Julio Resende - Am?lia Por J?lio Resende (2013)

There’s only ever been one Am?lia Rodrigues, now in the National Pantheon with the honour of being Portugal’s biggest voice of the twentieth century. In 2013, 14 years after the passing of this diva of fado, pianist J?lio Resende decided to pay tribute to her in his first solo album. It’s a surprising album, just him and an acoustic piano playing classics of Lisbon song immortalised by Am?lia. That’s it, until the no less surprising final track, which removes the guitar accompaniment from the original recording of “Medo” (1965) to create a magical meeting of singer and pianist, a meeting which obviously never happened.

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