Amalia Rodrigues - Lame Dun Pays 1945-57 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Amália Rodrigues, international star, nicknamed 'the Queen of Fado', has maintained a special relationship with France and Paris in particular. From the end of the 1950s, she found success there and became a popular artist, filling Parisian halls.

2013 collection of Spanish traditional Fado music. Artists include Amalia Rodriguez, Herminia Silva, Carlos Ramos, Lucilia Do Carmo, Alfredo Marceneiro & more.

(2-CD set) Originating from Lisbon's bad lot and then from students in Coimbra, fado is an expression of saudade, the spleen forever associated with the Portuguese soul. These recordings, made between 197 and the mid-thirties, restore it's very essence.