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Transparente is Mariza's "big" album, it seems, the one designed to make her more than just the shining star of the new fado. The music connects the dots between Portugal and Brazil, giving an international quality to it all. Her voice is as crystal clear as ever, and production by Jacques Morelenbaum is wonderfully transparent. Yet there's a sheen to it all that seems intended to rub off any rough edges. You can hear it in the soft strings that cushion "Meu Fado Meu." It just seems to be trying too hard, rather than letting the music unfold. It's apparent, too, in the fact that the songs are all short -- the longest barely passes three-and-a-half minutes. Not that it's not a gorgeous album; it enfolds the ears like silk; Mariza herself has never sounded more seductive, and the cello on "Quando Me Sinto So" is as warm and inviting as a lover's kiss. But unlike her previous work, there seems an air of calculation about all this, the sense of deliberately seeking out a larger audience rather than allowing the music to speak for itself. She'll never sing a bad note, and there's absolutely nothing to fault with this album. The arrangements are understatedly lush, the playing impeccable, everything as close to perfect as it's possible to be. But at heart, it just doesn't feel real.
© Chris Nickson /TiVo
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Jaques Morelenbaum, Conductor, Arranger - Jorge Helder, Double Bass - Fernando Pessoa, Lyricist - Ricardo Garcia, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Mariza, Vocals, MainArtist - Marcelo Saboia, Engineer - Mário Pacheco, Composer, Guitar, Performance - Bruno Stehling, Mixer - Pablo Vitório, Engineer - Jacques Morelembaum, Producer - João Lyra, Guitar, Performance
© 2005 Warner Music Portugal, Lda ℗ 2005 Taberna da Música, Lda under exclusive licence to Warner Music Portugal, Lda
Jaques Morelenbaum, Conductor, Producer - Jorge Helder, Double Bass - Ricardo Garcia, Mixer, Masterer - Mariza, Vocals, MainArtist - Marcelo Saboia, Designer, Engineer, Recorder - Mário Pacheco, Guitar, Performance - Paulo De Carvalho, Writer - Bruno Stehling, Mixer - Pablo Vitório, Engineer - Rio De Janeiro Session Orchestra, Strings - Jacques Morelembaum, Conductor, Producer - João Lyra, Guitar, Performance
© 2005 Warner Music Portugal, Lda ℗ 2005 Taberna da Música, Lda under exclusive licence to Warner Music Portugal, Lda
Jaques Morelenbaum, Producer - Jorge Helder, Double Bass - Ricardo Garcia, Mixer, Masterer - Mariza, Vocals, MainArtist - Marcelo Saboia, Designer, Engineer, Recorder - Mário Pacheco, Guitar, Performance - Bruno Stehling, Mixer - Pablo Vitório, Engineer - José Magala, Composer - Jacques Morelembaum, Producer - Lula Galvão, Guitar, Performance - João Lyra, Performance - Mario Rainho, Lyricist
© 2005 Warner Music Portugal, Lda ℗ 2005 Taberna da Música Lda under exclusive licence to Warner Music Portugal, Lda
Artur Ribeiro, Lyricist - Joaquim Campos, Composer - Jorge Helder, Double Bass - Ricardo Garcia, Mixer, Masterer - Mariza, Vocals, MainArtist - Marcelo Saboia, Designer, Engineer, Recorder - Mário Pacheco, Guitar, Performance - Bruno Stehling, Mixer - Pablo Vitório, Engineer - Jacques Morelembaum, Producer, Cello - João Lyra, Guitar, Performance
© 2005 Warner Music Portugal, Lda ℗ 2005 Taberna da Musica, Lda, under exclusive licence to Warner Music Portugal, Lda
Jaques Morelenbaum, Conductor, Producer - Jorge Helder, Double Bass - Ricardo Garcia, Mixer, Masterer - Mariza, Vocals, MainArtist - Marcelo Saboia, Designer, Engineer, Recorder - Mário Pacheco, Guitar, Performance - Bruno Stehling, Mixer - Pablo Vitório, Engineer - Rio De Janeiro Session Orchestra, Strings - Jacques Morelembaum, Conductor, Producer - João Lyra, Guitar, Performance - Pedro Campos, Composer
© 2005 Warner Music Portugal, Lda ℗ 2005 Taberna da Musica, Lda, under exclusive licence to Warner Music Portugal, Lda
Jaques Morelenbaum, Conductor, Producer - Jorge Helder, Double Bass - Ricardo Garcia, Mixer, Masterer - Mariza, Vocals, MainArtist - Marcelo Saboia, Designer, Engineer, Recorder - Alexandre O'Neill, Lyricist - Mário Pacheco, Composer, Guitar, Performance - Bruno Stehling, Mixer - Pablo Vitório, Engineer - Rio De Janeiro Session Orchestra, Strings - Jacques Morelembaum, Conductor, Producer - Ismael Oliveira, French Horn - João Lyra, Guitar, Performance
© 2005 Warner Music Portugal, Lda ℗ 2005 Taberna da Música, Lda under exclusive licence to Warner Music Portugal, Lda
Jaques Morelenbaum, Producer, Arranger - Rui Veloso, Music - Carlos Malta, Flute - Jorge Helder, Double Bass - Ricardo Garcia, Mixer, Masterer - Marcelo Costa, Percussion - Mariza, Vocals, MainArtist - Marcelo Saboia, Designer, Engineer, Recorder - Mário Pacheco, Guitar, Performance - Paulo Abreu Lima, Lyricist - Bruno Stehling, Mixer - Pablo Vitório, Engineer - Jacques Morelembaum, Producer - João Lyra, Guitar, Performance
© 2005 Warner Music Portugal, Lda ℗ 2005 Taberna da Musica, Lda, under exclusive licence to Warner Music Portugal, Lda
Jaques Morelenbaum, Producer, Arranger - Jorge Helder, Double Bass - Ricardo Garcia, Mixer, Masterer - Mariza, Vocals, MainArtist - Marcelo Saboia, Designer, Engineer, Recorder - Mário Pacheco, Guitar, Performance - Paulo De Carvalho, Composer - Bruno Stehling, Mixer - Pablo Vitório, Engineer - Jacques Morelembaum, Producer - João Lyra, Guitar, Performance - Agostinho Silva, Accordion - Alceu Maia, Guitar, Performance
© 2005 Warner Music Portugal, Lda ℗ 2005 Taberna da Musica, Lda, under exclusive licence to Warner Music Portugal, Lda
Jaques Morelenbaum, Producer, Arranger, Cello - Popular, Composer - Jorge Helder, Double Bass - Ricardo Garcia, Mixer, Masterer - Mariza, Vocals, MainArtist - António Neto, Guitar, Performance - Marcelo Saboia, Designer, Engineer, Recorder - Mário Pacheco, Guitar, Performance - Aldina Duarte, Lyricist - Bruno Stehling, Mixer - Pablo Vitório, Engineer - Jacques Morelembaum, Producer, Cello - João Lyra, Guitar, Performance
© 2005 Warner Music Portugal, Lda ℗ 2005 Taberna da Musica, Lda, under exclusive licence to Warner Music Portugal, Lda
Jaques Morelenbaum, Conductor, Producer - Reinaldo Ferreira, Lyricist - Alain Oulman, Composer, Music - Jorge Helder, Double Bass - Ricardo Garcia, Mixer, Masterer - Mariza, Vocals, MainArtist - Marcelo Saboia, Designer, Engineer, Recorder - Mário Pacheco, Guitar, Performance - Bruno Stehling, Mixer - Pablo Vitório, Engineer - Rio De Janeiro Session Orchestra, Strings - Jacques Morelembaum, Conductor, Producer - João Lyra, Guitar, Performance
© 2005 Warner Music Portugal, Lda ℗ 2005 Taberna da Música Lda under exclusive licence to Warner Music Portugal, Lda
Jaques Morelenbaum, Producer, Arranger, Cello - Jorge Helder, Double Bass - Ricardo Garcia, Mixer, Masterer - Mariza, Vocals, MainArtist - António Neto, Guitar, Performance - Marcelo Saboia, Designer, Engineer, Recorder - Paulo Sérgio Santos, Clarinet - Vasco Graça Moura, Lyricist - Mário Pacheco, Guitar, Performance - Bruno Stehling, Mixer - Pablo Vitório, Engineer - Jacques Morelembaum, Producer, Cello - João Lyra, Guitar, Performance - Franklin Godinho, Composer
© 2005 Warner Music Portugal, Lda ℗ 2005 Taberna da Musica, Lda, under exclusive licence to Warner Music Portugal, Lda
Jaques Morelenbaum, Arranger - Carlos Malta, Flute - Jorge Helder, Double Bass - Ricardo Garcia, Mixer, Masterer - Mariza, Vocals, MainArtist - Marcelo Saboia, Designer, Engineer, Recorder - Fernando Tordo, Composer - Mário Pacheco, Guitar, Performance - Bruno Stehling, Mixer - Pablo Vitório, Engineer - Jacques Morelembaum, Producer - João Lyra, Guitar, Performance
© 2005 Warner Music Portugal, Lda ℗ 2005 Taberna da Musica, Lda, under exclusive licence to Warner Music Portugal, Lda
Jaques Morelenbaum, Producer, Cello - D.r., Lyricist - Pedro Rodrigues, Music - Jorge Helder, Double Bass - Ricardo Garcia, Mixer, Masterer - Mariza, Vocals, MainArtist - Marcelo Saboia, Designer, Engineer, Recorder - Mário Pacheco, Guitar, Performance - Bruno Stehling, Mixer - Pablo Vitório, Engineer - Jacques Morelembaum, Producer - João Lyra, Guitar, Performance - Pedro Rodrigues dos Santos, Composer
© 2005 Warner Music Portugal, Lda ℗ 2005 Taberna da Musica, Lda, under exclusive licence to Warner Music Portugal, Lda
Jaques Morelenbaum, Conductor, Producer - Jorge Helder, Double Bass - Ricardo Garcia, Mixer, Masterer - Mariza, Vocals, MainArtist - Florbela Espanca, Words - Tiago Machado, Composer - Marcelo Saboia, Designer, Engineer, Recorder - Mário Pacheco, Guitar, Performance - Bruno Stehling, Mixer - Pablo Vitório, Engineer - Rio De Janeiro Session Orchestra, Strings - Jacques Morelembaum, Conductor, Producer - João Lyra, Guitar, Performance
© 2005 Warner Music Portugal, Lda ℗ 2005 Taberna da Musica, Lda, under exclusive licence to Warner Music Portugal, Lda
Album review
Transparente is Mariza's "big" album, it seems, the one designed to make her more than just the shining star of the new fado. The music connects the dots between Portugal and Brazil, giving an international quality to it all. Her voice is as crystal clear as ever, and production by Jacques Morelenbaum is wonderfully transparent. Yet there's a sheen to it all that seems intended to rub off any rough edges. You can hear it in the soft strings that cushion "Meu Fado Meu." It just seems to be trying too hard, rather than letting the music unfold. It's apparent, too, in the fact that the songs are all short -- the longest barely passes three-and-a-half minutes. Not that it's not a gorgeous album; it enfolds the ears like silk; Mariza herself has never sounded more seductive, and the cello on "Quando Me Sinto So" is as warm and inviting as a lover's kiss. But unlike her previous work, there seems an air of calculation about all this, the sense of deliberately seeking out a larger audience rather than allowing the music to speak for itself. She'll never sing a bad note, and there's absolutely nothing to fault with this album. The arrangements are understatedly lush, the playing impeccable, everything as close to perfect as it's possible to be. But at heart, it just doesn't feel real.
© Chris Nickson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:06
- Main artists: Mariza
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone Portugal
- Genre: World Fado
© 2005 Warner Music Portugal, Lda ℗ 2005 Warner Music Portugal, Lda sob licença exclusiva de Taberna da Música, Lda
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