LoginBlack Orpheus
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This impressionistic score from Marcel Camus's 1958 cinematic retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus was most Americans' introduction to the Brazilian musical style called bossa nova. As it became a nationwide craze that featured both Brazilian samba and U.S. cool-jazz participants, the names of Black Orpheus composers Antonio Carlos Jobim and Luiz Bonfa became familiar far beyond the hi-fi set. Along with the haunting theme song, "Manha de Carnaval," and several Jobim compositions are the vibrant street sounds of the pre-Lenten festival Carnaval, which provides the backdrop to the tragic love story of Orpheus and Eury
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Manufacturer: Verve
Release date: 5 January 1990
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0042283078321 UPC: 042283078321
Release date: 5 January 1990
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0042283078321 UPC: 042283078321
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