'Aquarela do Brasil' was first performed by Aracy Cortes on June 10, 1939, at the premiere of the musical play Entra na Faixa, by Barroso and Luís Iglesias. He declared to have felt like another person after writing the song. According to him, 'the rest came naturally, music and lyrics at once'. The original beat 'sang on imagination, highlighting the sound of the rain, on syncope beats of fantastic tambourins'. Initially, he wrote the first chords, which he defined as 'vibrant', and a 'plangent of emotions'. According to the composer, he 'felt all the greatness, the value and the wealth of our land', reliving 'the tradition of the national panels'. Describing the song in an interview to Marisa Lira, of the newspaper Diário de Notícias, Barroso said that he wanted to 'free the samba away from the tragedies of life, of the sensual scenario already so explored'. He also wrote 'Três Lágrimas' (English: ) on that same night, before the rain ended. Its title, a reference to watercolor painting, is a clear mention to the rain. Ary Barroso wrote 'Aquarela do Brasil' in early 1939, when he was prevented from leaving his home one night due to heavy a storm. Excerpt: 'Aquarela do Brasil' (English: ), known in the English-speaking world simply as 'Brazil', is one of the most famous Brazilian songs of all time, written by Ary Barroso in 1939. Chapters: Caetano Veloso songs, Kid Abelha songs, Legião Urbana songs, Roberto Carlos songs, Titãs songs, Aquarela do Brasil, Manhã de Carnaval, Waters of March, The Girl from Ipanema, Rap das Armas, Mas que Nada, Brazilian football songs, Tico-Tico no Fubá, How Insensitive, Crickets Sing for Anamaria, Summer Samba, O Canto da Cidade, Água de Beber, Desafinado, Pelados em Santos, Antes de Você, Alagados, One Note Samba, Corcovado, Faroeste Caboclo, Epitáfio, Abre las ventanas al amor, Amanhã é 23, Dindi, Chega de Saudade, Samba do Arnesto, Polícia, Só Rezo, Tiro ao Álvaro, Make Believe, Porque Eu Sei que É Amor, Si el amor se va, Trem das Onze, Sonífera Ilha, Samba Italiano, Lemon Tree, Homem Primata, Carry On, Wave, Como Eu Quero, É Preciso Saber Viver, Vossa Excelência, Alegria, Alegria, Zumbi, A Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última Semana, Aluga-se, Enquanto Houver Sol, Pra não dizer que não falei das flores, Marvin, Asa Branca, Educação Sentimental, Insensível, Delicado, Samba em Prelúdio, Domingo, Tatuagem, Família, Disseram que Voltei Americanizada, Someone to Light Up My Life, AA UU, Meditation, A Fórmula do Amor, Provas de Amor, O Inferno São Os Outros, Inútil Paisagem, O Mundo é Bão, Sebastião!, Ainda É Cedo, Leãozinho, Será, Soldados, Lágrimas e Chuva, Meu Pai Oxalá, A pipa da vovo nao sobe mais. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware -Source: Wikipedia. Longtime collaborator and peer Caetaeno Veloso joins in a duet on the samba-inflected "No Tabuleiro da Baiana," also known as "Bahia.Taschenbuch.
About this time, the singer was reaching her full stature as Brazil's premier pop singer, her only serious rival being Elis Regina, who had recorded her own very different, celebrated version of "Aquarela Do Brasil." Many of these compositions were actually written in the '40s and '50s, but in Gal's capable hands, songs like "Tu" and "Inquietacao" sound like fully contemporary pop of the '80s and beyond.
While the album bears slight traces of the neo-disco production that would soon come to plague Brazilian pop music in the '80s, it is mostly a wholly successful showcase for Gal Costa's extraordinary voice and interpretive abilities.
Recorded at the height of the MPB movement in 1980, AQUARELA DO BRASIL is the singer Gal Costa's tribute to the famed Brazilian songwriter Ary Barroso, the author of the celebrated title track as well as many others not as well known outside his native land.