Artist: Cristina Branco
Title Of Album: In Holland
Year Of Release: 1997
Label: Bertus Distributie
Genre: Fado/Folk/World
Format: MP3, Lame 3.92
Quality: 320 kbps, 44.1 Khz
Total Time: 00:47:46
Total Size: 110 Mb
Covers: Front
There is a new generation of singers breathing fresh life into the fado, the 'Portuguese blues'. Cristina Branco is one of them. The young singer possesses a wealth of knowledge on the historic background of the fado. Cristina and her regular accompanist Custódio Castelo are the most innovative artists of this new generation and they have set the tune for further development of this genre. The special chemistry between the two has created a 'New Fado Sound', fresh, with flexible melody lines, and a more important role for the instrumentalists compared with the traditional fado.
The Portuguese guitar is the key to the origins of the Portuguese fado. This twelve-string instrument is derived from a lute from Congo that was taken to the Portuguese colonies in Latin America by African slaves in the 15th century. After undergoing a number of changes, the guitar found its way to Portugal. In the colonies it was used to accompany rhythmic dances, but in Portugal the guitarra Portuguesa was used to accompany local traditional songs. These were soon given the name fado.
The texts of the fado (literary: fate) are based on saudade, a Portuguese word that cannot be translated into any other language. Nostalgia, desire or a complete feeling of melancholy come closest. The urge to express this emotion is very highly developed among the Portuguese, who live by the sea and are used to waving farewell to loved ones.
Hopeless love, pain, sorrow, the life at sea and the longing for home are the most common themes of the songs. They can be found in the poems of the 15th century poet Luís Vaz de Camões but just as well in the lyrics by Jorge Fernando, Maria Manuel Cid and Manuel D'Andrade, some of the most important contemporary Portuguese songwriters.
For Cristina Branco the fado is the ideal vehicle for her musicality and feelings: 'I started singing at a very young age, preferably jazz. But as Portuguese, the fado is in our blood. As I started to understand fado poems, they meant a lot more to me than other songs'.
Cristina and Custódio are more innovative in their approach than their colleagues. While the basis is still the traditional fado, they allow outside influences into their music.
Branco: 'Custódio Castelo composes the melodies to my voice. There is a special interaction between us. We bring a slightly different 'touch' to the genre. In general you can say that our melody lines are slightly more flexible than in traditional fado'.
Does a fado singer need to have led a harsh and dramatic life? Cristina answers laughing: 'I am a cheerful person by nature. It is more a question of empathy. Feeling the pain of the poet is enough to ensure a fine fado song.'
The time has come for the fado to reclaim it’s rightful position in Portuguese culture. The beginning of this new era is clearly marked by Cristina Branco singing the music of Portugal’s great poet and composer José Afonso.
No fado singer has ever done this before.
Tracklist:
01. Intro
02. Fins Do Sol (Custodio Castelo)
03. Vai O Bem Fugindo (Luís Vaz De Camoes/Custodio Castelo)
04. Canto E Solidao (Maria Manuel Cid/Custodio Castelo)
05. Quisera Lavar O Pensamento (Maria Manuel Cid/Custodio Castelo)
06. Fado Louco (Manuel D’Andrade/Custodio Castelo)
07. Saudades De Julia Mendes (Cesar Oliveira/Rogerio Bracinha)
08. Que Fazes Ai Lisboa (Mario Gonçalves/Arlindo de Carvalho)
09. Maria Lisboa (David Mourao Ferreira/Alain Oulman)
10. Sinos De Waibel (Custodio Castelo)
11. Fado Das sedes (Maria Duarte/Custodio Castelo)
12. Nevoeiro (Maria Duarte/Custódio Castelo)
13. Espelho Quebrado (David Mourao Ferreira/Alain Oulman)
14. O Meu Cavalo Passeia (Maria Manuel Cid/Custodio Castelo)
15. Verdes Sao Os Campos (Luís Vaz de Camoes/Jose Afonso)
16. Ausente (Jorge Fernando/Custodio Castelo)
17. Povo Que Lavas No Rio (Pedro Homem De Mello/Fado Victoria)
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