Elza Soares Photo: By Ministério da Cultura - Flickr, CC BY 2.0,
After viewing the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics and moving on from the Tongan flag-bearer, William Dart checks in with the great Brazilian musicians featured there: Paulinho da Viola, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and the Queen of Samba, Elza Soares.
Playlist
'Song title' (Composer) – Performers
Album title
(Label)
'Suite Op 157b, Overture' (Milhaud) – Fessard, Jean-Marc; Pelassy, Frederic; Reyes, Eliane
Milhaud: Suite/Scaramouche et al
(Naxos)
'Quatorze Anos' (da Viola) – Paulinho da Viola, Elton Medeiros
Samba Na Madrugada
(Rym Musique)
'Tempo Rei' (Gil) – Gilberto Gil
Raça Humana
(WEA)
'Back in Bahia' (Gil) – Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil
Two Friends: One Century of Music
(Sony)
'Nine Out Of Ten' (Veloso) – Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil
Two Friends: One Century of Music
(Sony)
'Terra' (Veloso) – Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
(Nonesuch)
'Terra, 3 Mellotrons in a Quiet Room mix' (Veloso arr Herren) – Caetano Veloso, Prefuse 73
Red Hot & Rio 2
(Red Hot)
'Canto de Ossanha' (Powell) – Elza Soares
I mitici lunedì del Sistina 1969-1979
(Halidon)
'Marambaia' (Soares) – Elza Soares
A Bossa Negra
(Universal)
'Mulher Do Fim Do Mundo' (Coutinho/ Froes) – Elza Soares
A Mulher Do Fim Do Mundo/The Woman At the End of the World
(Mais Um Discos)
