Elizete Cardoso Canção do Amor Demais / Grandes Momentos

MUSIC BY ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM / LYRICS BY VINÍCIUS DE MORAES Born in Rio de Janeiro, Elizete Cardoso (1920-1990) was one of the best-known voices of Bossa Nova. Her father was a serenader who played guitar, and her mother was an amateur singer. She was discovered by Jacob do Bandolim at her 16th birthday party (Bandolim was brought by her cousin Pedro, a popular figure among the musicians of the day). In 1939, she began to perform at clubs, movie theaters and other venues. She enjoyed considerable success and her popularity increased significantly. In 1958, Cardoso was invited by Vinicius de Moraes to sing on an album featuring tunes he co-wrote with Antonio Carlos Jobim. The result, Canção do Amor Demais (Festa — LDV 6.002), presented here in its entirety, was one of her biggest hits and the earliest proper Bossa Nova LP. It has been coupled on this CD with another complete album, Grandes Momentos com Elizete Cardoso (Copacabana CLP-11265), a career retrospective LP with new recordings of her major successes on 78s. Cardoso's splendid interpretations of an additional Jobim-Vinícius tune and of two songs by the great Ary Barroso have been included as a bonus.