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The Portuguese Vangelis

F. Goncalves | Portugal | 05/10/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Rodrigo Leão has assumed in these last years the nickname of the "Portuguese Vangelis". If this can a little bit too much, it is true that his music in Portugal is the most similar to the greek composer. This albun (the first one, after this one he composed 2 more albuns) is a mixture of Vangelis with Lating Gregoric chants, similar to the first album of Enigma, with a strong violin background and two wonderful voices: Teresa Salgueiro (from "Madredeus") and Nuno Guerreiro (from "Ala dos Namorados). Although his best album is the last ("Alma Matter"), this is an excellent one, please buy it if you can!"

The other side of Madredeus

flsousa | Lisbon, Portugal | 05/18/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Rodrigo Leão, amongst other adventures, has played with Madredeus for a long time. Somewhere along the way, he and accordeonist Gabriel Gomes left and, for me, the group lost a great deal of its magic ( although Gabriel is now back, on the group's latest album ). Although this is much more a classical music album than a pop one, if you get to buy it, you certainly will try to get the more recent ones. In Portugal, just a few weeks ago another one was published ( Alma Mater ) where, if you love the " old times " Madredeus, will find a soothing a reason to smile again."

Ave Mundi Luminar - Vox Populare

Petar Vodogaz | Sydney, NSW Australia | 02/15/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Rodrigo Leao and Vox Ensemble have come together to create music that is utterly wonderful and beautiful to listen too. You can feel the chemistry within this music, every track filled with joyful euphoria and wonderful Latin Chants. If I could give it 10 stars I would.



All the tracks are composed wonderfully and without error and each instrument is sung in tandem to completely detail a CD of songs that will make you smile. When I am feeling sad or unhappy these songs pick me up. Carpe Diem and Vitorial are stand out songs but all songs are great.

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