Cantar

by Gal Costa

Cantar cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1974
  • Label: Philips
  • Country: Brazil
  • Length: 33:42
  • Community rating: 3.77/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Moving away from the confrontational, high-energy psychedelia of her early Tropicalia period, Gal Costa鈥檚 'Cantar' is a masterfully subtle, deeply intimate work of MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira). Featuring impeccably lush orchestrations and Costa鈥檚 restrained, exquisitely controlled vocal delivery, the album remains a seminal, beautifully balanced record of sophisticated Brazilian popular music.

Genres

Descriptors: Portuguese language, melodic, vocal, ballad, orchestral

Tracklist

  1. Barato Total (3:51)
  2. A R茫 (3:54)
  3. Lua, Lua, Lua, Lua (3:05)
  4. Can莽茫o Que Morre No Ar (1:53)
  5. Flor De Maracuj谩 (3:01)
  6. Flor Do Cerrado / Garota De Ipamena - Medley (3:13)
  7. J贸ia (3:26)
  8. At茅 Quem Sabe (3:42)
  9. O C茅u E O Som (3:01)
  10. L谩grimas Negras (3:35)
  11. Chululu (0:57)

Credits

  • Gal Costa - primary artist, vocals
  • Rub茫o Sabino - bass
  • Tutty Moreno - drums
  • Gilberto Gil - written-by, arranged by, guitar [viol茫o]
  • Novelli - bass
  • En茅as Costa - drums
  • Chiquito - guitar [guitarra]
  • Ariovaldo Contesini - percussion

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