Canção De Embalar
Cristina Branco Lyrics
Dorme meu menino a estrela dalva
Já a procurei e não a vi
Se ela não vier de madrugada
Outra que eu souber será pra ti
Outra que eu souber na noite escura
Sobre o teu sorriso de encantar
Ouvirás cantando nas alturas
Trovas e cantigas de embalar
Afina a garganta meu cantor
Quando a luz se apaga nas janelas
Perde a estrela dalva o seu fulgor
Perde a estrela dalva pequenina
Se outra não vier para a render
Dorme que à noite é muito menina
Deixa-a vir também adormecer
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Cristina Branco was born in December, 1972, in Almeirim, Ribatejo, Portugal, where she still lives. Her music is deeply rooted in tradition, yet essentially modern.
She grew up far from the fado houses of Lisbon and nothing suggested that she was predestined for the fado. Like almost all young Portuguese born after the revolution of 1974, she was interested in folk music, jazz, blues, bossa nova but not in fado. She regarded it as a genre for a different generation. Read Full BioCristina Branco was born in December, 1972, in Almeirim, Ribatejo, Portugal, where she still lives. Her music is deeply rooted in tradition, yet essentially modern.
She grew up far from the fado houses of Lisbon and nothing suggested that she was predestined for the fado. Like almost all young Portuguese born after the revolution of 1974, she was interested in folk music, jazz, blues, bossa nova but not in fado. She regarded it as a genre for a different generation. This lasted until her 18th birthday, when her grandfather gave her the album Rara e Inédita by Amália Rodrigues. Suddenly, Cristina Branco discovered all the emotions that the genre could offer in the close connections that arose among voice, poetry and music. The amateur singer - then studying communication sciences and still full of her ambition to become a journalist - began to develop her vocal technique and to take her new vocation seriously.
After that, Cristina studied the poems from which major fado lyrics are taken.
Since then, Cristina has worked on her fado repertory, accompanied by Custódio Castelo on guitar and as composer.
Halfway through the nineties, other young musicians also found a new means of expression in the fado and this contributed to a surprising renaissance. Just as they did, Cristina Branco began to make clear choices in which respect for the tradition went hand in hand with the desire for renewal.
There can be no doubt that Cristina Branco is developing her own style from a number of primary components. She employs a traditional group (voice, Portuguese guitar, guitar and bass guitar) and offers us concurrently a light, warm and experienced voice; she mixes the traditional fado with themes and folk songs that are personal favourites and seems always to choose the words of the best Portuguese, or even Dutch poets with discretion.
She grew up far from the fado houses of Lisbon and nothing suggested that she was predestined for the fado. Like almost all young Portuguese born after the revolution of 1974, she was interested in folk music, jazz, blues, bossa nova but not in fado. She regarded it as a genre for a different generation. Read Full BioCristina Branco was born in December, 1972, in Almeirim, Ribatejo, Portugal, where she still lives. Her music is deeply rooted in tradition, yet essentially modern.
She grew up far from the fado houses of Lisbon and nothing suggested that she was predestined for the fado. Like almost all young Portuguese born after the revolution of 1974, she was interested in folk music, jazz, blues, bossa nova but not in fado. She regarded it as a genre for a different generation. This lasted until her 18th birthday, when her grandfather gave her the album Rara e Inédita by Amália Rodrigues. Suddenly, Cristina Branco discovered all the emotions that the genre could offer in the close connections that arose among voice, poetry and music. The amateur singer - then studying communication sciences and still full of her ambition to become a journalist - began to develop her vocal technique and to take her new vocation seriously.
After that, Cristina studied the poems from which major fado lyrics are taken.
Since then, Cristina has worked on her fado repertory, accompanied by Custódio Castelo on guitar and as composer.
Halfway through the nineties, other young musicians also found a new means of expression in the fado and this contributed to a surprising renaissance. Just as they did, Cristina Branco began to make clear choices in which respect for the tradition went hand in hand with the desire for renewal.
There can be no doubt that Cristina Branco is developing her own style from a number of primary components. She employs a traditional group (voice, Portuguese guitar, guitar and bass guitar) and offers us concurrently a light, warm and experienced voice; she mixes the traditional fado with themes and folk songs that are personal favourites and seems always to choose the words of the best Portuguese, or even Dutch poets with discretion.
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Maravilhas de fado!
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Lindo! Parabéns!
Carlos Matos
Por tanto amar o original desta "Canção de Embalar" - basta-me ouvir a introdução do Pato, ver surgir a voz do Zeca, ou simplesmente ler, só ler, as suas últimas letras ("Dorme qu'inda a noite é uma menina/ Deixa-a vir também adormecer") para desatar logo a chorar como um puto - as versões que conheço desta maravilhosa canção, sem serem as de Amélia Muge, Ricardo Ribeiro, Roberto Leão, Carlos Bica, Couple Coffee, não me deixam indiferente nem adormecido. Bem pelo contrário, tenho-lhes uma aversão profunda (desse tipo de aversão, 3 exemplares embalados aqui, num só pacote que inclui irascível comentário meu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fqqvp9dE4I.)
147 Coffees, 155 Bicas, 1686 Ribeiros e 930 Leões (nenhuma Amélia porque a versão dela nem sequer se encontra neste Tubo), até ao momento, é pouca gente, poucos pais, poucas mães, avós, putos, leõezinhos... se compararmos o seu número ao da multidão que frequenta os shopping centers dos outros. Que fazer?... Pela minha parte, tentar divulgar ao máximo todos os que vierem por bem (work in progess, para já estes):
"Canção de Embalar" do Ricardo Ribeiro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2kCw9AW7v8
"Canção de Embalar" do Couple Coffee - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuZTUNtniQ8,
"Canção de Embalar" do "Mar Aberto" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn5XujIVjUg,
"Canção de Embalar" do Carlos Bica - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5Rrpp23hrM,
"Canção de Embalar" do José Afonso (a original) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtXiAIDSYhQ.
Jean-Pierre Hayoun
Effectivement une beauté sans commentaire !!!!!!