Amalia Rodrigues

Amalia Rodrigues – Greatest Hits of Amalia Rodrigues (Mono Version) (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 32:11 minutes | 284 MB | Genre: Fado, World
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © BnF Collection

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.
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Amália Rodrigues – Ensaios (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:35:43 minutes | 969 MB | Genre: World
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Edições Valentim de Carvalho, S.A.

From two magnetic tapes restored by Pedro Félix, Amália Rodrigues ‘ reissue plan, coordinated by Frederico Santiago, now takes us to rehearsals and creative work, in her home or in the studio. From the presentation of the themes and experiences, to the almost definitive versions.

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