The Very Best Of Amalia Rodrigues

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Cat No: 772322

Release Date: 10 February 2023

Label: Jackpot

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 8436559469661

Genres: World Music Fado

Release Date: 24 March 2023

Label: Waxtime

Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 8436559469852

Genres: World Music Fado

Description
Known as the "Rainha do Fado" ("Queen of Fado"), Amália Rodrigues (1920-1999) was instrumental in popularising fado (Portugal's folk music) worldwide and travelled internationally throughout her career. She became one of the most important figures during the genre's revival in the twentieth
century and was a leading female fadista during her extended recording and stage career.

This collection includes 24 of her greatest hits, including such perennial classics as "Uma Casa Portuguesa", "Ai Mouraria", and the unforgettable "Coimbra", also known as "April in Portugal".

Description

Amália Rodrigues was the unrivalled queen of Portuguese fado. She not only popularized fado throughout South America, she reinvented it; singing material that moved far beyond the traditional tales of failed romance to explore instead the deepest crises of the soul and spirit.
Limited edition audiophile pressing on 180gram premium vinyl.
Thanks to her, an internationally unknown folk music like Portuguese fado became a medium of universal expression known throughout the world. This collection includes some of her greatest hits, including such perennial classics as "Uma Casa Portuguesa", "Ai Mouraria", and the unforgettable "Coimbra", also known as April in Portugal.
AMÁLIA RODRIGUES, vocals, with:
Jaime Santos - Portuguese guitar, Santos Moreira - Spanish classical guitar,
Domingo Camarinha - Portuguese guitar, Castro Mota - Spanish classical guitar,Raul Nery - Portuguese guitar,José Nunes - Portuguese guitar.
Orchestra conducted by Frederico Valério.
Sessions recorded between 1951 and 1962 in Lisbon Paris, and London.
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