There are no two voices like these. The late Amália Rodrigues, the queen of fado, a unique singer up there with the great voices of 20th century popular song like Piaf, Sinatra, Ella, Oum Kalthoum. Mariza, the young singer that has helped bring fado into the 21st century. Two of the greatest and most influential stylists of fado, the ex-libris of Portuguese popular music, a world cultural heritage.

2020, the 20th anniversary of Mariza’s career, the centenary of Mmália’s birth. “This the best way i can find to pay my tribute to Amália, and to thank her for the legacy and inspiration she gave us,” says Mariza. Ten Amália standards reinvented for the 21st century, their soul intact, their identity unmistakable, their stylings unexpected.

For this new album, Mariza invited an old friend – Brazilian musician and producer Jaques Morelenbaum, regular accomplice of Ryuichi Sakamoto or Caetano Veloso. Morelenbaum produced Mariza’s triple-platinum 2005 album Transparente; here, he creates a seductive, inspired series of orchestral arrangements, simultaneously classic and innovative, that allow Mariza to delve into songs we all thought we knew and make them new, fresh, ravishing.

1. Com Que Voz
2. Barco Negro
3. Lágrima
4. Formiga Bossa Nova
5. Estranha Forma De Vida
6. Cravos De Papel
7. Povo Que Lavas No Rio
8. Foi Deus
9. Gaivota
10. Fado Português