It is one of the albums recorded by the duo Maria Joao and Mario Laginha a tribute to 500 years of Portuguese discoveries.
This album is worth for two songs, not belittling the other melodies they are wonderful, but the version sung by Maria Joao of Beatriz at the piano of Mario Laginha is a musical delirium that just chills your skin just to listen and moves to the bottom of soul. This theme written by Edu Lobo and Chico Buarque, one of the masterpieces of Brazilian music and one of the songs most loved by the nation, was for decades interpreted by the greatest female voices of Brazil. A Portuguese version of this Beatriz, accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra of Hanover with the voice of Maria Joao is superb and I could added more goals, but they do not do justice to the vocal ability of this great performer. She gives a proper reading for all the songs she plans to sing, most notably in this melody, she gave it emotion, color and heat, which is not possible for any singer.
The promotional video is also very unique, because both are hanging by ropes, on the Tagus, in the late afternoon and early evening, which refers to a romantic setting that adds even more dramatic charge to this music.
Asa Branca, was a personal choice of both, having been created for this purpose a special arrangement for piano. If you listen carefully begins with a wonderful solo played by Mario Laginha smoothly the voice of Maria Joao prints the words in this almost melodic symphony, with the tone of the Northeast. Heavenly!
The title of this album was the suggestion of Maria Joao while on the phone when she hear the first chords of the original music played by Mario Laginha, found only natural that it come to mind these three animals running free. And so, this is how myths are constructed. Of course!
