Vinicius

Vinicius Cantuaria | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 6, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Transparent Music
• ASIN: B00005A88A
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #233,695 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cliché do Cliché

2. Ela e Carioca

3. Agua Rasa

4. Ordinaria

5. Quase Choro

6. Rio

7. Confusa

8. Nova de Sete

9. O Irapuru

10. Caju

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bossa evolution, August 3, 2001

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E. Burns (Warwick, RI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vinicius (Audio CD)

This music is worth many listenings. Cantuaria's version of "Ela e Carioca" is delicious. He sings in a beautiful, deceptively tranquil voice while the music swirls and shifts around him. His songs sound like classic boss nova in that they often use the same rhythm and subtle, chromatic melodies, but he constantly experiments with instrumentation and newer rhythms. The result is a new branch on the bossa nova tree that sounds as natural and right as the earlier ones. Get all of his CDs and enjoy them, he's the best.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars smooth, sophisticated samba (and bossa nova too), May 8, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Vinicius (Audio CD)

A criminally-overlooked talent, this album is a near perfect synthesis of Vinicius' two previous albums. The ethereal, subtle sounds from his US debut "Sol Na Cara" are matched with the more "downtown" avant-jazz elements from his last album "Tucuma". Don't let the heavyweight guests fool you - this beautiful record is a product of the strong creative vision of Vinicius himself. Make sure you see him in concert when he comes to your town!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Bossa, April 19, 2001

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H. Rossing (Amsterdam Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vinicius (Audio CD)

All of you who think bossa nova is a dead musical form now only used for campy means,you should hear Vinicius Cantuaria. Like his predecessors Tom Jobim and Joao Gilberto his music has such a subtle swing a blink of the eye is enough to keep time with the beat.Like Caetano Veloso ( with whom he duets on Agua rasa)he sings his songs with such a quiet conviction that even if you don't understand Portuguese (all lyrics save one have been translated in the booklet)he could sing Rio's telephonebook. It's that beautiful. Now if all of the above sounds like sleepingpill, forget it, there are so many gorgeous melodies, intricate little chord changes and warm guitar work it'll keep you listening for years to come. So this summer when it gets too hot to even snap your fingers you know what to do. For those like me living in a cold climate turn up the central heating for maximum effect