1. Loucura
2. Poetas
3. Chuva
4. Maria Lisboa
5. O Gente Da Minha Terra
6. Que Deus Me Perdoe
7. Ha Festa Na Mouraria
8. Terra D'agua
9. Oica La O Senhor Vinho
10. Por Ti!
11. Oxala
12. Barco Negro
13. Bonus Track
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If the legendary singer Amália Rodrigues is the queen of fado, the national song genre of Portugal, this debut by Mariza announces her coronation as its crown princess of the 21st century. This twentysomething, Mozambique-born beauty of Portuguese, Spanish, German, African, and Indian descent rapidly rose from the Mouraria district of Lisbon to become fado's newest and brightest star. The 12 selections on this recording are arranged in chamber-style ensembles consisting of bass, piano, classical guitar, and its 12-stringed, Portuguese cousin, the Portuguese viola. Songs like "O Gente Da Minha Terra" and the traditional "Por Ti" ring with a haunting feeling of saudade well beyond Mariza's years. "Maria Lisboa," "Ha Fest Na Mouraria" (with cellist Davide Zaccaria), and "Barco Negro" are peppered with Iberian and African-flavored percussion. Mariza sings these songs of love, God, and country with a youthful vitality that proves that fado is alive and well. --Eugene Holley Jr.
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Fado Em Mim
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2002-04-09)
- Publisher: Times Square Records
- Label: Times Square Records
- Studio: Times Square Records
- Average Customer Review:
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- Sales Rank in Music: #3742
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Summary: The 'fado' is alive !!! 2008-06-06
Comment: Sweet, elegant and powerful voice. Beautiful songs. You don't have to understand portuguese to feel the meaning of these 'fados'.
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Summary: Mariza & Fado & Suadades 2008-05-17
Comment: The Portuguese say that there is no literal translation for the word "suadades". The is no word that exactly captures the emotional intensity of its meaning in the English language. It's probably best described as the intense emotional ache and inconsoleable deep longing for a treasured-something lost - the love of your life, a joyous life of a time gone by or a child taken before her time.
So when you listen to Fado music, it's probably best to be prepared with with your heart and head in that place, or at least expcect to be trasported there quickly. Having a bottle of red wine, some candles to light and box of tissues on hand is also good preparation.
To that emotional preparation add the inriguing and beautifully aranged music of the fado's minor keys. A simple acoustic guitar trio is all that's required(Portuguese guitar - which is a complex mandolin-type instrument, acoustic gut-stringed guitar and acoustic bass guitar). Yet that simple instrumentaion finds innumerable ways to weave intricate chords and melodic movement throughout each song.
If all that weren't enough to set the mood, imagine Mariza's voice, lyric, sullen, expressive, wide-ranging, lyric, expressive and phrased imaginatively yet perfectly. The woman is a musical genius with melodic instincts like no one I have ever heard.
There is no ussic in the worl with the emotional impact of Fado and there is no singer who can express it better than Mariza. What a wonderful gift she and her music is to the world.
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Summary: Awsome voice 2008-04-07
Comment: I stumbled across Mariza by chance - I was channel flicking and came across a concert of hers on TV. My wife and I sat glued to the set for the next hour - that's how compelling her voice is.
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Summary: Sigh! 2007-10-12
Comment: Mariza has the "balls" but not the soul. Amalia Rodrigues was not only the Queen of Fado but one of the greatest singers ever. Mariza is not even close.
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Summary: Essa garota pode cantar como uma anja! 2007-08-11
Comment: Mariza has a voice like butter. Smooth, comfortable, sexy, even.
If you are not familiar with the genre, Fados (Portuguese for ¨Fates¨), is a
folk genre from Portugal that may remind you of Spanish and Italian folk genres, with
unique rythms, mandolin and guitar, soulful singing. I suppose it's hard to explain, but, you should hear it.
Se ja conhece Fados, é provável que ja conhece a Mariza, quem canta como uma anja...
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