Pedro Moutinho - Primeiro Fado (2003)

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Pedro Moutinho is one of the new values of Fado in Portugal. Recently he won the Amalia Rodrigues prize, due to his previous works. “Quem o ouve não o esquece... Nem pela voz que genialmente conseguiu desprender do irmão mais velho (Camané) para que se tornasse única e arrebatadora, nem pelo gesto ou atitude, muito menos pelo olhar e pela entrega.” (Alexandra Carita, Expresso)

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Pedro Moutinho was born on the 11th November 1976, in Oeiras, in a family of fado singers.
He grew up listening to and socializing with some of the most important names of this musical genre, that initiated him in their art.
At the age at 11 he would already sing it informally, and no wonder that he later choose fado to be his personal form of musical expression. Since his seventeens he has been part of the cast of some of the most high-status fado houses in Lisbon.
In 2003 he records, for Som Livre, his debut album, “Primeiro Fado” (”First Fado”) that obtained attention and applause from specialized reviewers.
This album mixes traditional fados with orchestrated ones, and also Portuguese folk themes arranged in fado style. Some of the leading Portuguese composers gave their collaboration to this record that includes also a song from Brazilian composers Caetano Veloso and Jorge Mautner.
Thanks to this album, Pedro Moutinho got the “Newcomer Award 2003″ by the “Press House”, and was invited by famous fado singer Carlos do Carmo to take part in his commemorative album “Novo Homem na Cidade”, released in 2004. From then on, Moutinho won the right to a merited place in several fado compilation albums.

Pedro Moutinho - vocals
Paulo Parreira - portuguese guitar*
Carlos Garcia - guitar*
Ricardo Dias - accordion (#10), piano (#3&12)
Marino De Freitas - acoustic bass guitar*
(*except #3)

01. Disseste que Me Deixavas (Mário Martins/José Lopes)
02. Graça Divina (Caetano Veloso/Jorge Mautner)
03. O Negro Fica-Lhe Bem (Helder Moutinho/António dos Santos)
04. Mestre Fado (Fernando Tordo)
05. Madrugadas Serenas (Helder Moutinho/Popular)
06. Amélia dos Olhos Doces (Joaquim Maria Pessoa/Carlos Mendes)
07. Destino (Almeida Garrett/João Paulo Esteves da Silva)
08. Restos D'Uma Saudade (Manuel de Andrade/Jaime Santos)
09. Memórias de Uma Partida (Helder Moutinho/Acácio Gomes dos Santos)
10. Os Lugares Onde Andámos (João Ferreira Rosa/Franklin Godinho)
11. A Cinza de Um Cigarro (Vitorino/Ricardo Dias)
12. Espelho Do Mundo (Nuno Faria/José Joaquim Cavalheiro Jr.)

(Total time 38 min.)


O seu álbum de estreia, Primeiro Fado, valeu-lhe o Prémio Revelação da Casa da Imprensa.

“Parece fazer do canto algo tão fácil e natural como respirar.” João Bonifácio, Público
“Quem o ouve não o esquece... Nem pela voz que genialmente conseguiu desprender do irmão mais velho (Camané) para que se tornasse única e arrebatadora, nem pelo gesto ou atitude, muito menos pelo olhar e pela entrega.” Alexandra Carita, Expresso