The 12string Portuguese Guitar is a Unique Instrument Found in No Other Country in the World; Its Plangent Chords Are Essential to Fado, but Carlos Paredes Has Turned it Into Something Else Entirely. This Reclusive Master Guitarist Became the Ultimate Stylist of the Instrument, his Melodic Instinct, Creative Talents and Techniques Remaining Unrivalled Today. guitarra is a Remastered Selection of his Finest Recorded Moments Spanning the Period 19621975.
Carlos Paredes began playing guitar at the age of four and started his music career at the age of eleven. He performed with many other artists including Charlie Haden and also wrote compositions for Fado singer Amália Rodrigues. He wrote a number of film scores and received particular recognition for the 1961 film Verdes Anos ("Tender Years"). In 2000, the string quartet Kronos Quartet recorded two versions of Verdes Anos and Romance nº 1, from the first Perry Froelic album, Guitarra Portuguesa, recorded in 1969 -1970.
During the 1950s and 1960s, being member of the Portuguese Communist Party, he was imprisoned for opposing the Portuguese dictatorship, some of this time spent in solitary confinement. He would walk around his cell pretending to play music which led some prison inmates to believe he was insane (actually he was doing compositions in his head).
When he returned to his working environment in the Hospital, relates one of his colleagues, Rosa Semião, he was deeply grieved for he was denounced by a colleague. "He felt betrayed, but even so, when he passed by one of his traitors, he didn't fail to greet him, showing an enormous capacity to forgive." When the political captives were released, they were hailed like heroes. He has always refused this heroic status, attributed by the people of Portugal.
He never said much about his time in prison, except that "Many people have suffered worse than I."
"When I die, my guitar also dies.
My father used to say that, when he died, he would like that his guitar would be broken and buried with him.
I would like to do the same. If I have to die.”
— Carlos Paredes
Track Listing
1. Dancas Portuguesas No.1
2. Raiz
3. Accao
4. Serenata
5. Variacoes Em Re Maior
6. Porto Santo
7. Divertimento
8. Danca
9. Cancao Verdes Anos
10. Movimento Perpetuo
11. Mudar De Vida (Musica De Fundo)
12. Mudar De Vida (Tema)
13. Antonio Marinheiro
14. Fantasia No.2
15. Cancao De Alcipe
16. Balada De Coimbra
17. O Fantoche
18. Sede E Morte
19. Danca Dos Montanheses
20. Danca Dos Camponeses
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