Amália Rodrigues
The unrivaled queen of the Portuguese fado, singer Amália Rodrigues was born in Lisbon's Alfama district in 1920; one of ten children, she was abandoned by her mother at the age of one and raised by her grandmother, spending her formative years selling produce on the streets and working as a seamstress. Against the wishes of her family, as a teen Rodrigues performed as a tango dancer, and at 19 she made her professional singing debut alongside her sister, Celeste, at the fashionable Lisbon nightspot Retiro da Severa.
Within a year she was a star, selling out clubs every night; in 1944, she traveled to Brazil, drawing huge crowds during her stay at the Copacabana Casino and later returning to Rio de Janeiro to make her first recordings. Rodrigues not only popularized the fado throughout South America, she reinvented it -- brilliantly fusing the urban and rural styles of Lisbon and Coimbra, she also sought out material that moved far beyond the traditional tales of failed romance to explore instead the deepest crises of the soul and spirit, delivering performances unmatched in their fatalistic power and haunting beauty.
Because Rodrigues' manager, José de Melo, believed her native fans would stop attending her live appearances if they could buy her recordings, she did not enter a Portuguese recording studio until 1951, issuing a handful of sides on the Melodia label before moving to the Valentim de Carvalho imprint the following year. In the wake of World War II she began touring outside of South America, and scored an international hit in 1956 with "Coimbra," recorded live at Paris' Olympia Theatre.
In all, Rodrigues recorded upwards of 170 albums and even appeared in a number of feature films, retaining her drawing power even after the popularity of fado itself began to dissipate during the 1960s. She continued touring well past her 70th birthday, entering retirement only after undergoing surgery; she spent the final years of her life as a recluse, making her final public appearance at the opening of Lisbon's Expo in 1998. Rodrigues died October 6, 1999, at the age of 79; upon receiving news of her passing, Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres ordered three days of national mourning, declaring her "the Voice of Portugal."
© Jason Ankeny /TiVo
Ähnliche Künstler
-
-
BD Music Presents Amália Rodrigues
Fado - Erschienen bei BDMUSIC am 25.06.2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The art of Amalia Rodrigues vol.I
Fado - Erschienen bei Edições Valentim de Carvalho am 29.06.1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Amália Rodrigues, La Reine Du Fado (Mono Version)
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 06.10.2014
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Ensaios (Rehearsal Sessions)
Fado - Erschienen bei Edições Valentim de Carvalho, S.A. am 11.12.2020
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Amália Rodrigues Ao Vivo Café Luso 1955 - Olympia 1956 - Bobino 1960 (Restauración 2022)
Fado - Erschienen bei Lantower Records am 22.02.2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Best Of Amalia
Fado - Erschienen bei Edições Valentim de Carvalho, S.A. am 10.12.2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Encontro com Don Byas
Fado - Erschienen bei Edições Valentim de Carvalho am 30.06.1989
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Queen Of Fado
World Music - Erschienen bei World Music Records am 21.02.2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Amália no Chiado
Fado - Erschienen bei Edições Valentim de Carvalho am 24.11.2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
Amalia! (Live)
Amália Rodrigues, Dominigos Camarinha, Julio Nobre Orchestra, Santos Moreira
World Music - Erschienen bei Edition Estela - Tesoros Musicales am 02.09.2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Fados 67
Fado - Erschienen bei Edições Valentim de Carvalho, S.A. am 01.01.1967
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Splendor of Fado
Fado - Erschienen bei Hérisson Vert am 02.02.2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Fado português
Fado - Erschienen bei Edições Valentim de Carvalho, S.A. am 09.06.1992
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Amalia 1963 (Mono Version)
Amália Rodrigues, Jose Nunes, Castro Mota
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1963
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Com que voz
Fado - Erschienen bei Edições Valentim de Carvalho, S.A. am 06.12.2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Amália Rodrigues, Rainha Do Fado (Mono Version)
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 06.10.2014
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Vou dar de beber à dor
Fado - Erschienen bei Edições Valentim de Carvalho am 01.01.1969
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Com que Voz (Remastered)
Fado - Erschienen bei Edições Valentim de Carvalho, S.A. am 01.01.1987
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo