Artist: Amália Rodrigues

Title: The Greatest Songs
Format: CD (12 pages booklet with texts in English, Portuguese, Spanish, French and German)

Languages: Portuguese / English

Genre: World Music / Fado / Portugal
Cat. #: SM005-CD

EAN: 5606562620400

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20 original songs of the greatest Portuguese Diva of all time

Audio fully restored and digitally remastered at 24 bits/96Khz.

Amália is the greatest Portuguese diva of all time and one of the world’s top 5 divas.

After Amália’s start singing in the prestiged fado house Retiro da Severa in 1939, ever since, Amália had an uneven brilliant career of morethan 60 years, having legions of fans and devoted collectors worldwide.

Barco negro

Solidão

Uma casa portuguesa

Lisboa não sejas francesa

Que Deus me perdoe

Coimbra

Alamares

Fado xuxu

Cantei o fado

Eu disse adeus

Toiro! Eh! Toiro!

Marcha da Mouraria

Faia

Três ruas

Lar português

Campinos do Ribatejo

Conta errada

Fado Hilário

Fado Eugénia da Câmara

A chave da minha porta

Amália Rodrigues - The Greatest Songs

Later in 2009 there were massive news, events, tribute concerts and exihbitions all over the world due to the 10th anniversary of Amália’s Rodrigues departure in October 6 of 1999.

AMÁLIA THE GREATEST SONGS features some of the best Amália’s recordings during the decade of 1950 including classics as Barco negro, Solidão, Uma casa portuguesa, Coimbra and many more.

The audio was carefully restored track by track using the ultimate technology.

”I sing because I like to, otherwise I would not be sincere with myself. I feel good singing, I feel a message.” Amália Rodrigues (1920 – 1999)