Track Listing

1. Sol Do Alentejo
2. Era Bom
3. Boca de Amora
4. Clarim Fantastico
5. Sonhos
6. Variacao Electronica
7. Fe de Quem Tem Fe
8. Arraial Cigano
9. Giestas
10. Fado da Azenha
11. Polca da Risota
12. Voltas Ou Nao
13. A. Madressilva
14. O Cupido
15. Saudade
16. Charamba
17. Malva
18. Sapeteia
19. Cãnticos de Romeiros
20. Fado Maior

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1304520 in Music
• Released on: 1994-09-08
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Agreed.
I certainly hope this isn't the best from Portugal, because it's rather boring music. The recording is old, but I don't mind the bad quality. I just don't like the music or way the the music is done.

Half the tracks are instrumental, by which I mean about one or two instruments trying to play a song that may sound good if not done poorly. The tracks with vocals... some of them are all right, but they sound like they were done with half effort. I know I'd like the song Saudade if redone by different performers, for instance.

I love world music, so I was disappointed when this turned out so hard to listen to.

Actually, I can tell you where to find better music -- the The Rough Guide to The Music of Portugal: The Rough Guide to Music (Rough Guide World Music CDs)

do not buy this cd
having a portuguese heritage, and very proud, this is not the music that i expected, it's very old sound, very old recordings,not of the best quality, not happy. The national song
is called FADO this is not even close to it.
In my opinion do not spend money on this compilation(the title on
this cd is very misleading.