Anthologia
Author: Madredeus
Format: Best of
Release Date: 03-05-2000
Details: Product Description
First Greatest Hits Ever Released from New Age Portuguese Band.
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Antologia is a 17-song greatest hits collection from the Portuguese chamber-pop group Madredeus, and contains the first American release of some of the group’s late ’80s/early ’90s recordings. Madredeus–the name translates as “Mother God”–combines the convent-pure vocals of Teresa Salgueiro and impressionistic lyrics by cofounder Pedro Ayres Magalhaes with soothingly minimalist instrumental backing on guitar, cello, and keyboards. Imagine serenely sitting in with a New-Age Lisbon café orchestra and you’ll get the drift. One occasionally catches a hint of a more vibrant world-music tradition–Portuguese fado, Argentine tango, even Europop electronica–and one new song about the Portuguese revolution was co-written with classical composer Antonio Vitorino d’Almeida. But Madredeus’s music shares a hot tub and a bottle of wine quite comfortably with the likes of Yanni and Andreas Vollenweider.
–Rick Mitchell
UPC: 072435259452
EAN: 0072435259452
Languages: Spanish
Binding: Audio CD
Item Condition: UsedVeryGood
