Various Artists
Fado Anthologia (CD)

602517859562

Although Portugal’s musical scene is rich and diverse –when you think of Portuguese music, you immediately think of Fado. Popularized all over the world by Amália Rodrigues, and more recently by extraordinary young singers such as Mariza, Cristina Branco, Mafalda Arnauth, Mísia, Ana Moura, Dulce Pontes or Camané, Fado is the ultimate Portuguese expression.
Fado is just like Lisbon; a melting pot, like the Flamenco in Seville, the rembetika in Athens or Tango in Buenos Aires.
The 70’s and 80’s were a troubled period; the 1974 revolution returned democracy to Portugal but most of Portugal’s traditional values were questioned and sometimes regarded as reactionary. It was not until the 90’s that a new generation of singers and players, of poets and composers, brought back Fado to the streets of Lisbon (there are more Fado houses than ever before, all of them filled with enthusiastic young people, listening to and performing Fado).
Fado Anthologia brings together past and present icons, the men and women who are the voice and the soul of Portugal.

Track listing:

01. Carlos Do Carmo - Fado maestro
02. Amalia Rodrigues - Alfama
03. Ana Moura - Os Buzios
04. Camane - Sei Deum Rio
05. Mariza - Meu fado meu
06. Mafalda Arnauth - Audacia
07. Paulo Braganca - Que fazes ai Lisboa
08. Dulce Pontes - Fado mae
09. Cristina Branco - Sete pedacoes de vento
10. Alfredo Marceneiro - Mocita dos caracois
11. Aldina Duarte - Princesa Prometida
12. Manuel De Almeida - Fado meia - noite
13. Ivone Ribeiro - Dona Fortuna
14. Jorge Fernando - Quem vai ao fado
15. Teresa Tarouca - Nao Sou Fadista De Raca
16. Misia - Cancao do mar
17. Deolinda Maria - Gosto de ti poque gosto
18. Lucilia Do Carmo - Maria Magdalena

Published: 2010

Genre: Europe
Label: Wrasse Records