado. Her singing is not dramatic, but she conveys the sentiment of the lyrics. Like Greek rembetika, Portuguese fado stems from the harbor, outcasts, and lower classes, and its bluesy melancholia speaks of longing, loss, failed romance, and other sorrows. The tunes on this album, being recent, have a modern feeling and some arrangements of the ballads are popular in form, thankfully acoustic. Track 15, for instance, is very far from tradition, with group singing; indeed, the title of the song is "This is no ordinary fado"! The Portuguese guitar with its sweet, high metallic timbre serves as counter-weight to Moura's mezzo phrasings. Bass guitar and double bass ground the rhythms. This is an album to savor. In fado, sadness is bitter-sweet. A doomed love? Have some coffee, shrug, and walk into the night with a half-smile.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LOVED IT!, June 8, 2010

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Connie M. Brito (Hayward, CA) - See all my reviews
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LOVE the Ana Moura CD! I highly recommend it to anyone who loves Fado! More importantly, I am especially grateful to the people at Amazon.com for all of the help and assistance they gave me when my first shipment went missing. Thanks so much. You have a great staff! Will continue to shop Amazon.com because of the excellent way you treat your customers.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ana Moura - Leva me aos fados, June 24, 2010

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BobbyX - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Leva-me aos fados (Audio CD)

Ana is a very passionate artist. I had the opportunity to see her in concert in Ihla Terceira in the Azors and she was worth every single minute of it.
Nice voice, nice presentation, very down to earth girl.