Dez Anos Depois - Nara Leão
Album
Recorded in Paris while living in self-imposed exile from Brazil's military dictatorship, Nara Leão returned to the bossa nova repertoire she had helped launch in her family's Copacabana flat. Accompanied only by acoustic guitars, Leão's fragile, intimate vocal timbre brings meditative vulnerability to classics by Jobim, Lyra and Menescal. The stripped-back arrangements reveal the skeletal beauty and melodic poetry of the compositions.