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Vinícius & Toquinho 1974
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Vinícius & Toquinho

Vinícius de Moraes recorded Vinícius & Toquinho in 1974, an album that breathes the essence of his poetic voice and his unique way of intertwining word and music. It is not an album of disjointed songs, but a journey where the poet sits in front of the audience —with his table, his whisky, and his ice cube— and turns each track into an intimate conversation. The recording captures that atmosphere: there are recited passages flowing between the melodies, as if the album itself were an improvised show night in some corner of Rio. The sound, though recorded in a studio, retains that sense of immediacy, as if every note and every verse had been conceived in the heat of the moment.

Year
1974
Songs
11
Duration
93 min 36 seg

28 song|s

Song list

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01

Onde anda você

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2:48
01

Eu sei que vou te amar

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4:14
02

Pela luz dos olhos teus

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2:02
02

Desalento

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2:47
03

Lamento

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2:40
03

Um homem chamado Alfredo / Sei lá (A vida tem sempre razão) / O poeta aprendiz

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3:31
04

O filho que eu quero ter

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4:01
04

As cores de abril

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3:58
05

Berimbau

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3:09
05

Rosa de Hiroshima (ao vivo)

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2:33
06

Como é duro trabalhar

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3:46
06

Tem dó (ao vivo)

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4:30
07

Minha namorada (ao vivo)

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4:06
07

Marcha da quarta-feira de cinzas

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2:59
08

Samba em prelúdio

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3:33
08

Ela é carioca

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2:56
09

Samba da volta

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2:50
09

Apelo

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4:16
10

O velho e a flor / Veja você / Mais um adeus

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4:35
10

Valsinha

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2:00
11

Deixa

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2:57
11

Canto de Ossanha

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3:26
12

Samba de Orly (Samba de Fiumicino) (ao vivo)

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2:15
12

Lamento no morro

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2:27
13

Carta ao Tom 74

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2:41
13

Se todos fossem iguais a você

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3:40
14

Samba da benção

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6:49
14

Chega de saudade (ao vivo)

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2:07

About the album

Vinícius & Toquinho, according to DoReSol

Among the seventeen tracks, three stand out for how they condense that blend of the personal and the universal. The Pout-Pourri De Canciones De Vinicius Con Sus Co-Autores works like a mosaic of his most celebrated collaborations, where the listener can recognize echoes of Garota de Ipanema or Chega de Saudade intertwined with other rhythms. Meanwhile, Carta Ao Tom 74 closes the album with an open letter to time, written from nostalgia but without falling into melancholy: it is a dialogue with the past that sounds fresh, as if Vinícius had just left the whisky bottle on the table minutes before recording. And at the center, Samba Para Vinicius —a tribute that the artist himself receives from his peers— sounds like a homage made without solemnity, with the naturalness of someone who knows their work is already part of Brazil’s sonic landscape.

What is curious about this work is that it was not born as a conventional album. Vinícius, who had abandoned his diplomatic career to dedicate himself to music, often presented himself on stage more as a host than as a performer: he spoke, joked, recited poems, and only then sang. Vinícius & Toquinho carries that mark. There is none of the coldness of polished production here; instead, there is the warmth of someone sharing their world without filters. Even the tracklist reflects that logic: titles like Vinicius Habla De La Creacion De Canto General De Neruda or Vinicius Habla De Neruda, Muerto Un Año Atrás are not mere labels, but invitations to listen not only to the music, but also to the stories surrounding it. The album, in short, is less a finished product and more a fragment of a conversation that spanned years.

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