Amalia Rodrigues - Ensaios '2020

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The unrivaled queen of the Portuguese fado, singer Amália Rodrigues was born
in Lisbons Alfama district in 1920; one of ten children, she was abandoned by
her mother at the age of one and raised by her grandmother, spending her
formative years selling produce on the streets and working as a seamstress.
Against the wishes of her family, as a teen Rodrigues performed as a tango
dancer, and at 19 she made her professional singing debut alongside her sister,
Celeste, at the fashionable Lisbon nightspot Retiro da Severa.
Within a year she was a star, selling out clubs every night; in 1944, she
traveled to Brazil, drawing huge crowds during her stay at the Copacabana Casino
and later returning to Rio de Janeiro to make her first recordings. Rodrigues
not only popularized the fado throughout South America, she reinvented it
— brilliantly fusing the urban and rural styles of Lisbon and Coimbra,
she also sought out material that moved far beyond the traditional tales of
failed romance to explore instead the deepest crises of the soul and spirit,
delivering performances unmatched in their fatalistic power and haunting beauty.
Because Rodrigues manager, José de Melo, believed her native fans would stop
attending her live appearances if they could buy her recordings, she did not
enter a Portuguese recording studio until 1951, issuing a handful of sides on
the Melodia label before moving to the Valentim de Carvalho imprint the
following year. In the wake of World War II she began touring outside of South
America, and scored an international hit in 1956 with Coimbra, recorded live at
Paris Olympia Theatre.
In all, Rodrigues recorded upwards of 170 albums and even appeared in a number
of feature films, retaining her drawing power even after the popularity of fado
itself began to dissipate during the 1960s. She continued touring well past her
70th birthday, entering retirement only after undergoing surgery; she spent the
final years of her life as a recluse, making her final public appearance at the
opening of Lisbons Expo in 1998. Rodrigues died October 6, 1999, at the age of
79; upon receiving news of her passing, Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio
Guterres ordered three days of national mourning, declaring her the Voice of
Portugal. ~ Jason Ankeny 

Tracklist:
1.01 - Amália Rodrigues - Meu Amor É Marinheiro (2:36)
1.02 - Amália Rodrigues - Sete Estradas (3:21)
1.03 - Amália Rodrigues - Sete Estradas (5:47)
1.04 - Amália Rodrigues - Rosa Vermelha (2:00)
1.05 - Amália Rodrigues - Rosa Vermelha (3:27)
1.06 - Amália Rodrigues - Rosa Vermelha (2:37)
1.07 - Amália Rodrigues - Rosa Vermelha (6:03)
1.08 - Amália Rodrigues - Rosa Vermelha (3:21)
1.09 - Amália Rodrigues - Rosa Vermelha (2:23)
1.10 - Amália Rodrigues - Rosa Vermelha (2:18)
1.11 - Amália Rodrigues - Rosa Vermelha (2:41)
1.12 - Amália Rodrigues - Rosa Vermelha (2:23)
1.13 - Amália Rodrigues - Rosa Vermelha (2:17)
1.14 - Amália Rodrigues - Alfama (1:49)
1.15 - Amália Rodrigues - Alfama (3:37)
1.16 - Amália Rodrigues - Alfama (3:31)
1.17 - Amália Rodrigues - Perdigão (1:44)
1.18 - Amália Rodrigues - Perdigão (1:31)
1.19 - Amália Rodrigues - Perdigão (1:54)
1.20 - Amália Rodrigues - Perdigão (1:32)
2.01 - Amália Rodrigues - Sete Estradas (1:32)
2.02 - Amália Rodrigues - Sete Estradas (1:41)
2.03 - Amália Rodrigues - Sete Estradas (4:14)
2.04 - Amália Rodrigues - Nunca Ninguém Viu Ninguém (2:14)
2.05 - Amália Rodrigues - Gondarém (3:08)
2.06 - Amália Rodrigues - Perdigão (1:19)
2.07 - Amália Rodrigues - Perdigão (2:02)
2.08 - Amália Rodrigues - Abril (3:20)
2.09 - Amália Rodrigues - Rosa Vermelha (3:08)
2.10 - Amália Rodrigues - Com Vossa Licença (8:33)
2.11 - Alain Oulman - As Facas (2:17)
2.12 - Alain Oulman - Fui à Fonte Lavar os Cabelos (1:28)
2.13 - Alain Oulman - Alfama (2:05)
2.14 - Alain Oulman - Tirai os Olhos de Mim (1:51)
2.15 - Alain Oulman - Eu não Tinha (2:47)

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