Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
Completing 50 years of life and 33 of career in 1995, Maria Bethânia realized the show Âmbar, which ended up yielding this live recorded double album. Its title was taken from "Imitação," a song by the late composer Batatinha, who died soon after the recording of the first album, Diplomacia. The unknown and excellent composer was recorded by Bethânia in her first album, Maria Bethânia, from 1965 ("Só Eu Sei" and "Diplomacia"). Her crush for drama is expressed through the poems (mostly by Fernando Pessoa) read between songs, which keep a strong connection with the song just finished or subsequent. The double-album format is favorable to the inclusion of so many important songs of her career, here recalled in her unprejudiced mix: the lyrical "Beatriz," the militant "Rosa Dos Ventos," the old seresta "Chão de Estrelas," Gonzaguinha's modern romantic tunes "Não Dá Mais Pra Segurar" and "Grito de Alerta," Raul Seixas' "Gitâ," old dramatic sambas-canção ("Lama," "Negue"), and others. Contemporary composers also are present: Chico César ("Onde Estará O Meu Amor"), the improbable Arnaldo Antunes ("Alegria"), and Adriana Calcanhotto ("Âmbar"). In short, Maria Bethânia at her best.
© Alvaro Neder /TiVo
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From 12.49€/month
Maria Bethania, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Batatinha, Composer - Edu Lobo, Composer - Chico Buarque, Composer - Guto Graça Mello, Producer
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Orestes Barbosa, Composer - Maria Bethania, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Fernando Pessoa, ComposerLyricist - Guto Graça Mello, Producer - Sílvio Caldas, Composer
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Sueli Costa, Composer - Tite de Lemos, Composer - Maria Bethania, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gonzaguinha, ComposerLyricist - Guto Graça Mello, Producer
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Raul Seixas, ComposerLyricist - Maria Bethania, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Fernando Pessoa, ComposerLyricist - Guto Graça Mello, Producer - Paulo Coelho De Souza, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Maria Bethania, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Fernando Pessoa, Composer - Guto Graça Mello, Producer - Roberto Mendes, Composer - Folclore Baiano, Composer
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Maria Bethania, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chico Buarque, Composer - Fernando Pessoa, ComposerLyricist - Guto Graça Mello, Producer
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Donato, ComposerLyricist - Maria Bethania, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guto Graça Mello, Producer - Francisco Naiva, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Jorge Portugal, ComposerLyricist - Maria Bethania, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guto Graça Mello, Producer - Roberto Mendes, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Carlinhos Brown, ComposerLyricist - Maria Bethania, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Arnaldo Antunes, ComposerLyricist - Guto Graça Mello, Producer
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Maria Bethania, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chico Buarque, ComposerLyricist - Guto Graça Mello, Producer - Àlvaro de Campos, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Dominguinhos, Composer - Gilberto Gil, Composer - Maria Bethania, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guto Graça Mello, Producer - Capinan, Composer - Gilberto Gill, Composer
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Antonio Cícero, ComposerLyricist - Orlando Moraes, ComposerLyricist - Maria Bethania, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guto Graça Mello, Producer
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Fernando Lobo, ComposerLyricist - Maria Bethania, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antonio Maria, ComposerLyricist - Guto Graça Mello, Producer - Paulo Marques, ComposerLyricist - Àlvaro de Campos, Composer - Aylce de Vasconcellos Chaves, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Enzo De Almeida Passos, Composer - Adelino Moreira, Composer - Maria Bethania, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guto Graça Mello, Producer
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
DISC 2
Maria Bethania, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chico César, ComposerLyricist - Guto Graça Mello, Producer
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Aldo Cabral, ComposerLyricist - Cicero Nunes, ComposerLyricist - Maria Bethania, MainArtist - Fernando Pessoa, Composer - Guto Graça Mello, Producer - Àlvaro de Campos, Composer
℗ 1997 EMI Music Brasil Ltda
Maria Bethania, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gonzaguinha, ComposerLyricist - Guto Graça Mello, Producer
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Maria Bethania, MainArtist - Alain Oulman, Composer - Guto Graça Mello, Producer - Manuel Alegre, Composer
℗ 1997 EMI Music Brasil Ltda
Maria Bethania, MainArtist - Edu Lobo, Composer - Chico Buarque, Composer
℗ 1997 EMI Music Brasil Ltda
Waly Salomão, Composer - Maria Bethania, MainArtist - CAetano Veloso, Composer, ComposerLyricist - Guto Graça Mello, Producer
℗ 1997 EMI Music Brasil Ltda
Ruy Guerra, Author - JOE DARION, Composer - Mitch Leigh, Composer - Maria Bethania, MainArtist - Chico Buarque, Author - Fernando Pessoa, ComposerLyricist - Guto Graça Mello, Producer
℗ 1997 EMI Music Brasil Ltda
Maria Bethania, MainArtist - Chico César, ComposerLyricist - Guto Graça Mello, Producer - Àlvaro de Campos, Composer
℗ 1997 EMI Music Brasil Ltda
Sueli Costa, Composer - Ricardo Reis, Composer - Maria Bethania, MainArtist - Guto Graça Mello, Producer
℗ 1997 EMI Music Brasil Ltda
Carlinhos Brown, Composer, Adapter - Maria Bethania, MainArtist - Guto Graça Mello, Producer - Manezinho De Isaias, Composer - Afonso Machado, Composer, Adapter - Bernard Von Der Weid, Composer, Adapter
℗ 1997 EMI Music Brasil Ltda
Antonio Almeida, Composer - Paquito, ComposerLyricist - Maria Bethania, MainArtist - João de Barro, Composer - Guto Graça Mello, Producer - Manuel Bandeira, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 EMI Music Brasil Ltda
Maria Bethania, MainArtist - Arnaldo Antunes, Composer - Guto Graça Mello, Producer
℗ 1997 EMI Music Brasil Ltda
Adriana Calcanhotto, ComposerLyricist - Maria Bethania, MainArtist - Fernando Pessoa, ComposerLyricist - Guto Graça Mello, Producer
℗ 1997 EMI Music Brasil Ltda
Maria Bethania, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Haroldo Barbosa, ComposerLyricist - Guto Graça Mello, Producer - Luiz Reis, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Album review
Completing 50 years of life and 33 of career in 1995, Maria Bethânia realized the show Âmbar, which ended up yielding this live recorded double album. Its title was taken from "Imitação," a song by the late composer Batatinha, who died soon after the recording of the first album, Diplomacia. The unknown and excellent composer was recorded by Bethânia in her first album, Maria Bethânia, from 1965 ("Só Eu Sei" and "Diplomacia"). Her crush for drama is expressed through the poems (mostly by Fernando Pessoa) read between songs, which keep a strong connection with the song just finished or subsequent. The double-album format is favorable to the inclusion of so many important songs of her career, here recalled in her unprejudiced mix: the lyrical "Beatriz," the militant "Rosa Dos Ventos," the old seresta "Chão de Estrelas," Gonzaguinha's modern romantic tunes "Não Dá Mais Pra Segurar" and "Grito de Alerta," Raul Seixas' "Gitâ," old dramatic sambas-canção ("Lama," "Negue"), and others. Contemporary composers also are present: Chico César ("Onde Estará O Meu Amor"), the improbable Arnaldo Antunes ("Alegria"), and Adriana Calcanhotto ("Âmbar"). In short, Maria Bethânia at her best.
© Alvaro Neder /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 28 track(s)
- Total length: 01:21:16
- Main artists: Maria Bethânia
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI Brazil
- Genre: World Brazil MPB
© 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda ℗ 1997 EMI Records Brasil Ltda
Improve album information
Why buy on Qobuz...
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.