Search - Milton Nascimento :: The Essential Collection: The Best of the EMI Odeon Years (1969-78)

Nascimento?s Distinctive Songs and Vocal Interpretations Set Him Apart from Other Brazilian Popular Artists and Others Worldwide. The Acclaim He Has Garnered Within Brazil and around the World Comes from his Vocal Virtuosity, his Unique Compositional Concepts and on the Emotive Strength of his Sound and Lyrics. His Style Has Been Described as "haunting, Hypnotic, Heartbreaking and Epic". This is the First to Cover his Golden Period of 1969-78 When He Recorded for his Favourite Label, ?odeon Brazil?. The Eighteen Amazing Songs Include Many of his Biggest Hits. Not Rooted in Bossa Or Samba, "The Essential Collection" Introduces the Uninitiated to an Artist that Has as Much to Do with Folk Music Heritage and Baroque Choirs from his Hometown of Minas Gerais as He Has with South American Folklore, Pop and Jazz Music. Nascimento is a Unique Brazilian Artist and Next to Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque and Gilberto Gil, He is One of the Four Musical Gods of his Generation.