Next came Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra, who recorded their first version on 30 December 1941 with vocalist La Chata and chorus singing in Portuguese. On this recording, vocalist Tony Leonard sings in Portuguese. recording of ∻razil was made on 4 September 1941 by pianist and bandleader Eddy Duchin, who had just returned from an engagement at the Cassino de Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro. They conversed about the song, and right there it acquired the title ∻razil (see English lyrics). The following day, Disney and Barroso met at a cocktail party given by the U.S. Silveira told him that he could present him the next day. He remembered ∺quarela and asked Silveira if he knew the composer. On the flight from Belém to Rio de Janeiro, Disney discussed the creation of the Zé Carioca character and the kind of song that should accompany it. Silveira asked the musicians to play Brazilian music, and the pianist played ∺quarela do Brasil, reportedly badly. In Belém do Pará, he complained to journalist Celestino Silveira that the hotel band was playing only North American tunes.
State Department Good Neighbor Policy mission. In August 1941, Walt Disney visited Brazil on a U.S. Several other recordings, including one by Alves‚ main rival, Sílvio Caldas, followed in quick succession. The six-minute arrangement was too long to fit on one side of a 78-rpm disc and was recorded in two parts that occupied both sides of the single. Alves recorded ∺quarela with Radamés Gnattali and his orchestra in August 1939, and the record was released in October of the same year. In the meantime, the record label Odeon sent a telegram to Ary seeking exclusivity for its own planned recording with the great singing star Francisco Alves, O Rei da Voz. Botelho naturally wished to record the song but couldnt reach Ary, who was out of town. As a result, Aracy recorded another samba, now forgotten, while Francisco Alves gained the distinction of being the first artist to record Brazils greatest song, on the Odeon label.Īry Barroso relaunched ∺quarela on 28 June 1939 in Henrique Pongettis musical revue Joujoux e Balangandãs (with songs by Ary, Lamartine Babo, and Antônio Nássara), where it was sung to great acclaim by the lyric tenor Cândido Botelho in an orchestral arrangement by maestro Radamés Gnattali. The director, used to having his way, was unwilling to commit more than a conjunto regional (a small choro ensemble) to the recording.
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Evans hated samba and sambistas.Īry wanted ∺quarela do Brasil to be recorded with a full orchestra, and Aracy communicated this condition to Evans.
Incredible as it may seem, her rendition passed virtually unnoticed, which led the composer to overlook her when it came time to record what turned out to be his most famous song.Īry picked a namesake of the first singer Aracy de Almeida, who had recently recorded his ∼amisa Amarela to great acclaimto record ∺quarela do Brasil. An RCA Victor artist, Aracy went to Leslie Evansthe much-feared American artistic director of her label, known to all as Mister Evansand told him about the wonderful new samba she wanted to record. ∺quarela do Brasil was first performed in the theatrical revue Entra na Faixa on 16 June 1939 by the popular singer Araci Cortes. In November 1997 it was voted Best Brazilian Song of the Century by a jury of thirteen experts assembled by the Brazilian Academy of Letters.īetter known to the world as ∻razil, this samba has been recorded innumerable times by all manner of artists, from the sublime to the ridiculous.Ĭomposed in early 1939, the song heralded a new genre in Brazilian Popular Music: samba-exaltação, a samba exulting in the beauties of the land. ∺quarela do Brasil is, arguably, the greatest popular song of all times. Lyrics in English, Portuguese and Spanish
Ary Barroso | ∺quarela do Brasil (∻razil)Ĭover of the 1942 musical score of ∻razil, with
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