Our Moments

Gal Costa | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 30, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Drg
• ASIN: B000KHYOAK
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #267,884 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #75 in Music > World Music > Latin Music > Brazilian > Tropicália

Track Listings

1. LINDA FLOR (YAYA) (AI, YOYO)

2. SABADO EM COPACABANA / COPACABANA

3. NOSSOS MOMENTOS

4. PRA MACHUCAR MEU CORACAO

5. DONO DOS DOS TEUS OLHOS

6. BRIGAS

7. FIM DE CASO

8. NERVOS DE ACO

9. ALGUEM COMO TU

10. AVE-MARIA NO MORRO

11. CHORA TUA TRISTEZA

12. KALU

13. FOLHAS SECAS

14. E DAI? (PROIBICAO INUTIL E ILEGAL)

15. O ORVALHO VEM CAINDOFITA AMARELAATE AMANHAPALPITE INFELIZ

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful., March 24, 2007

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peterhoof (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Our Moments (Audio CD)

Gal Costa is an award winning singer with an extensive career and success around the world.

This new album, "Our Moments" is a 2006 Latin Grammy Nomination.

She has spread the Tropicalia movement throughout the world and is credited for helping define the sound of Brazil.

On "Our Moments" Gal Costa shares with us some of her and her audiences' most nostalgic memories.

Gal Costa and producer Mariozinho Rocha chose songs from the period before bossa nova conquered the world, mostly sambas canções (samba songs).

The songs all come from a very special place in Gal's heart.

With these classics from some of the most important composers and lyricists, the audience is offered a well illustrated document of this fruitful period in Brazilian musical history.

It all comes together beautifully in this masterful piece of work.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There's no one like Gal., May 15, 2007

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John Thomason "Brazilian Music Fan" (Woodbridge, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Our Moments (Audio CD)

Just bought this one. Absolutely beautiful. My favorites on it are Nossos Momentos (the title cut) and Chora Tua Tristeza, followed closely by Pra Machucar Meu Coração, Alguém Como Tu, and Folhas Secas. I'll stop now, before I list the entire songlist. I like them all.

If you're not familiar with Gal, you should check out the sample audio links above. Besides just absolutely nailing the notes on whatever interval she attempts, I also like the way she contrasts ending some with vibrato, and others without, including the short little "breathy" exhale sometimes when ending notes on the "ah" syllable. She really knows how to bend those unique Portuguese vowels. Jobim was right: her voice really is "one hell of an instrument."

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars gal costa our moments, March 27, 2007

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Richard E. Schweitzermd "jeito da mocidade" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Our Moments (Audio CD)

excellent selection of classics and newer Brasilian songs. she continues, after decades, to have a very good voice and has moments of vocal thrill in her delivery.