Fado

Format: Book4CD Hard-cover w/144 colour pages.
Languages: Portuguese / English
File under: World Music / Fado / Portugal
Cat. #: SM020-BOOK4CD
ISBN / EAN: 9789899712768

Release date: December 1st 2014 

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Supported by Museu do Fado

Supported by radio Antena 1 e Antena 1 Fado.

The grestest fado anthology of all time with in a book with 100 fados in 4CDs.

Hardbound cover gold printed with 144 full colour pages.

First book that portrays fado from the inside out gathering statements from fado singers, musicians, poets, composers and luthiers.

Special of the 100th anniversary of the fado guitar legend Martinho d’Assunção with one unreleased song.

Features texts that help to understand better this Portuguese musical expression.

Illustrated book with pictures of the artists e historical footage by Museu do Fado.

Bilingual edition Portuguese - English.

Debut of 6 unreleased songs and recovering of some old classics now for the first time on CD.

Restoring and mastering in full HD audio.

3rd Anniversary of Fado - UNESCO’s World Heritage.

FADO PRESENTATION:

FADO is a book with 4 CDs that brings together for the first time 100 fados in a single volume along with first-person testimonies of various fadopersonalities. This special edition is the largest anthology produced to date, aiming to be the most representative as well.

There is a special reason for this title to have the same name as this fascinating Portuguese musical genre – it is fado what this piece actually portrays, in the words of its own players who have made and continue to make the history of this Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

To illustrate the cover we couldn’t have found a better motif than a Portuguese filigree heart wrapping the instruments that provide the sound to this great anthology.

The 4 albums presented in this work significantly follow a chronological order from the past to the present, never forgetting the great fado singers of all time like Amália Rodrigues, Alfredo Marceneiro, Hermínia Silva, Fernando Maurício or Maria Teresa de Noronha on the first CD, nor the oldest still in full artistic activity such as João Braga, Carlos do Carmo, Rodrigo or Fernanda Maria on the second CD. In the third and fourth CDS there are the newer generations such as the one which emerged at the end of the 20th century with Camané, Ana Moura, Mísia or Dulce Pontes up to the new voices that surfaced already in the new millennium like Carminho, Ricardo Ribeiro, Ana Laíns or Gisela João and other new voices like Débora Rodrigues, Miguel Ramos, Tânia Oleiro or Maria Emília Reis, which portend a promising future for the most popular Portuguese song.

Fadista is not only the one who sings, throughout the recordings we can also listen to the strings of fado by the hands of its great masters such as Armandinho, Raúl Nery, José Fontes Rocha, Francisco Carvalhinho, José Nunes, Jaime Santos or the incomparable Carlos Paredes on Portuguese guitar and other younger generations of guitarists like Custódio Castelo, Ricardo Rocha or Ricardo Parreira. The Portuguese guitar it is a key instrument of

fado, its sonority and potential transcends the boundaries of the genre and became one of the greatest Portuguese icons. In fado the accompaniment

of the voice or the Portuguese guitar by the fado guitar is essential. Here we can listen to the mastery of Martinho d’Assunção in solo (and also accompanying several artists), of Fernando Alvim or José Maria Nóbrega and of the younger Jaime Santos (Jr.) among others, and in the bass the instrument pioneer – The Professor Joel Pina.

Musically, there are still a few surprises set aside as the debut of the unreleased song Variações sobre o Fado Sabrosa by the Opus Fado - one of Martinho d'Assunção’s last recordings accompanied by his grandson Vital d'Assunção on guitar and Arménio de Melo on Portuguese guitar. The master

António Parreira along with Francisco Gonçalves (his long-time companion) recovered Armandinho’s Fado Fontalvo especially for this project. From the younger we can further listen to unreleased recordings by Débora Rodrigues, Miguel Ramos, Joana Veiga and the Portuguese-American fado singer Nathalie Pires. In addition to the recovery of a number of old fados that appear here for the first time on CD.

FADO is the first book that gathers exclusive first-person testimonials of some of Fado’s key players: fado singers, musicians, composers and poets who

here share their story, their experiences and some amusing episodes that are an essential part of the history of fado and which help us to have a better understanding of this song that Amália said to be a mystery that cannot be explained. These are testimonials from separate generations, to highlight a few; João Braga, Argentina Santos, Camané, Rodrigo, Vicente da Câmara, António Rocha, Carlos Gonçalves, António Parreira, Joel Pina, José Manuel Neto, Ricardo Rocha, Tiago Torres da Silva, José Luís Gordo, among many others.

This book includes a few more texts that help us learn a little more about this Portuguese musical expression.

This work celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Martinho d’Assunção with the collaboration of his grandson Vital d'Assunção with unpublished photos and some information unknown to the general public.

As the art of making instruments by hand is facing extinction, it is important to register here the statements from major guitar makers for posterity, we visited the workshops of Gilberto Grácio and Óscar Cardoso whose instruments (theirs or their ascendants) can be heard here on most of the recordings.

The book is illustrated with a few exclusive photos, others provided by record companies and artists, which illustrate the customary credits chapter and, additionally, historic images kindly provided by the Museu do Fado (Fado Museum).

In the same creative, critical and innovative spirit in which we created previous works of reference that became best sellers such as Fado Always! Yesterday Today and Tomorrow or Fado Portugal - 200 years of fado, and always aiming to bring new materials of utmost interest, we bring you FADO, the largest anthology of all time with a vision starting on the core of the people who make the history of this typical Portuguese song to the world – listening to this work promises to be breathtaking from the first to the hundredth fado.

FADO CD1

Armandinho Fado Peniche

Alfredo Marceneiro O leilão

Amália Rodrigues Primavera

Max A Rosinha dos Limões

Maria Teresa de Noronha Pintadinho

Domingos Camarinha e Santos Moreira Guitarra triste

Manuel de Almeida Por te querer tanto

Hermínia Silva A Tendinha

Carlos Ramos Canto o fado

Jaime Santos Tempos antigos

Lucília do Carmo Olhos garotos

Tony de Matos Procuro e não te encontro

Fontes Rocha Variações em Mi menor

Tristão da Silva Calçada da Glória

Manuel Fernandes Não passes à Madragoa

Berta Cardoso Perna de pau

Conjunto de Guitarras de Raúl Nery Rapsódia de fados

Fernando Maurício Saudades de mim

Maria José da Guia Fui ao baile

Francisco Carvalhinho e Martinho d’Assunção Fado canção

Natércia da Conceição Oh minha rua

Fernando Farinha Aguarela fadista

Flora Pereira Janelas enfeitadas

José Nunes Variações em Lá menor Nº2

Maria Clara Fado de Lisboa

Ercília Costa Fado Lisboa (Princesa Casta)

Carlos Paredes Variações em Si menor

FADO CD2

Opus Fado Variações sobre o Fado Sabrosa

Fernando Alvim e Rodrigo Há dias em que eu fico assim

João Braga O Mar

Fernanda Maria Podes voltar

José Manuel Barreto Cravo de São João

Carlos Gonçalves Caixinha de música

Carlos do Carmo Lisboa menina e moça

Carlos Zel Rapsódia

Nuno de Aguiar Lembras-te, Mãe?

Anita Guerreiro Vieste

Jorge Fontes Corridinho dos Carvalhos

António Rocha Meia noite

Ada de Castro Rosa caída

Teresa Tarouca Fado Pinóia

Argentina Santos Passeio fadista

Vicente da Câmara Fado da Rua Tranquila

António Bessa e António Pessoa Variações em Ré

Mariana Silva Cabelo branco

D. Hermano da Câmara Minha mãe nasci fadista

Maria do Rosário Bettencourt Sonhos meus

Álvaro Martins Noite

Maria da Fé A minha rua

Celeste Rodrigues Olha a mala

Luís Ribeiro Fadinho picado

Linda Leonardo Escrevo o teu nome

Carlos Macedo Dei-te tudo quanto tinha

António Parreira e Francisco Gonçalves Fado Fontalvo

FADO CD3

Camané Sei de um rio

Carminho Escrevi teu nome no vento

Ricardo Ribeiro A porta do coração

Ana Laíns Não sou nascida do fado

Pedro Moutinho Rua da Esperança

Ana Moura Leva-me aos fados

Fernando Alvim e Gisela João Os versos de um fado

Custódio Castelo Ventus

Joana Amendoeira Fim da saudade

Helder Moutinho Que fado é este que trago?

José Manuel de Castro Poentes outonais

Cristina Branco Fado Perdição

Ricardo Rocha e Jaime Santos Variações em Lá

Cuca Roseta Fado dos Sentidos

Rodrigo Costa Félix Balada ao Meu Amor

Mísia Fado das violetas

Marco Rodrigues Coração, olha o que queres

Ana Sofia Varela Alfama

António Zambujo O mesmo fado 

Katia Guerreiro Asas

Dulce Pontes Lágrima

Mafalda Arnauth O mar fala de ti

Maria Ana Bobone Que Deus me perdoe

FADO CD4

Débora Rodrigues Cuidei que tinha morrido

Miguel Ramos Põe o teu cravo encarnado

Sara Correia Se o mundo dá tantas voltas

Filipa Cardoso Meu amor

Maria Emília Reis Teus olhos são dois garotos

Tânia Oleiro Amor sou tua

Cristiana Águas À porta da Brasileira

Mara Pedro Fado Sorriso

Nathalie Pires Noite cerrada

Cristiano de Sousa Fui de viela em viela

Rute Soares Meu Portugal meu amor

Ricardo Parreira Meditando

Joana Costa Meu corpo

Joana Veiga Pranto de amor ausente

Luís Matos Os meus cinco sentidos

Teresa Tapadas Cavalo Alazão

Diamantina Alma em tom maior

Lina Rodrigues Segredos do mar

Cláudia Leal Sou tua

Cláudia Madur Fado sem tempo

Alexandra Guimarães Apelo

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