Search - Nara Leao :: Dez Anos Depois

Is that guy crazy?

Jilly Billy | Los Angeles, CA United States | 01/22/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The whole thing that makes this album so beautiful is the sparse arrangements. Yes, it's just vocals and guitar. That's why you feel like Nara is sitting there in your living room singing to you in the candlelight."

Among bossa's best

M. Miller | cuba, ny USA | 03/20/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"this cd rates as one of the finest examples of Brazilian music (even though it was recorded in France). a vast majority of the 24 tracks are written by Jobim & they are among the very best interpretations of his wonderful songwriting that one is going to find. a 3 star rating for this cd is an absolute joke. the arrangements are fairly stark but if you listen to the track Insensatez & have any soul at all you'll be moved to tears. Leao's voice is overdubbed so that she sings along with herself & the result is nothing short of stunning. this recording could not be any more perfect. not a single note or nuance could be added or taken away. there are plenty of jazzier, more fleshed out arrangements of these songs & some of them are true masterpieces. with material such as this you can't go far wrong. i consider classic MPB & Bossa Nova as one of the most satisfying movements in music culture & i would place Nara Leao's Dez Anos Depois among the very top of the heap."