Track Listing

1. Samba Meu
2. O Homem Falou
3. Maltratar, Não é Direito
4. Num Corpo Só
5. Cria
6. Tá Perdoado
7. Pra Declarar Minha Saudade
8. O Que é O Amor
9. Trajetória
10. Mente ao Meu Coração
11. Novo Amor
12. Maria Do Socorro
13. Corpitcho
14. Casa de Noca

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8302 in Music
• Released on: 2007-09-18
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live

Customer Reviews

MARIA RITA'S BEAUTIFUL, BLAZING SAMBAS-AT LAST!!
Five HUGE Stars!! Wonderful performances by Maria Rita (Mariano), Brazil's brilliant, multi-Grammy-winning young diva on "Samba Meu" (Samba Mine). She generally avoided straight-forward sambas on her award-winning eponymous debut CD, "Maria Rita", and on the "Segundo" CD in order to establish her MPB (Brazilian Popular Music) musical identity. Now on her 3rd CD, she delivers what many have waited for: the CD focused on the samba. And she delivers many types of sambas from gentle 'samba-canção' to thundering 'samba-school' batucadas in a virtuoso display of this great Brazilian musical form, punctuated throughout by the unique sound of the 'cuica'. The 'Best of the Best' include great performances of "Samba Meu", a blazing song about "Maria do Socorro", a vowel-popping "Casa de Noca" (House of Commotion), the dazzling "Num Corpo Só" (In Only One Body) "Cria" (Son) dedicated to her boy who makes an hilarious appearance, and "Corpictho" ('Fine' Body) where she eerily sounds like her mom, the late great super-diva Elis Regina. "Tá Perdoado" (You're Forgiven) is high on the 'Brazilian Hot 100' charts as of this writing, and the breathtaking "Mente Ao Meu Coracao" (He Lies To My Heart) is further proof that Maria Rita has the full genetic DNA vocal inheritance of her legendary mother and the musical sensibilities of her pianist/arranger father, Cesar Camargo Mariano. A wonderful CD sung entirely in sensual Braziilian-Portuguese that transfers the emotions without need for translation, it's just great samba music. Bravo, Maria Rita !! My Highest Recommendation. Five BLAZING Stars!!!
(This review is based on an iTunes digital download. BTW, "Rita" is pronounced HEE-ta, after her namesake, Brazilian rock queen Rita Lee.)

Brilliant Brazilian New Samba
There has been a lot to love coming out of Brazil in the last few years. Well, for that matter, the last 30 years and more. But recently, Maria Rita stands out for me along with Moreno Veloso (see his dad's record called Ce), Domenico & Kassim. There's a good deal of interesting hip-hop coming out of Brazil, artists here in the states doing their best to alter the course of American jazz and popular music (see Arto Lindsay, Cyro Baptista, Vinicius Cantuaria, others).

I just think this is incredible music, satisfying on so many levels. Rhythmically, melodically, energy-wise. It's fun music that's not dull. It's challenging. And it feels so good. Pick it up. You won't regret it. Her first album is still my favorite. There are a few choices made in production on the last two that wouldn't be my top choices, but the music recovers in the end. Totally worthwhile stuff. Thank you, Maria.

WONDERFULL
Whether you know or not Maria Rita , You will love this cd.
So far, I have all the 3 cds and 2 dvd of Maria Rita,This one is as good as the other, but a quite joiness bea=cause is about samba. Even is the are 2 includes two melaconlic themes , "saudade di samba" is music to make you feel happy. I just waiting for the dvd of this last production so wach her performance .
Enjoy it!!
Mirna