João Gilberto - Chega De Saudade - Limited 180-Gram Crystal Clear Vinyl with Bonus Tracks - VINYL LP

180-Gram Limited Edition. Includes specially prepared liner notes by Brian Morton. Brazilian singer/song writer João Gilberto was a legend of bossa nova. While Antônio Carlos Jobim set the standard for the creation of bossa nova in the mid-'50s (with songs like InchThe Girl from IpanemaInch and InchDesafinadoInch), it was Gilberto who brilliantly reimagined (and, arguably, defined) the genre. In 1959 Gilberto presented his first LP, Chega de Saudade. The title song turned into a hit, launching Gilberto's career and the bossa nova craze. 180-GRAM VIRGIN VINYL - THE COMPLETE LP + 8 BONUS TRACKS - Includes specially prepared liner notes by celebrated music writer Brian Morton - LIMITED EDITION

Limited 180gm colored vinyl LP pressing. Includes bonus tracks. Chega de Saudade is the debut album by Brazilian musician João Gilberto and is often credited as the first bossa nova album. By the time of the album's , newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo stated that Gilberto Inchis one of the most musical of our popular singers, a certainty which broadly compensates for his lack of volume. In this regard, it is worth noting his interpretation of 'Desafinado'. Besides, he reveals an unorthodox good taste for the choice of melodies recorded in this first LP and a sobriety in interpretation we have rarely observedInch.

Zingari's libretto was inspired by Alexander Pushkin's poem InchThe GypsiesInch. Following Zazà and Il Rolando di Berlino, Leoncavallo had abandoned the Wagner-inspired practice of writing his own librettos, and accepted the collaboration with Enrico Cavacchioli supported by the Sonzogno. The opera first premiered in London in 1912. Having had considerable success at the time, the opera left soon the repertoire of theaters following the composer's death. Today, we can affirm that Zingari isn't a poor quality repeat of Pagliacci, and Leoncavallo's energy and creativity had not abandoned him. And it is unfair that the opera was consigned to oblivion for so long, apart from a revival by Italian broadcasting in the RAI production of 1975 and a further staging at Montecatini in 1999. This recording is thus a major step towards rectifying this state of affairs.