Leva-Me Aos Fados [Take Me To a Fado House] - Ana Moura, Fernando, Jorge
Como Uma Nuvem No Céu [Like a Cloud In the Sky] - Ana Moura, Brito, Toze
Por Minha Conta [On My Own] - Ana Moura, Fernando, Jorge
A Penumbra [Dusk] - Ana Moura, Fernando, Jorge
Caso Arrumado [a Settled Affair] - Ana Moura, DeFreitas, Manuela
Talvez Depois [Perhaps Later] - Ana Moura, Castelo, Custodio
Rumo Ao Sul [Heading South] - Ana Moura, Fernando, Jorge
Fado Das Águas [Fado of the Waters] - Ana Moura, Marceneiro, Alfredo
Fado Vestido De Fado [Fado Dressed As Fado] - Ana Moura, Mauricio, Fernando
Crítica De Razão Pura [Critique of Pure Reason] - Ana Moura, Guedes, Nuno Miguel
De Quando Em Vez [From Time To Time] - Ana Moura, Anjos, Joao Maria D
Fado Das Mágoas [Fado of Heartbreak] - Ana Moura, David, Jose Manuel
Águas Passadas [Water Under the Bridge] - Ana Moura, Branco, Jose Mario
Que Dizer De Nós [What To Say About Us] - Ana Moura, Fernando, Jorge
Não É Um Fado Normal [This is No Ordinary Fado] - Ana Moura, Muge, Amelia
Esta Noite [Tonight] - Ana Moura, Fernando, Jorge
Na Palma Da Mão [In the Palm of Your Hand] - Ana Moura, Fernando, Jorge
On her fourth album, Leva-me aos fados (Take Me to a Fado House), youthful Portuguese fadista Ana Moura reaches new heights of vocal mastery while, as is typical of this gracefully mournful, all-acoustic tradition, plungin... more »g to the depths of romantic disillusionment and unfulfilled sexual longing. Interpreting songs by longtime collaborator Jorge Fernando,
who produced and sat in on guitar, plus other noted composers, Moura s rich, exquisitely bittersweet alto is breathtaking in its womanly, aching vulnerability. She negotiates sinuous, Moorish-inflected wails and breathes poignancy into every melody, wringing every possible tear-drop from lyrics where even the occasional faint silver lining can cut to the bone. Whether facing down a triumphant rival ( Caso Arrumado A Settled Affair), dodging doom-inflected omens ( Como uma nuvem no céu Like A Cloud In The Sky), or weeping in solitude at day s end ( A Penumbra Dusk), Moura communicates world-weary, indomitable courage spiced with a risqué tang of dark passion that hurts so good.« less
On her fourth album, Leva-me aos fados (Take Me to a Fado House), youthful Portuguese fadista Ana Moura reaches new heights of vocal mastery while, as is typical of this gracefully mournful, all-acoustic tradition, plunging to the depths of romantic disillusionment and unfulfilled sexual longing. Interpreting songs by longtime collaborator Jorge Fernando,
who produced and sat in on guitar, plus other noted composers, Moura s rich, exquisitely bittersweet alto is breathtaking in its womanly, aching vulnerability. She negotiates sinuous, Moorish-inflected wails and breathes poignancy into every melody, wringing every possible tear-drop from lyrics where even the occasional faint silver lining can cut to the bone. Whether facing down a triumphant rival ( Caso Arrumado A Settled Affair), dodging doom-inflected omens ( Como uma nuvem no céu Like A Cloud In The Sky), or weeping in solitude at day s end ( A Penumbra Dusk), Moura communicates world-weary, indomitable courage spiced with a risqué tang of dark passion that hurts so good.
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Connie M. Brito | Hayward, CA | 06/08/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
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