--- product_id: 42085212 title: "Portugal: Fado'. 13 Titles Incl. Ai Vida Ausente Preludio Post-Scriptum Lisboa De Paixoe" price: "VT7989" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/42085212-portugal-fado-13-titles-incl-ai-vida-ausente-preludio-post store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # Portugal: Fado'. 13 Titles Incl. Ai Vida Ausente Preludio Post-Scriptum Lisboa De Paixoe **Price:** VT7989 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Portugal: Fado'. 13 Titles Incl. Ai Vida Ausente Preludio Post-Scriptum Lisboa De Paixoe - **How much does it cost?** VT7989 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/42085212-portugal-fado-13-titles-incl-ai-vida-ausente-preludio-post) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description desertcart.com When Cristina Branco sings, she makes the pleasures of heartbreak and the aching beauty of desperation seem like something to long for. Her smooth alto has a timeless, haunted quality, marked by a vibrato that sounds like it's stifling a torrent of grief. Her emotive reading of fado classics has brought new life to the genre, a ballad form often called the Portuguese blues. Fado, like the blues, was born when African workers in Portugal adapted the guitar to their own music. The term probably comes from the Portuguese fadiado--"tired"--because this mournful, minor-key music was usually heard in the ghetto after sundown. When Europeans adopted fado they added elaborate lyrics to a style already full of unfulfilled passion. Branco's yearning vocals here are complemented by the melancholic work of guitarists Alexandre Silva and Custódio Castelo, who add unbearable tension to songs already dripping with overwrought emotion. --j. poet Review: serenity and passion - It is unfortunate that such a gifted singer as Cristina Branco ends up compared to Amalia Rodrigues, or that her singing style is reduced to a category--fado. In fact, since the 80s, a number of new singers have appeared in Portugal who, while not repudiating the fado tradition, have done much to move it beyond the frozen state to which it had been reduced as Portugal's main official cultural export during the Salazar dictatorship. Unlike many fado singers, these younger artists are far better trained, sometimes abroad (listen to Carlos do Carmo, their predecessor, and in a sense spiritual father), and they have all incorporated a much more open sensibility. Listen to Camane, for instance, and you'll find the male equivalent of Cristina Branco: a voice so pure it hurts at times. The first song on this record is beautiful, but the last one is bound to make any Portuguese person cry. That tired cultural saw--saudade--is never mentioned, but the song is suffused with it, and absence lingers in one's mind and under one's skin long after the last note of the piano acompaniment has died out. Review: Consistent throughout - On every track of this CD, Cristina demonstrates complete and precise chromatic control of every possible note throughout her range of almost a full octave. Likewise, the production, style, and presentation is consistent throughout this CD; listen to any track, and you've heard what the rest of the CD is like. I admit I was seduced by a PBS puff piece about fado, featuring Cristina Branco, and I bought the CD expecting much more variety within the fado style, and also a broader range of performance from Ms Branco. If you want one, I'll sell mine cheap. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B000056B7T | | Best Sellers Rank | #849,564 in CDs & Vinyl ( See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl ) #121 in Portuguese Music #1,017 in Spanish Music #128,569 in Classical (CDs & Vinyl) | | Customer Reviews | 4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars (14) | | Date First Available | October 21, 2006 | | Label | L'empreinte Digitale/Nocturne | | Manufacturer | L'empreinte Digitale/Nocturne | | Number of discs | 1 | | Package Dimensions | 5.55 x 4.97 x 0.54 inches; 3.74 ounces | ## Images ![Portugal: Fado'. 13 Titles Incl. Ai Vida Ausente Preludio Post-Scriptum Lisboa De Paixoe - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71C3NDF0XML.jpg) ![Portugal: Fado'. 13 Titles Incl. Ai Vida Ausente Preludio Post-Scriptum Lisboa De Paixoe - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81-wjv-zzGL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ serenity and passion *by I***A on September 17, 2005* It is unfortunate that such a gifted singer as Cristina Branco ends up compared to Amalia Rodrigues, or that her singing style is reduced to a category--fado. In fact, since the 80s, a number of new singers have appeared in Portugal who, while not repudiating the fado tradition, have done much to move it beyond the frozen state to which it had been reduced as Portugal's main official cultural export during the Salazar dictatorship. Unlike many fado singers, these younger artists are far better trained, sometimes abroad (listen to Carlos do Carmo, their predecessor, and in a sense spiritual father), and they have all incorporated a much more open sensibility. Listen to Camane, for instance, and you'll find the male equivalent of Cristina Branco: a voice so pure it hurts at times. The first song on this record is beautiful, but the last one is bound to make any Portuguese person cry. That tired cultural saw--saudade--is never mentioned, but the song is suffused with it, and absence lingers in one's mind and under one's skin long after the last note of the piano acompaniment has died out. ### ⭐⭐ Consistent throughout *by W***B on June 2, 2001* On every track of this CD, Cristina demonstrates complete and precise chromatic control of every possible note throughout her range of almost a full octave. Likewise, the production, style, and presentation is consistent throughout this CD; listen to any track, and you've heard what the rest of the CD is like. I admit I was seduced by a PBS puff piece about fado, featuring Cristina Branco, and I bought the CD expecting much more variety within the fado style, and also a broader range of performance from Ms Branco. If you want one, I'll sell mine cheap. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Try the first song. *by R***E on March 25, 2002* I bought this cd mainly because the opening tune "ai vida" is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard, and like a picture is worth a thousand words. The rest of the album while likeable, does not and probably cannot compare, so it is on this strength alone that I highly recommend C.B. on cd. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vu/products/42085212-portugal-fado-13-titles-incl-ai-vida-ausente-preludio-post](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/42085212-portugal-fado-13-titles-incl-ai-vida-ausente-preludio-post) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vanuatu* *Store origin: VU* *Last updated: 2026-05-10*