Amália/Vinicius
# Amália/Vinicius

Amalia/Vinicius is a recording of the 1968 meeting between the Brazilian poet Vinicius de Moraes and the Portuguese singer Amália Rodrigues. In December 1968, de Moraes was travelling to Rome, where he wanted to celebrate Christmas. However, before he arrived in Italy, the poet stayed some hours in Lisbon where he met Rodrigues at her home. The LP containing these conversations was released two years later.

At that event were present other Portuguese poets, like Ary dos Santos and Natália Correia. The meeting lasted hours, but the recording was edited down to only one hour. However, the tracks included in this album are considered relics of Brazilian and Portuguese poetry and music.

In 2001, the album was recorded on CD by EMI. In 2009, Biscoito Fino reissued the album on CD.

## Track listing

| # | Title | Songwriters | Performer | Length |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | "Retrato de Amália" | J.C. Ary dos Santos | Ary dos Santos | 2:59 |
| 2. | "Defesa do poeta" | Natália Correia | Natália Correia | 3:07 |
| 3. | "Havemos de ir a Viana" | Pedro Homem de Melo, Allain Oulman | Amália Rodrigues | 4:06 |
| 4. | "Monólogo de Orfeu" | Vinicius de Moraes | Vinicius de Moraes | 3:35 |
| 5. | "Poema dos olhos da amada" | Paulo Soledade, Vinicius de Moraes | Vinicius de Moraes | 2:32 |
| 6. | "Abandono" | David Mourão Ferreira, Allan Oulman | Amália Rodrigues | 5:02 |
| 7. | "Formosinha de Elvas" | Vidal Jogral de Elvas, Natália Correia | Natália Correia | 1:35 |
| 8. | "O objeto" | J.C. Ary dos Santos | Ary dos Santos | 1:09 |
| 9. | "O dia da criação" | Vinicius de Moraes | Vinicius de Moraes | 6:39 |
| 10. | "Fado para a lua de Lisboa" | David Mourão Ferreira | David Mourão Ferreira | 2:35 |
| 11. | "Gaivota" | Alexandre O'Neill, Alain Oulman | Amália Rodrigues | 3:57 |
| 12. | "Balada do mangue" | Vinicius de Moraes | Vinicius de Moraes | 3:16 |
| 13. | "Saudades do Brasil em Portugal" | Vinicius de Moraes, Homem Cristo | Vinicius de Moraes | 3:08 |
| 14. | "Saudades do Brasil em Portugal" | Vinicius de Moraes, Homem Cristo | Amália Rodrigues | 2:08 |
| 15. | "Pra que chorar" | Baden Powell, Vinicius de Moraes | Vinicius de Moraes | 4:34 |
| 16. | "O retrato do poeta" | J.C. Ary dos Santos | Ary dos Santos | 1:35 |
| 17. | "Fado português" | José Régio, Alain Oulman | Amália Rodrigues | 2:36 |
| 18. | "Autogénese" | Natália Correia | Natália Correia | 2:56 |
| 19. | "Mensagem" | Vinicius de Moraes | Vinicius de Moraes | 5:24 |

## Personnel

* David Mourão Ferreira – narration
* Fontes Rocha – guitar
* Pedro Leal – viola
