1. O Pastor (The Shepherd)
2. Vem (Come to Me)
3. Oxalá (Hoping)
4. Haja O Que Houver
5. Guitarra (Guitar) - Madredeus, Poetas Do Fado
6. A Andorinha da Primavera (Little Bird of Spring)
7. Céu da Mouraria (The Sky over Mouraria)
8. As Ilhas Dos Acores (Islands of Azores) - Madredeus, Madredeus
9. As Brumas Do Futuro (Tomorrow's Mist)
10. Ao Longe O Mar (The Distant Sea)
11. O Sonho (Dreaming)
12. Alfama (Alfama)
13. O Paraíso (Heaven)
14. A Vaca de Fogo (The Holy Cow)
15. O Mar (The Sea)
16. Ainda (Still...)
17. O Tejo (Tagus)
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Antologia is a 17-song greatest hits collection from the Portuguese chamber-pop group Madredeus, and contains the first American release of some of the group's late '80s/early '90s recordings. Madredeus--the name translates as "Mother God"--combines the convent-pure vocals of Teresa Salgueiro and impressionistic lyrics by cofounder Pedro Ayres Magalhaes with soothingly minimalist instrumental backing on guitar, cello, and keyboards. Imagine Hildegard von Bingen serenely sitting in with a New-Age Lisbon café orchestra and you'll get the drift. One occasionally catches a hint of a more vibrant world-music tradition--Portuguese fado, Argentine tango, even Europop electronica--and one new song about the Portuguese revolution was co-written with classical composer Antonio Vitorino d'Almeida. But Madredeus's music shares a hot tub and a bottle of wine quite comfortably with the likes of Yanni and Andreas Vollenweider. --Rick Mitchell
Album Details
First Greatest Hits Ever Released from New Age Portuguese Band.
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Antologia
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2000-08-15)
- Publisher: Blue Note Records
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Studio: Blue Note Records
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 17 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #57671
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Summary: Dream away 2007-05-12
Comment: Absolutely brilliant!
I discovered this group in 2003 during a trip to Brussels.. I try to pick up every release. True that this group can sound a little monotonous in their compositions... Neverthless, can i not just love them!!!
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Summary: Beyond anything else 2006-05-05
Comment: How can i start? In 1999 i was introduced to the portuguese music. The portuguese language as we speak in Brazil is a little bit different from the original, as spoken in Portugal. For us, the original portuguese is distant, exotic, noble, almost alien. And the portuguese music, the "Fado", as opposite to our generical brazilian festive music, is often sad, and loaded with sentiment, with songs that talk about love lost to the ocean, about what might have beens, about old glory. It is a fascinating genre by itself, and the eventual bystander can even look curious, find it interesting and then walk his own path unchanged.
BUT..wait until you hear MADREDEUS.
You can?t. no one can hear their songs and even BE the same person again. It?s beyond Fado. This is why music itself was created/discovered. Their melodies and THE VOICE can rescue you long lost soul from the depths oh Hades. It can turn rock into gold. It is like opening your eyes for the first time. The song "Haja o que houver" can rescue true love from scratch. And you do want to make the world a better, nobler, gentler place. This is not rushed, artificially patched together music, this is the real thing, everything that any epic or intimate song aspires to be, as big as the ocean, as calm as the universe, as gentle as a kiss and as heart pounding as the first time you fall in love.
Now, ask me if i like MADREDEUS. :)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: You see that review "Don't buy this CD'? 2006-03-25
Comment: Damnit, he's right. But his review wasn't posted before I bought this CD. And now what? Yup, gotta have them all. Incredible music, light and airy, wonderful arrangements and instrumentals punctuated by an incredible voice. Who cares what she is singing, there is no translation needed for beautiful music and sound. Just let this FADO carry you away.
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Summary: before MadreD there was Resistencia !!! 2005-12-31
Comment: Yes, of course, this is a beautiful, unequalled musical feat BUT I happened to have known what Magalhaes was doing PRIOR to the success of Madredeus, which is a unique musical adventure. What he was doing with Resistencia (2 Cds + a double live awfully close to the studio work) was much more modern, if you want to call it that: it was FA-BU-LOUS. Why can't we get those CDs outside of Portugal? "Mano a Mano" & "Palavras no vento" produced by Valentim de Carvalho (91 to 94) are to me much more quintessentially captivating despite the beauty of Madredeus' music. I rank the two studio albums among the top 12 of the 1000 CDs I have (and so rare that in case of fire, they go with me). The lyrics of Resistencia are equally lyrical, by the way. Maybe someone will read this and be able to do something to allow the rest of the world to hear those beauties? Even in Brazil or non-portuguesa Europe, you can't find them. Thank you, merci, gracias, obrigado (and so much so).
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Summary: Blissful listening 2005-10-22
Comment: I was at Faro airport in the Algarve and wanted to buy something nice for my wife, so I asked the shop assisstant for a good Fado CD. He said that this one was the best. I guess he was right since my wife has not stopped listening to it - and I bought it five years ago! It is unusually dramatic for Fado, but in a nice way, still adhering to its roots. The lyrics make one want to learn Portugese. If you are not hooked by the opening track "O Pastor," then keep on listening, since the other tracks are just as good - some songs are soft, others dramatic, and some happy. There is something for everyone here.
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