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O poeta e o violão 1975
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O poeta e o violão

The Poet and the Guitar is an album that breathes in real time. Recorded in a single day at a studio in Milan, in 1975, Vinícius de Moraes and Toquinho let the encounter flow without filters: laughter, comments between songs, even some mistakes that stayed because they sounded right. The idea was clear: just violão and voice, no forced arrangements. The result is a collection of tracks that sound like an intimate conversation between two friends, where each note seems improvised but is laden with the history they carried between them.

Year
1975
Songs
14
Duration
40 min 20 seg

14 song|s

Song list

# Title Available ⏱
01

Tristeza

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4:09
02

Marcha da Quarta-Feira de Cinzas

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2:49
03

Morena flor

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2:25
04

Chega de saudade

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2:19
05

Dora

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2:58
06

Canto de Ossanha

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2:50
07

Rosa desfolhada

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2:35
08

Berimbau / Consolação

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2:52
09

Januária

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1:36
10

Insensatez

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2:43
11

Apêlo

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3:40
12

Garota de Ipanema

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2:56
13

O velho e a flor

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4:24
14

Nature Boy

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2:04

About the album

O poeta e o violão, according to DoReSol

The album spans nearly thirty years of Brazilian music in less than an hour. It begins with Tristeza, that classic by Haroldo Lobo and Nitinho that was already a hit before they played it, and ends with Nature Boy, a tribute to Nat King Cole and composer Eden Ahbez. In between, there are gems like Chega de saudade, the song that opened the doors to bossa nova, or Garota de Ipanema, which took the genre worldwide. There are also the afro-sambas that Vinícius composed with Baden Powell, such as Canto de Ossanha, and more personal pieces like O velho e a flor, where Luis Bacalov joins in on piano at an unexpected moment. What’s curious is that, although the album includes some of Vinícius’ biggest hits, it doesn’t sound repetitive: each track feels like a new version, as if the two were discovering those songs all over again.

The live recording, with no additional takes, gives it a special weight. There are no overdubs or corrections: what you hear is what happened in the studio that day. The cover says it all: 'in un clima di totale deconcentrazione'. They weren’t seeking perfection, but truth. And that honesty is what makes this album still sound fresh, as if Vinícius and Toquinho were there, in your living room, telling you their songs from memory.